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 ...

The Texas Heart Institute/Baylor College of Medicine Thoracic Surgery (Independent) Fellowship Program has a pioneering tradition and a continuing spirit of innovation in cardiothoracic surgery. The ...

A new intervention which keeps lungs regularly expanding when using a heart-lung machine during heart valve surgery might protect lung function and exercise capacity in adult patients after the ...

There are three kinds: Maze procedure. Your doctor will usually do this while you're having open heart surgery for another problem, like a bypass or valve replacement. They make small cuts in the ...

The cardiothoracic surgery program at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine was the first to perform open heart surgery in Missouri and continues to be a leader in cardiothoracic care. Our ...

Female patients were more likely to have their cardiac surgery at larger, high-volume teaching hospitals traditionally viewed as better-quality institutions. That surprised lead study author ...

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 ...

16, 2024 — Despite having no greater chance of developing problems after high risk cardiovascular surgery ... cardiovascular risk and especially heart disease risk even at exposure levels ...

When Complications Strike After Heart Surgery, Women More Likely to Die Than Men By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Women and men experience similar ...

Women and men experience similar rates of dangerous complications after a major heart surgery. So why are women dying at higher rates than men when these complications strike? Advertisement That's ...

Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein is in hospital in New York for emergency heart surgery, his lawyers have told BBC News. Lawyers for Weinstein said he was taken on Sunday evening from the ...

"Needing a pacemaker after heart surgery is not benign and can put the patients at risk for late complications, including heart failure," said Gorav Ailawadi, M.D, M.B.A., chair of the Department ...