Dr Sharma explains how high concentrations of visceral fat interferes during surgical procedures. He suggests bariatric surgery as an effective way to curb it.

One in four people has this silent heart defect which can cause sudden heart attacks when the body is under stress ...

Here’s how good these people are: I was technically dead for awhile as they stopped my heart to connect it to a pump device like that used on the late Dick Cheney so they could work on me undisturbed.

Use of the antifibrinolytic medication ‘narrowly exceeded’ noninferiority in VTE risk compared with placebo in noncardiac ...

An infant died following a routine cardiac surgery in November. Now, the results of an investigation into her death reveal ...

The Miami-Dade Heart Walk was underway Saturday morning at loanDepot Park, bringing together survivors, families and ...

Lost in Space” star Bill Mumy asked fans for prayers as his daughter-in-law prepared for open-heart surgery. Support poured in worldwide.

Patrick's scan showed "significant blockages" in his arteries, Murray said. He was at high risk for a dangerous cardiac event ...

Surgeons at Intermountain Health are testing a new approach to treat the ascending aorta — a critical artery once considered ...

Combining pulsed field ablation and a radiofrequency technique in one platform is expected to reduce procedure times.

Alice Beck was a 23-year-old Navy nurse at a West Coast hospital in 1942 when she began caring for a sailor with a most unusual wound: a bullet in his heart.

Even more startling is the outcome. Gregory survived a marathon that included 22 cumulative minutes without oxygen, a ...