At only 10 months old, Alexander had his first open heart surgery. Now, he is undergoing another open heart surgery to connect his main arteries to his lungs. “All the old blood and the new ...

“But the proximity was so close to her aortic valve.” Maddie underwent her first open heart surgery at six months old to remove the valve, close the hole, and reattach the valve. But she ...

Margaret Van Bruggen’s family had just 24 hours to decide whether to let Duke surgeons perform a heart-valve-transplant ...

Rest when tired, and do not try to push through fatigue or pain. During the first 3 months, or 12 weeks, after open heart surgery, it is usually safe to do light housework. Light gardening and ...

Born with a heart defect, I had feelings of fragility that plagued me since my first open-heart surgery at 10 months old. My scar, or what my parents nicknamed my “zipper,” made me feel like ...

The FET procedure involves placing a hybrid graft, a combination of a surgical graft and a stent graft, resembling an elephant’s trunk. The upper portion replaces the aortic arch, while the lower ...