Margaret Van Bruggen’s family had just 24 hours to decide whether to let Duke surgeons perform a heart-valve-transplant ...

An aid organization that has sent more than 100 Haitian children with serious cardiac conditions to the U.S. for heart ...

Each woman suffered the same rare heart disease, but at different times and with different surgeries, one more complicated ...

Imagine you’re on vacation in the Keys, and days later, you’re being rushed for emergency heart surgery in Miami. A woman thought she pulled a muscle, but what happened next, she’s calling a medical ...

She needed surgery, but timing was critical. Typically, doctors wait until a child is around 2 years old for this type of ...

An Enniskillen businessman who ran a half-marathon and two days later needed open heart surgery is playing a leading role in ...

Use of dexmedetomidine in patients undergoing cardiac surgery is linked to a lower incidence of postoperative delirium but an ...

"Bishop Brandt suffered a cardiac incident earlier this week that required his hospitalization and subsequent surgery," ...

Passing nurses Sabrina Castle and Gianna Formisano saved the life of Merryl Hoffman when she experienced a sudden cardiac arrest.

An aneurysm causes the aortic wall — the aorta is the largest artery in the body — to weaken or bulge. A severe aortic ...