Surgical aortic valve replacement generally improves patients’ symptoms and prolongs survival. However, the perceived risk of surgical aortic valve replacement in patients over 80 may result in ...

Is minimally invasive heart surgery to repair a mitral valve a safer option than open-heart surgery? Is it common for a surgeon to have to switch to an open-heart procedure after starting the surgery?

Patients with degenerative mitral valve (MV) regurgitation that calls for surgery may, for the most part, safely choose either a standard procedure requiring a midline sternotomy or one performed ...

Getting patients physically active as early as 2 weeks after a sternotomy for CABG or valve surgery appears to be just as safe and effective as waiting the standard month and a half, according to ...

For patients who undergo cardiac surgery, systematic use of a two-pronged strategy that involves sternotomy closure with rigid-plate fixation (RPF) plus an enhanced-recovery protocol (ERP) can produce ...

QUEBEC CITY — For eligible patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD), minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (MICS-CABG) yielded faster functional recovery and other benefits ...