The advancements of minimally invasive cardiac surgery for seniors often give them a better chance for a speedy recovery, as open-heart surgery is much harder on the body as one ages. There are several significant benefits of minimally invasive surgery for seniors:

Bypass surgery is a type of open-heart surgery. Surgeons may use several different types of bypass surgeries to repair or replace the heart. Open-heart surgery is an operation where surgeons repair or replace a person’s heart. They surgically open the ...

Brooks Klingsporn received a cutting-edge in-utero cardiac surgery while in the womb to treat a life-threatening heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome

The Division of Congenital Heart Surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital offers every procedure available for the treatment of congenital heart disease and defects. As a part of Texas Children’s Heart Center, the top heart center in the nation according ...

Recovering from surgery for a widow maker—a severe heart attack caused by blockage of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery—requires careful attention to physical, emotional, and mental health. While this type of heart attack poses significant ...

Locke Keller has never let his congenital heart condition slow him down. After three open-heart surgeries, he's chasing his dreams one swing at a time.

A mother has recalled the fear she felt when her son was rushed into surgery at just 10 days old – with a tiny heart the size of a walnut. Eddison Watts, from Norwich, was diagnosed with a heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot during his mother’s pregnancy, where blood would not flow around his body properly.