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 ...

The lead surgeon who performed all 3 heart surgeries on Jimmy Kimmel's son Billy shared new details about the 7-year-old boy’s heart condition, operations and recovery.

Runner gets open-heart surgery after childhood congenital heart defect surgery. Feb. 6, 2013— -- Like many relatively recent college graduates, Jane Lee wasn't always on top of her doctor's ...

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 ...

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.

Medicare Part B coverage After open-heart surgery, you may require cardiac rehabilitation. If this is the case, then Medicare Part B will typically cover these programs.

"At the 20-week ultrasound, we found out he had a heart defect," Kristin said. At just three months old, he had his first open heart surgery. When he turned five, his condition began deteriorating.

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.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A weekend fundraiser on the Clinton Square is raising money for an infant who is about to have her second open heart surgery. Hadleigh is about four months old ...

“I found that sleeping after open-heart surgery was far more challenging than I had anticipated, and it was something no one fully prepared me for,” says Williams, 34, of St. Petersburg, Florida.