In 2014, seemingly healthy 24-year-old Brittany Williams suffered sudden cardiac arrest at a Manhattan restaurant. At the hospital, doctors diagnosed her with a heart rhythm disorder called long QT ...

LOS ANGELES -- Former California governor and film star Arnold Schwarzenegger had open-heart surgery in California on Thursday to replace an aging pulmonic valve. His representative, Daniel Ketchell, ...

Although open-heart surgery can be life saving, it may lead to long-term side effects such as chronic pain, memory difficulties, and emotional or psychological challenges. Open-heart surgery is one of ...

(NewsNation) — The recent success of the first U.S. heart transplant done through fully robotic means suggests a medical future where surgeons use less invasive means to do complicated procedures. In ...

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 ...

Every year, more than 12,000 Australians undergo open heart surgery—an hours-long medical procedure during which surgeons go inside the chest cavity and repair faulty heart valves or bypass blocked ...

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 ...

My heart was breaking, but not from lost love. It was failing in the most literal sense. In 2020, my doctor recommended that I get an echocardiogram — an ultrasound of the heart — to establish a ...

Luciano Reynaga was delivered just minutes after undergoing heart surgery. When Megan Wild delivered her son Luciano, she experienced not only childbirth but also a medical first. During her delivery, ...