In 2014, seemingly healthy 24-year-old Brittany Williams suffered sudden cardiac arrest at a Manhattan restaurant. At the hospital, doctors diagnosed her with a heart rhythm disorder called long QT ...

Open-heart surgery is a general term that refers to any surgery where a surgeon accesses the heart by opening the chest. They’ll make an incision in your chest and then cut through the breastbone and ...

Heart surgeons meticulously scrub their hands for precisely one minute before each operation. This scientifically backed ...

A cardiac nurse who had open heart surgery experienced significantly reduced pain and faster recovery time after her surgeon ...

A writer explores how a Jewish ritual changed her relationship with mortality. By Jessica Alpert I had a hole in my chest. Three weeks had passed since my open-heart surgery. My body was rejecting ...

With significant advancements in heart treatment, the days of open-heart surgery as the only option for complex heart conditions are mostly behind us. Today, minimally invasive procedures can be used ...