For many, the thought of heart bypass surgery comes with the fear of slowing down ... But the robot will not be able to replace the surgeon. Human intervention and the capacity to take immediate ...

A new method for guiding and performing heart bypass surgery has proved to be successful in its initial clinical trial, led by a team of researchers at the University of Galway, Ireland.

On Sept. 6, 2024, Lev'Veon became the first child in Michigan to get a total artificial heart, and he is possibly the ...

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 ...

The goal of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG ... of the coronary arteries develops a blockage it prevents your heart from getting the blood and oxygen that it needs to function properly. CABG can ...

There was a time, not long ago, when Sime Brkic, 80, of Mentor, Ohio, might have been denied a heart bypass surgery. Not only would his octogenarian status have raised concerns, but he's missing a ...

During a coronary artery bypass, the diseased sections of your coronary arteries are bypassed with healthy artery or vein grafts to increase blood flow to the heart muscle tissue. This procedure is ...

For most of history, the human heart has ... usher in the age of modern surgery. One of the first surgeons to use these improved techniques to gain access to the heart was Dr.

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It's time to get Katlyn off the bypass machine and reconnect her heart ... restart her heart after the surgery. This short film is from the BBC series, Inside the Human Body.