Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MD Open heart surgery requires cutting open your chest to access and repair your heart.This is an extensive surgery that may last as long as 3-5 hours.Recovery ...

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In March 2025, surgeons at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston, Texas, performed the first fully robotic heart transplant to take place in the United States. The operation avoided a ...

In a groundbreaking moment for American medicine, surgeons at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center have completed the first fully robotic heart transplant ever performed in the United States. In order to ...

Mercy St. Louis has just become the only hospital in Missouri to offer a new hybrid alternative to heart bypass surgery. KMOX ...

An 11-year-old girl is giving thanks to her Maryland medical team after surgery to repair a hole in her heart.

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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 ...

Discover how St. Elizabeth is transforming heart surgery with 3D 4K endoscopy—offering safer, less invasive procedures and faster recovery. Heart surgery is rapidly changing and St. Elizabeth ...

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 ...