Margaret Van Bruggen’s family had just 24 hours to decide whether to let Duke surgeons perform a heart-valve-transplant surgery that had never been done before.

Margaret Van Bruggen’s family had just 24 hours to decide whether to let Duke surgeons perform a heart-valve-transplant surgery that had never been done before.

Mother Martha Penturf holds her 4.5-month-old son Atlas, who had open heart surgery in November performed by Dr. Kristine J. Guleserian, as nurse practitioner Casey Cox opens his shirt showing his ...

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How to Sleep After Open-Heart Surgery After open-heart surgery, whatever sleeping position feels right to you is generally OK – no position is actually dangerous for your body.

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Sandra Bernhard revealed that she recently underwent open-heart surgery, then faked a heart attack on stage, during the first night of her debut residency at New York City’s Café Carlyle.

1st successful open heart surgery performed during birth "GMA" shares an exclusive story for American Heart Month about a groundbreaking procedure that involves open heart surgery on a baby while ...

Star Jones is reflecting on her “no joke” open-heart surgery 14 years later. “They opened up my chest, cracked it and disconnected my heart for 22 minutes,” Jones, 62, said on the Tuesday ...

Margaret Van Bruggen’s family had just 24 hours to decide whether to let Duke surgeons perform a heart-valve-transplant surgery that had never been done before.