If you and a healthcare provider have decided you need gastric bypass surgery to improve your health, you’ll soon start the journey to prepare for surgery. But surgery won’t happen immediately. Learn ...

Gastric bypass surgery is typically performed by a bariatric surgeon in a hospital under general anesthesia. The procedure takes under two hours, and the hospital stay is two to three days. Below is ...

Patients having Stanford type A acute dissection soon after cardiac surgery have a high risk of rupture and death. The presentation, management, and outcome of primary dissection of the ascending ...

The nutcracker phenomenon results from a rare anatomic abnormality where the left renal vein (LRV) is compressed by the aorta and superior mesenteric artery. Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is defined by ...

Coronary bypass surgery is one treatment option to help restore blood flow, when other surgical procedures may not be recommended. While coronary bypass surgery does not cure the underlying cause ...

Extra-anatomic ascending aorta-descending aorta bypass grafting through a sternotomy is an alternative approach for this problem. METHODS: Since 1985, 19 patients aged 2 months to 18 years (mean ...

Rebecca Alford, drummer for The Posers, has battled congenital heart disease (CHD) since childhood. Through Team Rebecca, she ...

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ABSTRACT Reentry to the mediastinum when the ascending aorta aneurysm is adherent to the sternum is characterized by high risk of aneurysm rupture during sternum opening. In such cases, often ...

From valve repair with MitraClip to advanced aortic-disease solutions, Malaysia’s largest heart hospital is transforming ...