Heart and circulatory diseases cause around a quarter (26 per cent) of all deaths in the UK; that's more than 170,000 deaths a year, or 480 each day – one every three minutes." However many of ...

He had to have heart surgery shortly after the event: A transcript (via PW Insider ): Michelle McCool: The irony, like everybody’s a superstar or a superhero when they come outta the curtain.

A leaky heart valve refers to a heart valve that does not close properly and cannot repair itself. Treatment usually involves surgery, but it is possible to resolve the issue without surgery. When ...

Heart repair without surgery: The TEER procedure Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER) is a minimally invasive treatment option for high-risk patients with Mitral Valve Leakage.

Heart institute researchers Dr. Marcelo Muñoz, right, and Dr. Deyanira Hernandez Sanchez were inspired by how churros are made to create a device that could revolutionize coronary bypass surgery ...

Now a 20-year follow-up of World War II injuries shows that, despite all surgery’s advances, in many cases it is still better to leave a bullet in the heart. Zipper Fragments.

With significant advancements in heart treatment, the days of open-heart surgery as the only option for complex heart conditions are mostly behind us. Today, minimally invasive procedures can be ...

Shortly after the heart surgery, he was hospitalized again for a blockage of the small intestine. That was quickly treated, again at NYU Langone, but it slowed his recovery.

Margaret Van Bruggen’s family had just 24 hours to decide whether to let Duke surgeons perform a heart-valve-transplant surgery that had never been done before.

Two toddlers, one heart donation. This type of surgery — in which one donor’s heart is used to benefit multiple recipients — is called a split-root domino heart transplant, and it’s pretty ...

Inventive, ingenious and daring surgery took another step last week toward the ultimate goal of replacing human hearts hopelessly damaged by disease. The operation at Houston’s Methodist ...

After having heart surgery on Friday, Siena men's lacrosse backup goalie Evan Beland returned to support the team in its MAAC title win at Sacred Heart.