Once an active man, the elderly patient was confined to the bed and dependent on his family for even the most basic tasks like sitting up, walking, and eating. Frequent fainting spells affected the ...

The decision to move forward with a heart transplant is made when all other treatment options been unsuccessful.

Open-heart surgery will take the longest to recover from. It can take many weeks to heal. If you have a minimally invasive maze procedure, you may have a quicker recovery than with open-heart surgery.

Patients with severe aortic stenosis had comparable rates of death or disabling stroke, but the lead investigator cautions ...

Conscious surgery is safer for heart or lung patients and the elderly as it rules out the side-effects of anesthesia, but won ...

Chewelah Police Chief Keith Cochran is still in the hospital after suffering complications from open heart surgery in January ...

Revolutionary balloon and stent procedure reduces recovery time from weeks to days, transforming treatment for patients with mechanical heart pumps.

Max George has celebrated a major milestone in his recovery after undergoing heart surgery earlier this year. The 36-year-old singer, best known as a member of the boy band The Wanted, was rushed ...

Abilene local Corey Patterson recounts his unexpected journey to quadruple bypass surgery after experiencing a minor cramp in ...

Bob Lowth Ford General Manager Todd Moudry had long been in good health, so when he was diagnosed with an ascending aortic ...

Compared to traditional surgery, robotic heart transplants cut recovery times almost in half for patients; for instance, robotic valve replacement takes only 6.8 days when compared to traditional ...

and a heart-lung machine takes over pumping blood to the body. It can involve a hospital stay of several days followed by weeks or months of recovery. PCI, by contrast, is not a major surgery and ...