Transit Officer Paul DeGeorge thought his son was lying on him. Then he realized something much scarier was happening.

The Impella reduces the heart’s workload while supplying blood and oxygen to other vital organs.

Many minimally invasive procedures are available to treat problems with your heart. These procedures can fix issues like malfunctioning valves and blockages in your heart’s arteries. Traditional heart ...

This breakthrough, which is a first in the Triad, offers a new option for patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation, a ...

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 ...

When the arteries that supply blood to the heart become narrowed or clogged, the condition is known as Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). It makes it difficult for the blood to flow to the heart muscle.

When operating on the heart, surgeons may find another issue in the patient. Depending on what they see, the surgical team may address on the secondary condition during the same operation. These are ...

University of Iowa Health Care recently debuted a new, minimally invasive heart valve procedure after years of research and months of work toward approval by the Federal Drug Administration. A second ...

When we think of heart surgery, we often think of last-minute, life-saving interventions. Operating on the heart is challenging and complex, so it’s not undertaken lightly. But heart surgery can also ...

UC Health is making history with a groundbreaking cardiac procedure. A team of surgeons performed a world-first operation that could change the way heart failure patients are treated.A team of ...

The 4-month-old successfully underwent surgery without any blood transfusion at Seattle Children’s hospital early this year.