Eighty-four-year-old Shirley Deitz kept telling herself she was not going to have heart surgery at her age until the moment she was being wheeled into the operating room last June. "I was terrified," ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A minimally invasive approach to mitral valve repair was safe and effective vs. sternotomy. Recovery time and ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers report similar outcomes for two types of heart surgery for mitral valve repair. Suriyapong Thongsawang/Getty Images A new study is the first randomized clinical trial to ...

Is minimally invasive heart surgery to repair a mitral valve a safer option than open-heart surgery? Is it common for a surgeon to have to switch to an open-heart procedure after starting the surgery?

Repeat sternotomy for aortic valve replacement safe option for octogenarian patients Date: April 1, 2014 Source: American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Summary: Surgical aortic valve ...

The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) recently published several recommendations regarding OPCAB versus traditional on-pump CABG based on meta-analysis of ...

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