Over the past century, heart operations that once were unthinkable have become commonplace. Thousands of times a day, ...

SAN FRANCISCO — One of the scariest parts of bypass surgery — having your heart stopped and going on a heart-lung machine while doctors fix your clogged arteries — is safe even in the elderly and ...

With early diagnosis, expert surgical care, and intensive support, many of the babies with critical congenital heart disease ...

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The creation of heart-lung bypass was clearly "one of the major milestones of modern medicine," said Dr. James K. Kirklin, the former director of cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Alabama at ...