North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is out of the hospital 10 days after undergoing heart surgery. The Republican underwent what his department called “elective” surgery to “correct a co ...

Anyone with four kids usually has their hands full and Roseli Quakkelaar is no exception. But on top of the usual school and ...

Kevin Witherspoon has lived through two different heart events in the last 18 months, including open-heart surgery and a ...

Michael Griffis was 48 years old when he found out he needed open-heart surgery to save his life, and now almost a year later ...

FlairsTech, a global IT and software services provider, has reaffirmed its commitment to the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation (MYF) with a fifth consecutive annual donation. This sustained partnership ...

“I am the Director of Cardiac Surgery at the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI) and the first female cardiac anaesthesiologist in Tanzania. My name is Angela Muhozya. That is how my career ...

A cardiac surgery and heart failure team at the University of Michigan implanted a novel mechanical heart pump into a patient as part of a clinical trial that will compare it to the only device ...

Recently, a 53-year-old patient battling dystonia was successfully treated with advanced 'lesioning surgery', which has been improving the quality of life for people suffering from tremors ...

Ultimately, she got the surgery she needed and made it through without a cardiac emergency. That short wait and evaluation likely saved her life and made no difference in her long-term cancer outcome.

go ahead with surgery.” It’s an important assessment that can reveal hidden heart issues, reduce surgical risk and sometimes even save a life. Here’s a closer look at what really happens — and why you ...