You just had heart bypass surgery: Cardiac surgeons cracked your breastbone, opened your chest and grafted blood vessels from one part of your body onto another. You have fresh surgical wounds, both ...

Last May, Bonnie Beach, 64, of Madison, Wisconsin, woke with mild pain in her arms and burning in her throat. She "wondered" about heart attack but dismissed the idea. Her pain was gone the next day.

A recent study found that effective treatment for clogged arteries may differ for men and women, according to research ...

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New research reveals the method has its risks; some docs stand by the procedure. Nov. 5, 2009— -- It's been about six weeks since Frank Aylor had open heart surgery, and he's already up and ...

April 24 -- FRIDAY, April 24 (HealthDay News) -- People who develop the heartbeat abnormality called atrial fibrillation after heart bypass surgery are at increased long-term risk of dying, a new ...

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

It’s a staple in any dermatologist’s office for releasing wrinkles, but botox could one day become a routine part of heart bypass surgeries, the latest research suggests. Researchers report in the ...

The average person with multiple diseased arteries in the heart does slightly better following coronary artery bypass surgery than after having stents inserted, a new study suggests, but the optimal ...

Despite the advent of a new generation of stents, patients with multiple narrowed arteries in the heart who received coronary artery bypass grafting fared better than those whose arteries were opened ...

Funnyman David Letterman joked with his doctors before undergoing successful quintuple heart bypass surgery at a Manhattan hospital yesterday. “He’s fine. In recovery,” spokesman Steven Rubenstein ...

A DJ and music producer who was shocked to discover he had heart disease has thanked the hospital staff who cared for him following a triple heart bypass. Bhupinder Saggu, who is known as Bups Saggu, ...