After months of dizziness and arms aching so badly she could barely walk her dog, Susan Glannan lay stunned in a sunny hospital room as a doctor told her she should have open heart surgery. The idea ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Local doctors at the TriHealth Heart and Vascular Institute are pioneering a breakthrough specialty that reduces the need for open heart surgery. Dr. Joseph Choo, a structural ...

Bassett Medical Center recently performed its first GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis (TAMBE) procedure, a fairly new, minimally invasive technique designed to treat complex aortic ...

Ms. Jones went to her physician and was diagnosed with tricuspid regurgitation, which occurs when the tricuspid valve in the heart does not close properly, allowing blood to flow backward into the ...

What once required days in the hospital and open heart surgery can now often be done in under 30 minutes, with patients going home the next day. For the final Wellness Wednesday of Heart Month, two ...

Bob Siemer, a heart disease survivor, defied medical expectations by undergoing a groundbreaking procedure at Christ Hospital after multiple doctors deemed further heart surgery impossible.At 70 years ...

A NEW HEART PROCEDURE IS PERFORMED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER HERE IN NEBRASKA. AN 86 YEAR OLD IOWA WOMAN WAS ABLE TO AVOID A HIGH RISK OPEN HEART SURGERY, AND HER HEART IS NO LONGER LEAKY. SHE AND THE ...