Almost four weeks after The Wynn Hospital paused its open-heart-surgery program, there is no word on when the surgeries will again be available in Utica. The Mohawk Valley Health System has hired an ...

By Craig Selzman, MDSeventy years ago, Russell M. Nelson, MD, PhD, performed the first open-heart surgery in Utah.

Stepping back into competitive sports after heart surgery sounds understandable, but for these athletes, it’s just part of ...

Intermountain Health has successfully performed the state's first procedure to repair the ascending aorta without major ...

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 used ...

A coronary artery bypass is one of several types of open-heart surgeries, which are major medical procedures. Open-heart surgery is a group of procedures that involve cutting through the breastbone to ...

Doctors have completed the world’s first cross-border robot-assisted heart surgery more than 10,000 kilometers away.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - One Saint Luke’s Mid-America Heart Institute patient is sharing her lifelong journey with heart disease that has left hospital staff feeling like family. 41-year-old Christin ...

When Megan Wild delivered her son Luciano, she experienced not only childbirth but also a medical first. During her delivery, doctors performed open heart surgery on Luciano in the first successful ...