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

Researchers found Friday surgeries were more likely to be performed by junior surgeons when compared to Monday surgeries.

There was a time, not long ago, when Sime Brkic, 80, of Mentor, Ohio, might have been denied a heart bypass surgery. Not only would his octogenarian status have raised concerns, but he's missing a ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

There, doctors were able to close the hole in Molly's heart ... As far you know, is heart surgery the best or only option? Are there ways to improve treatment in the future?