Deaconess Hospital’s new hybrid room gives surgeons a good look into your heart before they operate, helping them figure out the least invasive method to treat patients. Vascular surgeon Dr. Jaideep ...

Heart surgeons meticulously scrub their hands for precisely one minute before each operation. This scientifically backed ...

Many patients may need a second procedure, once known to be risky and complex. However, new tools, better techniques and daily lifestyle habits can improve outcomes and reduce the chances of needing ...

A coroner said in a report that Jean Dye, 77, “would have survived” if the operating room didn’t lose power Getty Jean Dye, 77, went into surgery for a stent in order to treat an underlying heart ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — After being the largest metropolitan city in the country with only one option for open-heart surgery, Grand Rapids area patients will now have another choice for their ...

Cardiologists and heart surgeons in Quebec are warning about a shortage of staff, particularly perfusionists, saying the lack ...

Dr. John Gibbon invented the heart-lung machine and used it to perform the world’s first successful open-heart surgery on May 6, 1953. Dr. John Gibbon was a researcher and surgeon at Jefferson Medical ...