A major trend in cardiac surgery is what’s called the “hybrid approach,” which can involve applying open and catheter-based ...

MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center is the only hospital in Orange County to earn six consecutive three-star ratings from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons for coronary artery bypass grafting ...

Criteria for who should get heart surgery and when are based primarily on research in men, but two studies suggest this leads ...

Before I explain the surgery, let me back up and tell you what an aortic aneurysm is. Cleveland Clinic explains, “An ...

A spokesperson says Dr Michael Byrom no longer has any conditions placed on his practising and cited a ‘rigorous recruitment process’ ...

Match Day 2020 ushered in a new group of surgery residents, while saying goodbye to others who will soon leave UAB for different programs across the country. UAB students will continue their medical ...

Queensland surgeons are in shock after a cardiothoracic surgeon who previously had conditions placed on his registration by ...

Each year, we match one general thoracic track and three cardiothoracic track fellows to our ACMGE thoracic surgery fellowship program. This provides a broad diversity of experience that includes ...

Johannes R. Kratz, MD, has been named as the inaugural chief of UCSF’s Division of Thoracic Surgery, one of the leading academic robotic thoracic surgery programs in the western U.S. He brings a track ...

By Hugo Francisco de Souza Many post-surgical heart injuries go unnoticed, but cardiologist input can change outcomes. Study: Peri-operative myocardial infarction/injury after non-cardiac surgery: ...

A Visalia couple hopes to bring awareness of cardiovascular disease. They both had coronary bypass surgery within days of ...