A Kolkata hospital successfully implanted a pacemaker in a woman with a rare heart condition, marking the first such case in India. Led by Dr. Soumya Patra, the procedure tackled anatomical challenges ...

The procedure was carried out by Kolkata doctors Dr Subhasish Deb, Consultant for Cardiology, and the dedicated cath lab team ...

Washington State University researchers have developed a 3D-printed model of the left side of the heart that contracts and beats, offering the chance for surgeons and medical students to rehearse ...

Pacemaker implant performed on patient with ‘rare anatomical condition’ at Kolkata hospital ...

February is Heart Month, and groundbreaking technology at Norton Children's Hospital is helping surgeons go inside a child's heart before ever picking up a scalpel.

UT Health Tyler (Texas) has completed its first TriClip transcatheter edge-to-edge repair procedure to treat tricuspid regurgitation.  The minimally invasive procedure, performed by interventional ...

Congenital heart defects are usually associated with newborn intensive care units and early surgeries, so many people assume the condition belongs entirely to childhood. Families often feel that once ...

Study validates a new risk model that allows for more accurate risk estimates, encourages shared decision-making, and helps ...

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH) has successfully performed a highly complex robotic heart surgery on a woman in her seventies who was living with seven ongoing cardiac ...

If you have a heart condition, choosing a hospital to perform heart surgery or other cardiac care is one of the most important — and nerve-wracking — medical decisions you will ever make. So, it' ...

Debates for and against intervention focused on that key window when cardiac damage has arrived, but not yet symptoms.

What to make of the results remains uncertain, but experts agree that greater vigilance in low-risk patients is warranted.