The heart-lung machine was a groundbreaking invention that took place in Philadelphia and has saved millions of lives.

SAN DIEGO -- Given the long- and short-term harms of opioids, cardiac surgeons stressed that it is feasible to put strict limits around perioperative opioid use without giving up pain control and ...

KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cardiac Dimensions®, a leader in the development of innovative, minimally invasive treatment modalities to address heart failure and related cardiovascular conditions ...

The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a heart stent made specifically for infants and young children, a device that could help kids born with certain congenital heart defects avoid a ...

A study of pediatric heart surgery centers across the United States has demonstrated that, when it comes to successful surgery, it's not just the size of the program that matters in determining ...

The mere idea of heart surgery is enough to give anyone the shakes. Open-heart surgery used to be hard years ago. It had a long incision down the chest, weeks in the hospital, and a difficult recovery ...

Morristown Medical Center handled 6,906 cardiac procedures in 2023, placing the facility first on the NJBIZ Leads & Data Center’s most recent compilation of the state’s top cardiac care providers. The ...

The soap icon shares how she's feeling after her heart operations — and how she's coping since the loss of her husband 10 months ago Susan Lucci wasn't the only one shocked when chest pains first put ...

On the operating table, the heart of the baby boy began fibrillating—quivering ineffectually. His surgeons quickly restored blood circulation by manual massage, but that solved nothing. Nearly an hour ...