During most open-heart surgeries, including valve surgery, it is necessary to connect you to a heart-lung bypass machine. During this time, your heart will stop. This machine takes over the work of ...

Almost four weeks after The Wynn Hospital paused its open-heart-surgery program, there is no word on when the surgeries will ...

OPB has premiered a new documentary that traces the development of the world’s first successful artificial mitral heart valve by a ... establish the first open-heart surgery program at the ...

Heart valve surgery is a procedure to treat heart valve disease, which happens when at least one of the four heart valves is ...

Open heart surgery for aortic or mitral valve repair or replacement has traditionally required opening the patient’s chest through their sternum (breast bone). In many cases today, a minimally ...

Recent advances include artificial heart valve replacements performed entirely through a groin catheter, eliminating the need for open-heart surgery in many patients. These innovations have ...

Earlier, the only way to replace a diseased valve was an open-heart surgery. “But it was risky for many patients, especially the aged and those with comorbidities. It also involved a long stay at the ...

Starr performed thousands of cardiovascular surgeries over his 50-plus year career, including the first triple valve surgery and developed a widely used protocol for open-heart surgery.

Starr performed thousands of cardiovascular surgeries over his 50-plus year career, including the first triple valve surgery and developed a widely used protocol for open-heart surgery.