"To realize something can happen that you never see coming, and it could be over...everything became more precious." ...

Mapel, who was born with a rare heart defect called a Patent Ductus Arteriosus ... “This is the first time we have carried ...

Amy shared photos of her open-heart surgery. “I always saw myself living ... Grant said she had a “ticking time bomb in my chest.” She shared that she’s “in the best shape” of her ...

She underwent open-heart surgery. But soon after she was also diagnosed with atrial ... “It’s minimally invasive, so we don’t ...

Over the past century, heart operations that once were unthinkable have become commonplace. Thousands of times a day, ...

Advancements in thoracic surgery and robotic-assisted procedures enable cardiothoracic surgeons to improve the treatment of ...

Brailey Valenzuela became the fourth patient at CHOP to successfully undergo this type of fetal heart surgery.

a type of chest pain, caused by his clogged arteries. With one of Simarjot’s arteries completely blocked, another 75% blocked ...

A man who had an “extremely rare” quintuple heart bypass surgery at 34 due to a condition which turns him into a “cholesterol ...

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