Over the past century, heart operations that once were unthinkable have become commonplace. Thousands of times a day, ...

Background: Approximately 20,000 permanent pacemakers (PPMs) are implanted annually for bradycardia or atrioventricular (AV) block after cardiac surgery. Little is known about the long-term pacing ...

Dr. Gerry Allen, a cardiothoracic surgeon at AdventHealth Waterman, is now using the da Vinci robotic system to perform ...

LISBON, Portugal—Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery has increased freedom from postsurgical complications by 18% over 1 year, according to a Swiss ...

Results are from the largest trial assessing acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery following extracorporeal blood purification.

Dr. Jamal Rabbi spoke at the Freeman Advantage Healthwise event Tuesday morning. He specifically focused on cardiac surgery ...

We therefore recommend pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery for patients who are pacemaker dependent after surgery and whose spontaneous rhythm does not recover by postoperative day 5.

After your surgery is complete, you will need to meet with your healthcare team regularly, undergo cardiac rehabilitation, and make lifestyle changes that improve your heart health and lower your ...

The Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Children's Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery of the Ministry of Health intends ...

The Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System has appointed Marc Pelletier, MD, as division chief of cardiac surgery for the department of surgery, section chief of cardiac ...

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Cardiac output was simultaneously measured using echocardiography and a commercially available transpulmonary thermodilution method (PiCCO™) at 18 h after the end of surgery. Results: At 18 h after ...