GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its open heart surgery program for dogs, the only one of its kind in the ...

With significant advancements in heart treatment, the days of open-heart surgery as the only option for complex heart conditions are mostly behind us. Today, minimally invasive procedures can be ...

When Megan Wild delivered her son Luciano, she experienced not only childbirth but also a medical first. During her delivery, doctors performed open heart surgery on Luciano in the first ...

As part of its second-year anniversary, Duchess International Hospital, Lagos, has conducted a week-long cardiac surgery mission, demonstrating its commitment to providing accessible healthcare.

News She had open heart surgery as an infant. Now, she's a familiar face at the VUMC farmer's market A little more than a year ago, a Smith County baby was born with a heart condition.

In the 1950s, open-heart surgery had a 50 percent mortality rate. Today it is less than 1 percent. Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP via STAT News My heart was breaking, but not from lost love.

Normally, this type of surgery requires open-heart surgery, but MedStar doctors, led by Dr. John Wang and Dr. Brian Bethea, offered her a minimally invasive alternative.

In this case, while the baby was mid-delivery, doctors needed to perform open-heart surgery, fixing the communication between the baby's two sides of the heart, and then continue with delivery.