Dr. Mark Shen performed the surgery using a new system called “Affera Mapping and Ablation” to treat atrial fibrillation.

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a pioneering method to mend damaged hearts without open-heart surgery, an advance that could one day transform the treatment of heart failure.

While most scheduled surgeries do proceed as planned, same-day cancellations for surgeries and other procedures are fairly frequent, ranging from 2.5% to 20%, depending on the procedure, a study found ...

(NewsNation) — The recent success of the first U.S. heart transplant done through fully robotic means suggests a medical future where surgeons use less invasive means to do complicated procedures. In ...

An earlier blood transfusion—done when hemoglobin levels were higher—after major general or vascular surgery among people ...

Meet Meadow, a roughly one-year-old homeless domestic shorthair cat, who is preparing for lifesaving heart surgery at Angell ...

After waiting nearly eight hours for his heart surgery to be performed, his UM surgeon canceled the procedure at the last moment.

The hospital recently performed its 1,000th minimally invasive cardiac surgery that reduces pain, infection risk and recovery ...

Mortality/major ischemic events at 90 days were no lower than with a restrictive strategy—but cardiac complications differed.

Four teams were assembled at Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute to save a mother. — -- In any emergency medical procedure, doctors are quick to make a plan and jump into action. But for the ...

Heart health is very personal for Jane Seymour. Coronary disease runs in her family. Seymour’s mother suffered a stroke and ...