Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. They call it “failure to rescue,” which means a ...

Walker Farrington, 7, was diagnosed with congenital heart defects before birth ...

Robotic heart surgery is a minimally invasive approach to cardiac surgery that allows surgeons to perform complex procedures through small incisions, using a robotic system. This technology enhances ...

Shortness of breath is one of the most common side effects after open-heart surgery. It can last for weeks or months, but symptoms typically improve over time. Open heart surgery can restore your ...

Marc Gaudiosi went to a CVS Minute Clinic last year because he thought he had sinus infection or the flu. He was wrong. A nurse who cared for him there listened to Gaudiosi’s heart and heard a murmur, ...

Heart valves can be replaced with open heart surgery or with less invasive procedures that don’t require your chest to be opened. Known as transcatheter valve replacement, this type of procedure has ...

Years after undergoing life-saving surgery at UVA Health Children’s, Kristen Taylor will graduate from UVA. Destination? Med ...

A continuous postoperative sivelestat infusion reduced ARDS rates versus placebo after cardiovascular surgery (16.8% vs 31.2%; P < .001). Ninety-day all-cause mortality was lower with sivelestat ...

The Cleveland Clinic is pushing back on a report that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Jack Sun, MD, has been appointed to lead the cardiovascular surgery program at Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag’s Jeffrey M. Carlton Heart & Vascular Institute. According to a May 6 news release, Dr.