BOCA RATON, Fla. (CBS12) — Two South Florida surgeons, a father and son team, are changing the way heart bypass surgery is done. Their minimally invasive approach doesn’t require cracking the chest or ...

Many minimally invasive procedures are available to treat problems with your heart. These procedures can fix issues like malfunctioning valves and blockages in your heart’s arteries. Traditional heart ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — It’s a serious heart defect that can cause blood to flow into the wrong part of the heart chamber, and up until recently, it required open heart surgery to fix. But now ...

Advancements in medical technology have paved the way for minimally invasive heart surgery, a revolutionary option that offers numerous benefits for seniors. As the aging population continues to grow, ...

In a world-first, a team of researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, has successfully performed a coronary artery bypass — a normally open-heart ...

CHICAGO — For many patients, the fear of open-heart surgery keeps them off the operating table. But doctors say a coronary artery bypass is life-changing — and so is the lesser-known and less-invasive ...

How heart surgeons at Ascension Saint Thomas are helping pioneer a less invasive heart surgery using the latest robot technology.

New findings from a DETOUR2 substudy show that minimally invasive percutaneous transmural arterial bypass (PTAB) may offer a promising alternative to traditional leg bypass surgery for patients with ...