Advances in the field in recent years have expanded cardiac care’s capabilities while dramatically shrinking recovery time and discomfort. Nowadays we can treat pretty much everything, most heart ...

Continuing angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers before non-cardiac surgery is linked ...

The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery is world renowned in the evaluation and surgical treatment of cardiovascular and aortic disease. The surgical teams at Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas ...

One in eight patients who undergo cardiothoracic surgery continue to take opioids long after pain control is necessary, according to a new analysis of Medicare data from 2009 to 2015. While some ...

CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO), a leader in the treatment of life-threatening conditions in the intensive care unit ...

A first rib resection is a surgery to remove your first rib. Thoracic surgeons offer this surgery to treat thoracic outlet syndrome. Thoracic outlet syndrome is compression of the nerves or blood ...

AM-Pharma B.V. today announced that it has successfully completed enrollment of patients in its ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating ilofotase alfa for the prevention of cardiac ...

A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery offers rare insight into what it's like to grow up as the child of a ...

Match Day 2019 ushered in a new group of surgery residents, while saying goodbye to others who will soon leave UAB for different programs across the country. With 98 percent of students matching into ...

In a landmark achievement for cardiovascular medicine, the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) has ...

Kingsport, Tenn.-based Ballad Health’s Bristol Regional Medical Center fired cardiothoracic surgeon Nathan Smith, MD, after he offered and let the CEO of Bristol Regional make the first cut in a ...