Dr. Goya Raikar has spent much of his career taking the “open” out of open-heart surgery. As Chief Cardiac Surgeon at ...

Four teams were assembled at Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute to save a mother. — -- In any emergency medical procedure, doctors are quick to make a plan and jump into action. But for the ...

The Lawhuns hope their story encourages others to ask about calcium score screenings.

A new minimally invasive procedure replaces a damaged heart valve through a small neck incision, potentially allowing patients to recover faster than with traditional open-heart surgery.

"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 ...