Newly opened cardiovascular surgery centers in Montgomery County offer lower procedure costs, attracting profitable cases ...

Operative mortality fell over time, but there was a concerning uptick in recent years attributed to low-volume sites.

Many minimally invasive procedures are available to treat problems with your heart. These procedures can fix issues like malfunctioning valves and blockages in your heart’s arteries. Traditional heart ...

As American Heart Month comes to a close, doctors at UPMC are reminding people about the importance of heart health.

Delirium is a sudden onset of acute confusion in which those affected are disoriented, have impaired attention, and experience altered perception -often accompanied by hallucinations or sleep ...

Study validates a new risk model that allows for more accurate risk estimates, encourages shared decision-making, and helps ...

The new centers are drawing profitable procedures from outpatient departments in hospitals to lower-cost venues.

State health regulators have recommended that New York allow certain heart procedures to be performed outside of hospitals, a move that could usher in a new wave of providers and reshape the state’s ...

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 ...

LISBON, Portugal—Patients who undergo a cardiac prehabilitation prior to elective surgery or procedures via a smartphone app have a lower incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) ...

A doctor may recommend surgery for arrhythmia when medications and lifestyle changes haven’t been effective. The different types of arrhythmia surgeries each aim to restore a regular heart rhythm.

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH) has successfully performed a highly complex robotic heart surgery on a woman in her seventies who was living with seven ongoing cardiac ...