Al Rameni describes the operating room where she works as something more than a medical space.

Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in America, accounting for one in five deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While multiple lifestyle factors can cause ...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, yet many people are unaware that most serious cardiac complications generally stem from three major issues – blocked arteries, ...

Shortness of breath (dyspnea) is one of the most common side effects after open-heart surgery, often caused by mucus buildup, collapsed airways (atelectasis), or fluid between the lung layers (pleural ...

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 ...

Sex discordance isn’t an explanation for gender disparities in outcomes after cardiac surgery, new data suggest. For men, whether their surgeon was male had no impact on morbidity and mortality at 30 ...