Lucknow: Patients with blocked heart arteries may soon benefit from a new procedure called excimer laser coronary atherectomy (ELCA) at the Lari cardi.

A life-saving heart procedure offering an alternative to traditional open-heart surgery is now available to patients in Palm ...

UH Harrington Heart Institute is giving younger heart patients decades of good health through a complex partial heart transplant.

The procedure to place a stent, often called angioplasty, is performed to restore proper blood flow, reduce symptoms (like chest pain), and lower the risk of heart attacks.

Doctors tried stents, surgeries and procedures, but Fenyak’s heart continued to fail. Her cardiologist presented two options: a mechanical pump or a heart transplant.

For men and women, the most common heart attack symptom is chest pain. But it doesn't always feel like pain — sometimes it's more of a tightness, pressure or discomfort. And women are more likely to ...

Learn about surgical options for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), including septal myectomy, septal ablation, and heart ...

Coronary stents were first developed in the mid 1980s, revolutionizing coronary artery disease treatment for patients. While stents are still used in patients today, only incremental developments in ...

What began as a quick walk to the mailbox just two days after Christmas turned into the first sign that something was seriously wrong with Corey Charles. The 41-year-old Cypress father of three had ...

When someone has a heart attack, doctors need to act fast. A heart attack happens when a coronary artery—one of the blood vessels supplying the heart—gets blocked, usually by a blood clot. To save the ...