Many minimally invasive procedures are available to treat problems with your heart. These procedures can fix issues like malfunctioning valves and blockages in your heart’s arteries. Traditional heart ...

After six open-heart surgeries and a rare procedure, 13-year-old Aiden Jeffus now has a fully functioning heart and a future his family once feared he'd never see.

When operating on the heart, surgeons may find another issue in the patient. Depending on what they see, the surgical team may address on the secondary condition during the same operation. These are ...

For the first time in the Balkans and the wider region, a robot-assisted heart surgery was performed at the "Dedinje" Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases in Belgrade.

A doctor may recommend surgery for arrhythmia when medications and lifestyle changes haven’t been effective. The different types of arrhythmia surgeries each aim to restore a regular heart rhythm.

When doctors tell patients they’ll access their heart through the groin, many react with confusion or concern. Yet this approach, known as the transfemoral method, has become a cornerstone of modern ...

University of Iowa Health Care recently debuted a new, minimally invasive heart valve procedure after years of research and months of work toward approval by the Federal Drug Administration. A second ...

When we think of heart surgery, we often think of last-minute, life-saving interventions. Operating on the heart is challenging and complex, so it’s not undertaken lightly. But heart surgery can also ...

A South Carolina woman has a new lease on life after undergoing a revolutionary heart procedure. Patricia Harkey doesn’t want to reveal her age, but it played a big role in her decision to forgo open ...

Robotic surgery is reshaping modern medicine. A combination of robotics and advanced imaging technologies allows surgeons to ...

Former Brazil and Real Madrid great Roberto Carlos posted a picture of himself smiling in hospital and said he was ...