Open heart surgery is a way to treat heart disease. To do it, your doctor opens your chest wall, cuts through your sternum, and spreads your ribs to get access to the heart. Open heart surgery is ...

The mere idea of heart surgery is enough to give anyone the shakes. Open-heart surgery used to be hard years ago. It had a long incision down the chest, weeks in the hospital, and a difficult recovery ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - At 91, Peter Sterne is a firm believer in keeping his body in motion. He swims, rides a stationary bike, and golfs on the Garden Island. “Some people set a goal, like I want ...

Mother Martha Penturf holds her 4.5-month-old son Atlas, who had open heart surgery in November performed by Dr. Kristine J. Guleserian, as nurse practitioner Casey Cox opens his shirt showing his ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a pioneering method to mend damaged hearts without open-heart surgery, an advance that ...

GOOCHLAND, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A 7-year-old Virginia girl is thriving months after undergoing open-heart surgery for a congenital heart defect. Millie Haenlein, a second grader at Goochland ...

Shortness of breath is one of the most common side effects after open-heart surgery. It can last for weeks or months, but symptoms typically improve over time. Open heart surgery can restore your ...

Four-year-old Everly Backe underwent her first open heart surgery just three days after she was born. In her four years of life, she has undergone eight medical procedures at Advocate Children's ...