The 4-month-old successfully underwent surgery without any blood transfusion at Seattle Children’s hospital early this year.

Alaric, born with several congenital heart defects, is a "super-bright" boy, his parents say.

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

MEDICAL REPORTER MINDY BECERRA JOINS US WITH ONE YOUNG GIRL’S STORY. MINDY. ASHLEY. ONE CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT IS WHAT’S COMMONLY CALLED A HOLE IN THE HEART. OFTEN CHILDREN HAVE NO SYMPTOMS, BUT IF ...

*Star Jones stepped back onto “The View” set on January 29, revisiting the program she helped launch in its earliest days. Jones’s visit highlighted a crucial personal anniversary. “15 years ago, open ...

A life-saving heart procedure offering an alternative to traditional open-heart surgery is now available to patients in Palm Beach County — and even more remarkably, the surgeons behind it are a ...

"He had a terrible end to his life, a terrible death filled with fear and anxiety and pain. And we feel that this was so preventable." ...

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