Tacoma infant discharged after transfusion‑free heart surgery at Seattle Children’s. A local example of bloodless pediatric ...

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

Workers at a Kansas hospital failed to properly sterilize and disinfect open-heart surgery devices, leading to slow-growing M ...

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

"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." ...

Vitamin K2 activates proteins that help drive calcium into the bones, away from blood vessels and heart valves. So, the theory that vitamin K2 would be helpful to treat or prevent osteoporosis -- or ...

Everly Backe, who was born with a congenital heart defect, was just 3 days old when she had her first open-heart surgery These parents found a very special way to honor their 4-year-old daughter.

This procedure just started to be offered in 2025.

Dr. John Gibbon invented the heart-lung machine and used it to perform the world’s first successful open-heart surgery on May 6, 1953. Dr. John Gibbon was a researcher and surgeon at Jefferson Medical ...

A new minimally invasive procedure replaces a damaged heart valve through a small neck incision, potentially allowing patients to recover faster than with traditional open-heart surgery.