Cardiac specialist Angeliki Asimaki, born with congenital heart defects, suffered a stroke at 36 after her heart stopped for up to 14 seconds due to intermittent AV block. After nine major procedures, ...

Amy Beethe walked into a pre-operation room in January 2022 and was struck when she saw her patient: a small, underweight child in a hospital bed, covers pulled up to his chin.

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WSMV4’s Holly Thompson sat down with Rogers’ mother, Katie Proudfoot, about his disappearance and what it feels like two ...

Hailey Bieber opened up about how her perspective on her health changed after suffering a stroke and undergoing heart surgery ...

Taylor resident Charlotte Wells is a heart surgery pioneer. At age 10 in 1956, she had open-heart surgery to repair a congenital hole in her heart and was one of the first children nationally to get ...

Oklahoma Heart Institute offers new no-surgery heart valve replacement Doctors at Oklahoma Heart Institute are now offering a newly FDA-approved heart valve replacement that requires no open-heart ...

Nearly 17% of US adults with congenital heart disease are at a high risk for operative mortality and critical postoperative complications after redo cardiac surgery. This increased risk emphasizes the ...

Former Cardinals and Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians has fought and won plenty of health battles. He’s about to fight another. Appearing on Today to promote an upcoming prostate cancer screening ...

Heart specialists at Mayo Clinic today presented new research at the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting that redo surgery for adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) remains high-risk ...

Background Up to half of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) require cardiac surgery. Although anaemia is common, its precise prevalence, transfusion practices and impact on outcomes in ...

For years, Jackline Mudeizi lived in a body that constantly betrayed her: breathless nights, relentless fatigue, and a heart that seemed to race against time. Doctors reassured her. Clinics prescribed ...