A writer explores how a Jewish ritual changed her relationship with mortality. I had a hole in my chest. Three weeks had ...

At first disturbing, the life-long artist says she transformed the images in her mind to something more peaceful.

Within three weeks of her surprise diagnosis, the little girl was in a hospital operating room undergoing open-chest heart ...

With the help of a long, flexible tube and a balloon, surgeons at Yale New Haven Health Heart & Vascular Center have a new ...

A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement ...

Star Jones reflected on having open-heart surgery — where her heart was 'disconnected for 22 minutes' — and how that fueled her public advocacy to encourage others to prioritize their health.

Sara Adair knew she was at risk for a life-threatening aortic dissection after her father and sister experienced the same ...

Colorado Buffaloes defensive back Makari Vickers is on the road to recovery after undergoing successful heart surgery.

A UT Health San Antonio doctor is urging expectant mothers to ask their doctors to closely examine their baby's hearts during routine ultrasounds.

Cardiologists at the local hospital completed the 100th Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, or TAVR, on Thursday, March ...

A Northern Ireland woman who went through major heart surgery, says she now has "a new meaning to life" after her ordeal.

Chef Adam Hegsted kept a busy pace with his regional eateries, but that was interrupted more than a year ago. A September 2023 open heart surgery repaired a life-threatening aortic aneurysm and ...