making it difficult for blood and oxygen to reach the muscles of the heart. Coronary bypass surgery is one treatment option to help restore blood flow, when other surgical procedures may not be ...

In sharp contrast to earlier studies, patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease fared equally well whether they underwent open-heart bypass surgery (CABG) or a less invasive procedure ...

OK, so there's really nothing humorous or easy about heart transplant surgery. Last year in the U.S., almost 800 men, women, and children died while waiting for suitable donor hearts. But despite ...

As your heart beats, it pumps blood from the left ... If you have severe aortic stenosis, you may need surgery to repair or replace the valve.

Maryland's first artificial heart valve replacement performed without open-heart surgery 04:16 A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan ...

Christopher Gergely, 42, was surprised to learn he had a heart murmur during a preoperative doctor’s visit for a carpal tunnel surgery. “I went in,” Gergely said. “Everything seemed OK ...