The 4-month-old successfully underwent surgery without any blood transfusion at Seattle Children’s hospital early this year.
This procedure just started to be offered in 2025.
FOR THE FIRST time, doctors have successfully completed a coronary artery bypass without cutting the patient open. They recently documented the results of the landmark surgery in Circulation: ...
Dr. Goya Raikar has spent much of his career taking the “open” out of open-heart surgery. As Chief Cardiac Surgeon at ...
A new minimally invasive procedure replaces a damaged heart valve through a small neck incision, potentially allowing patients to recover faster than with traditional open-heart surgery.
AUSTIN (KXAN) – At 75 years old, Lorraine Cook has lived through two heart attacks and a major open-heart surgery. Now retired, she says her latest experience with an innovative, non-surgical ...
The first robotic surgery happened in Belgium in 1997. It was considered an expensive novelty met with skepticism. Fast forward 26 years and now it's a standard of care across many medical specialties ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - One Saint Luke’s Mid-America Heart Institute patient is sharing her lifelong journey with heart disease that has left hospital staff feeling like family. 41-year-old Christin ...
Bob Siemer, a heart disease survivor, defied medical expectations by undergoing a groundbreaking procedure at Christ Hospital after multiple doctors deemed further heart surgery impossible.At 70 years ...
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (Valley News Live) - February is American Heart Month. The goal is raising awareness that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US, and it’s largely preventable. Valley ...