There are several newer, less invasive techniques for bypass surgery that can be used instead of open-chest surgery in some cases. In some procedures, the heart is slowed with medicine but is still ...

you may know about bypass and open heart surgeries. Both are vital for treating cardiovascular diseases, each with unique benefits. Open heart surgery involves making an incision in the chest to ...

For 43 years, Pancho Claus has been helping kids who are less fortunate have a Merry Christmas. He leads a toy drive that gives gifts to thousands of children in Texas.

Annesley Clark and Christine Corso were determined to say their vows before it was too late. So when Clark's nurses at ...

Reyes began his nonprofit, Pancho Clause, 44 years ago. Donning a bright red suit and in a sleigh of lowriders, the ...

The first successful operation using this technique was March 26, 1954. The child, a 13-month-old with a defective ventricle (one of the heart's lower chambers), died 11 days later from pneumonia. But ...

A nurse in Plantation is being hailed a hero after she noticed something unusual on a normal drive home from work.

Even as Richard Reyes recovers from open heart surgery, he's working to meet his goal of distributing 20,000 gifts to kids in ...

Gone are the days when a heart patient would have to endure 24 hours of air traveling and spend close to $50,000 to get heart ...

The GLORIOUS trial tested whether intravenous infusion of exenatide could reduce complications during and after cardiac ...

Fijians in need of coronary artery bypass surgery do not need to find upto $50,000 and travel to India anymore, the founder ...

The goal of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is to improve blood flow to ... CABG can often be combined with and performed at the same time as other open-heart surgery, such as repairing or ...