The heart-lung machine was a groundbreaking invention that took place in Philadelphia and has saved millions of lives.

"Cadiac Cowboys" covers the work of pioneering doctors who created modern day open heart surgery. NINA MOINI: Before the 1950s, heart surgery was widely regarded as a guaranteed instant death for a ...

SALT LAKE CITY — It’s a story of ingenuity, genius, and heart… literally. Forty-two years ago, Utah became the site of the first successful total artificial heart transplant, a groundbreaking ...

Bypass surgery is a type of open-heart surgery. Surgeons may use several different types of bypass surgeries to repair or replace the heart. Open-heart surgery is an operation where surgeons repair or ...

Noguchi-Watanabe M; Yamamoto-Mitani N; Arimoto A; Murashima S BACKGROUND: Little is known regarding the influence of participation in patient groups on self-care in patients with a cardiac surgery ...