Open heart surgery is a common but invasive procedure. Surgeons have tested an unconventional way to perform coronary artery bypass without cracking the chest.

For the first time ever in a human, doctors have performed coronary artery bypass grafting without having to cut through the ...

Her brother’s heart surgery at 4 years old sparked an early interest in cardiology for Linda Park, PhD, NP. But it was the disappointment years later as a cardiac nurse practitioner watching patients ...

Portsmouth officials report traffic improvements in the North End despite ongoing construction projects. A major infrastructure project on Congress Street is scheduled to begin in January to upgrade ...

ALBANY, N.Y (WNYT) — Albany Medical Center has performed the region’s first minimally invasive tricuspid valve replacement, benefiting patients with inoperable leaky heart valves. Doctors used the ...

Balloons and applause met Dr. Makoto Hashimoto as he arrived for his 100 th robotic cardiac surgery at Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute. The milestone—achieved just months after the ...

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. The new approach ...

Today, Brooks Klingsporn is a happy 1-and-a-half-year-old baby. However, he's already had more heart surgeries than most people get in a lifetime — including one before he was even born. Last year, ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is marking a major milestone. The health system has now performed 100 open-heart surgeries and counting, less than three years after establishing the ...

Design: Kelsea Petersen. Photos: Colby Bishop; Dan Istitene/NurPhoto/Getty Images; Colby Bishop, Portsmouth’s talismanic striker who is the club’s top goalscorer in the 21st century, recalls to The ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Some people who are special to us can oftentimes make us feel different things. Locke Keller's energy lights up a room — that's how his Mom, Mandy Keller, describes her bundle of ...

Surgeons at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center completed the first fully robotic heart transplant, a breakthrough procedure that could transform the future of heart surgery. The patient, Tony Ibarra, ...