February is American Heart Month, and one San Diegan is sharing his remarkable story of survival to raise awareness about the nation's leading cause of death- heart disease. More than two years after ...

A team of scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), working in collaboration with ...

Kennesaw State University mechanical engineering professor Philippe Sucosky has earned a prestigious American Heart ...

Health First Cardiothoracic Surgeon Seiichi Noda has vivid memories of his childhood, spending time with his father at the hospital where he worked as a neurosurgeon in Japan. Those visits had a ...

Outcome Relationship of Norwood Procedures: Insights from the National Pediatric Cardiology – Quality Improvement ...

This can be done with angioplasty (possibly including stent placement) or with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), also called open-heart surgery. An angioplasty involves threading a wire to the ...

Patients are kept on a heart-lung machine for only as long as it takes to stop the heart from beating, complete open-heart surgery or a procedure on the lungs, and restart the heart. A heart-lung ...

The Division of Surgery aims to improve outcomes for patients undergoing surgical treatment of disease through the transfer of technology into clinical practice. This is being achieved by harnessing ...

Neil recalled what led to his open heart surgery during a 2016 interview with The Wrap, calling the health crisis “a bitch” to deal with. At the time, he had gotten over the hurdles of cancer ...

There are also risks from using anesthesia during surgery. These side effects can include: problems with heart rhythm allergic reactions to anesthesia confusion upon waking up from sedation ...