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 ...

I’m also eternally grateful to my friends, who got me to the hospital in time, and stayed by my side for many long hours, ...

Frida Kahlo has been widely celebrated long after her death. But when Carla Gutiérrez set out to make a documentary about the Mexican artist, she didn’t want examine her as others had done ...

Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery is defined by elevated postoperative cardiac troponin concentrations that exceed the 99th percentile of the upper reference limit of the assay and are ...

Safety and Efficacy of Adult Stem Cell Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Heart Failure (SafeCell Heart): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Long term outcome after mononuclear ...

Background The ageing population has led to an increased prevalence of chronic diseases, posing challenges for the management of critically ill cardiac patients with multiple comorbidities. The ...

Frankie Carlson, owner of Mad Threading, has launched a fundraising campaign called “Brows for Tommie” to help pay for her newborn daughter’s heart surgery and care.