In a major step forward for heart surgery, doctors in the U.S. have performed a heart transplant entirely with robotic assistance—without opening ...
The mere idea of heart surgery is enough to give anyone the shakes. Open-heart surgery used to be hard years ago. It had a long incision down the chest, weeks in the hospital, and a difficult recovery ...
Doctors discovered Anna Cole, 13, had a 5-pound benign tumor in her chest. Jan. 13, 2012— -- Anna Cole was only 10 years old when doctors found a tumor the size of a volleyball growing in the ...
In the United States, cardiovascular health is especially important. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and as many as 1.5 million people have been diagnosed with aortic stenosis ...
St. John Medical Center has increased the procedures it performs with robotic surgery to include those in the chest and stomach areas. The Da Vinci surgical system previously has been used at St. John ...
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Coronary artery disease, a major global health concern, is effectively managed through angioplasty or bypass surgery.
Carson Sudbeck didn't think much about his concave chest until he was scrolling TikTok and discovered corrective surgery Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has spent 20 years as ...