Cincinnati, OH - Patients undergoing cardiac surgery in their eighties have higher risks of in-hospital death and other severe complications compared with those who are younger simply because of their ...

Australians undergoing open-heart surgery could soon benefit from safer, simpler care and get home earlier thanks to the ...

Patients undergoing cardiac surgery often receive red-cell transfusions, along with the associated risks and costs. Early intraoperative normovolemic hemodilution (i.e., acute normovolemic ...

Heart surgery that begins late in the morning may raise the risk of cardiovascular deaths when compared to other times of the day, according to a study.

Dual antiplatelet therapy after heart bypass surgery is not more effective than aspirin alone - and it increases the risk of excessive bleeding. This has now been shown in a study of 2,201 patients at ...

A newborn's heart will grow roughly 15 times larger in volume by the time adulthood is reached — a remarkable transformation ...