The world’s first minimally invasive heart bypass procedure — done without cutting open the chest wall — has been performed ...

This surgery is ideal for patients who may be deemed inoperable or at high risk for open heart surgery. For patients like Ms.

It’s a serious heart defect that can cause blood to flow into the wrong part of the heart chamber, and up until recently, it ...

Frustrated by his inability to help these men, Harken began a series of experimental surgeries on animals. In the first round ...

By becoming the first health system in the region to offer robotic mitral valve surgery, this minimally invasive approach offers many benefits for patients. In this segment, cardiothoracic ...

In a first for South-East Asia, doctors at Fortis Gurugram saved a 29-year-old man by performing a rare hybrid cardiac ...

Allen Tumey's mom said it's been a journey of ups and downs. Her 8-year-old son is nonverbal and has spent most of his life ...

The goal of heart valve surgery is to repair or replace a malfunctioning heart valve to prevent the development of life-threatening conditions. Valves are one-way gates in the heart that keep blood ...

Heart valves can be replaced with open heart surgery or with less invasive procedures that don’t require your chest to be opened. Known as transcatheter valve replacement, this type of procedure has ...

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai an $8.5 million renewal grant to ...

With early diagnosis, expert surgical care, and intensive support, many of the babies with critical congenital heart disease ...