The treatment can vary, ranging from antihypertensive drugs to surgical procedures like heart valve replacement, coronary bypass surgery ... There are three major types of cardiomyopathy: For ...

A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement ...

making it difficult for blood and oxygen to reach the muscles of the heart. Coronary bypass surgery is one treatment option to help restore blood flow, when other surgical procedures may not be ...

A first of its kind surgery to help people with a specific type of heart failure is going through clinical trials at Providence St. Vincent’s.

Congenital heart disease is any problem with the heart's development that a person is born with. It means the heart has not formed properly. It affects between four and nine children out of every 1000 ...

Yale operates first the BATMAN procedure in CT, a less invasive heart treatment offering faster recovery and new hope for ...

Robot-assisted heart surgery usually requires an assistant at ... to develop the surgical field expansion plate made from a ...

The two-year Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship at Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine is one of only 16 ACGME-approved congenital heart surgery fellowships in the United ...