Both are vital for treating cardiovascular diseases, each with unique benefits. Open heart surgery involves making an incision in the chest to directly access and repair the heart, often used for ...

GOOCHLAND, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A 7-year-old Virginia girl is thriving months after undergoing open-heart surgery for a congenital heart defect. Millie Haenlein, a second grader at Goochland ...

Three weeks had passed since my open-heart surgery. My body was rejecting some ... I would get older like her, I hoped. I would live a long life like her. Honestly, I never felt so alive.

Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement without the need for open-heart surgery. A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union ...