More than 60 million American women have heart disease. "The statistics haven't improved enough," a women's heart doctor told ...

The breastbone is often split to access the heart. Using a vein ... to have worse outcomes after bypass surgery. Both are underrepresented in clinical trials. Women have a higher risk of bleeding ...

A new study from the University of Michigan has found that women are more likely to die from complications after high-risk heart surgery than men, even though both sexes experience complications at ...

Did you know men and women's heart cells prefer different kinds of fuel? Gender differences are emerging as scientists turn ...

Heart bypass surgery is a new beginning for patients, significantly enhancing longevity and quality of life. It is performed when critical blockages are present and may involve angioplasty with ...

In sharp contrast to earlier studies, patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease fared equally well whether they ...

Three weeks had passed since my open-heart surgery ... and again I was with a group of women I did not know. They had no idea about my surgery, the lingering pain, the complications around ...

Adults who undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are more likely to lose 50% or more of their excess body weight than those who ...

CHICAGO — Patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease who underwent a less-invasive stent procedure fared just as well as those who underwent open-heart bypass surgery after 5 years, the ...

On Monday, students from Avonworth High School who are part of the hospital’s formal Open Heart Surgery ... of eight women, led by Dr. Candice Lee, performing a coronary artery bypass graft.