Jerry Plaster, 80, beat less than 10% survival odds after collapsing while dancing, receiving CPR from a friend and ...

A blocked coronary artery causing an acute heart attack must be opened immediately with a stent procedure. However, if other ...

MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- When a child undergoes an operation of any sort, it can be a traumatic experience for the entire family. A new piece of medical technology at Valley Children's Hospital is ...

The team created a thin patch of lab-grown heart tissue using reprogrammed adult stem cells. The patch can be folded and ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a pioneering method to mend damaged hearts without open-heart surgery, an advance that ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a pioneering method to mend damaged hearts without open-heart surgery, an advance that could one day transform the treatment of heart failure.

A team of MIT engineers has designed a flexible drug-delivery patch that could help the heart heal after a heart attack.

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 ...

Residents of West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle will soon have access to advanced cardiac care closer to home. WVU Medicine, in partnership with the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, has announced ...

After four years of hiding them, Oprah Winfrey is finally embracing her surgery scars. In a recent letter to her “Oprah Daily” insider members, the 71-year-old media mogul opened up about how, for the ...