One in 5 older adults develop infections up to six months after heart surgery, and women are more likely to experience infections. Black people experience higher rates of infections compared to white ...

Women with severe coronary heart disease causing narrowing or blockages in the arteries may derive greater long-term benefits ...

One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery, and women are far more likely to develop one, according to recent studies. Black patients also had higher rates of ...

One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery - with women far more likely to develop one, according to studies led by Michigan Medicine. The two studies examined ...

Cardiac surgeon Amy Fiedler, MD, stares at the motionless heart below her in an operating room at UC San Francisco’s Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights. She’s nearly five hours into a ...

LOS ANGELES, CA—With research showing that women present later and differently with cardiovascular disease—and that they pose unique challenges in the operating room—some experts are calling for more ...

QUEBEC CITY — Although women appear to benefit as much as men do from left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) during surgery for atrial fibrillation (AF), they have far worse 30-day outcomes following ...

When doctors tell patients they’ll access their heart through the groin, many react with confusion or concern. Yet this approach, known as the transfemoral method, has become a cornerstone of modern ...

PITTSBURGH — In recognition of International Women’s Day, Allegheny General Hospital welcomed local high school students to observe an all-female surgical team. On Monday, students from Avonworth High ...

A writer explores how a Jewish ritual changed her relationship with mortality. By Jessica Alpert I had a hole in my chest. Three weeks had passed since my open-heart surgery. My body was rejecting ...