The mere idea of heart surgery is enough to give anyone the shakes. Open-heart surgery used to be hard years ago. It had a ...

A new tool is advancing the general surgery department at Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast. It’s called the Da Vinci five robotic surgical system, and ...

Hollywood has shaped how many people imagine a heart attack—someone clutching their chest and collapsing dramatically. But those portrayals are misleading and shouldn’t be expected, says Ann Eckhardt, ...

However, after the major surgery, her doctor chose to take extra time to ensure that her recovery would be more meaningful. “I had open-heart surgery and my surgeon took extra time at the end of ...

A minimally invasive procedure gives one patient a second chance — and signals major strides in cardiovascular care.

In a prospective open-label nonrandomized study, guideline-based protocols compared with conventional care also were associated with lower risk of pneumonia, mechanical ventilation, and 90-day ...