One second you are out cold. The next, you’re on the operating table. In the middle of heart surgery. Welcome to your most ...

Is fibrinogen concentrate useful for bleeding in high-risk cardiac surgery? In a study conducted in The Netherlands, [1] 647 patients (from 2011 to 2015) scheduled to have high-risk cardiac surgery ...

The incidence of cardiovascular disease is rising across the globe, with more than 28 million people worldwide living with ...

Findings from a published case series research letter by the Henry Ford Health Structural Heart Disease team show that severe mitral stenosis, due to a build-up of calcium deposits in the mitral valve ...

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THE Varsitarian on July 6 published a report about a diamond-tipped device that has “helped doctors at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Hospital clear a severely hardened heart artery for the first ...

One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery, and women are far more likely to develop one, according to recent studies. Black patients also had higher rates of ...

Healthline contributor and former editor David Mills shares how an annual checkup with his cardiologist resulted in a surprising diagnosis that required open-heart surgery. Share on Pinterest “I ...

Open-heart surgery is a general term that refers to any surgery where a surgeon accesses the heart by opening the chest. They will make an incision in the chest and then cut through the breastbone and ...