CLEVELAND, Ohio — A new cardiac catheterization laboratory in Willoughby is making it possible for heart patients in Lake County to stay close to home while getting minimally invasive treatments as ...

Walker Farrington, 7, was diagnosed with congenital heart defects before birth ...

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 ...

Using a previously “instrumented” radial artery—one that has been used for transradial PCI or invasive angiography—as a bypass graft for cardiac surgery is not associated with poor clinical outcomes ...

Heart valves can be replaced with open heart surgery or with less invasive procedures that don’t require your chest to be opened. Known as transcatheter valve replacement, this type of procedure has ...

Emergencies that bring people to a hospital often involve sudden, severe heart problems like a heart attack, unstable chest pain, sudden heart failure or dangerous arrhythmias. Immediate diagnosis and ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The CALORI study calls into question the practice of fasting before cardiac catheterization. Patients not ...

ANSWER: I am very sorry to hear about the sudden death of your friend during surgery. Open-heart surgery is always risky, but ...