More than one week after having open heart surgery, Sen. Jesse Helms remains in stable condition and is on a ventilator in the Intensive Care Unit at Inova Fairfax hospital in Falls Church Virginia.

After heart surgery, obese patients tend to require additional intensive care unit (ICU) services and longer recovery times when compared to non-obese patients. This results in more expensive, more ...

MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- When a child undergoes an operation of any sort, it can be a traumatic experience for the entire family. A new piece of medical technology at Valley Children's Hospital is ...

Teen Mom alum Cory Wharton shared insight into his and ex-girlfriend Taylor Selfridge's daughter Maya, 3, after the toddler ...

One young woman is sharing the terrifying symptom that led to emergency double surgery during her third trimester.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - One Saint Luke’s Mid-America Heart Institute patient is sharing her lifelong journey with heart disease that has left hospital staff feeling like family. 41-year-old Christin ...

The complications didn’t end after that first surgery. Klara needed a second surgery at just one month old, then spent weeks ...

In 2014, seemingly healthy 24-year-old Brittany Williams suffered sudden cardiac arrest at a Manhattan restaurant. At the hospital, doctors diagnosed her with a heart rhythm disorder called long QT ...

(NewsNation) — The recent success of the first U.S. heart transplant done through fully robotic means suggests a medical future where surgeons use less invasive means to do complicated procedures. In ...