A Windsor, Ont., woman is looking to inspire and bring hope to children and their families preparing for open-heart surgery.

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 ...

A 47-year old woman went to the hospital with chest pain and shortness of breath. When she arrived, doctors discovered a wire that had been left behind from a previous surgery four years ago. The ...

One of the most widespread and critical heart diseases is heart valve disease, and when the valves cease functioning, the heart will not be able to pump blood anymore. During the past several decades, ...

He is trading hospital gowns for a suit as he steps back on stage after a health scare that nearly stopped the show.

In the United States, cardiovascular health is especially important. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and as many as 1.5 million people have been diagnosed with aortic stenosis ...

Dillon Schultz walked into University Medical Center earlier this month for his fourth pulmonary-valve replacement. Four days and one Tylenol later, the 18-year-old was back in class at summer school.

ROCHESTER, Minn. --The total hospital cost of mitral valve repair surgery -- from the time a patient is admitted to the hospital until release --is similar, whether performed through small port ...

Former president Bill Clinton will undergo surgery tomorrow to remove fluid from around his left lung and take out scar tissue that is causing the fluid to accumulate. The condition, called a pleural ...