Open heart surgery requires cutting open your chest to access and repair your heart. This is an extensive surgery that may last as long as 3-5 hours. Recovery from open heart surgery may take 4-6 ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – If open heart surgery is in your future, there is now a technique being used locally to help speed up the rehabilitation process with less pain or pain medications. For many ...

Barb Barnes faced a very difficult moment in 2005, after she underwent major open heart surgery. A nurse helped her through it.

MEDICAL REPORTER MINDY BECERRA JOINS US WITH ONE YOUNG GIRL’S STORY. MINDY. ASHLEY. ONE CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT IS WHAT’S COMMONLY CALLED A HOLE IN THE HEART. OFTEN CHILDREN HAVE NO SYMPTOMS, BUT IF ...