LISBON, Portugal—Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery has increased freedom from postsurgical complications by 18% over 1 year, according to a Swiss ...

Despite having no greater chance of developing problems after high risk cardiovascular surgery, women are more likely than men to die from postoperative complications, a new study suggests. The ...

Female patients are more likely to die from postoperative cardiac surgery complications compared to male patients undergoing the same procedure, according to a study published Oct. 17 in JAMA Surgery.

LISBON - Portuguese researchers have identified alterations in the body that are indicative of complications after cardiovascular surgery, such as damage to organs, especially the kidneys, a discovery ...

Recovering from surgery for a widow maker—a severe heart attack caused by blockage of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery—requires careful attention to physical, emotional, and mental health.

Heart surgeons at HCA Florida Osceola Hospital in Kissimmee are now performing off‑pump coronary artery bypass, a beating‑heart version of bypass surgery that lets them graft around blocked arteries ...

Women and men experience similar rates of dangerous complications after a major heart surgery. So why are women dying at higher rates than men when these complications strike? That's the main question ...