A nurse from LeClaire was the first lung-surgery patient to undergo a new procedure at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago.

Five-year-old Hemi Andrews’ strength in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges — including six open heart surgeries ...

Khailer Eli, 19, is facing his third major open-heart surgery in California this month. His family have set up a GoFundMe to ...

Texas Children’s Hospital was named the top hospital for pediatric pulmonology and lung surgery in the 2025 to 2026 rankings ...

Jasmin Roberts, from Wrexham, was told that her son, Ollie, 'would be lucky to live until he was two' after he was diagnosed ...

Action star Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Friday he has had heart surgery but is feeling "fantastic." "I have a new aortic valve to go along with my new pulmonary valve from my last surgery. I feel ...

Partial heart transplants for congenital heart disease using donor semilunar valves showed valve growth matching patient development in infants. Transplanted valves functioned well over time, with no ...

Ebstein anomaly is a defect of the tricuspid valve in the heart. It is a rare type of heart defect, occurring in about 1 out of 10,000 live births each year. The age of onset for symptoms of Ebstein ...

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have successfully performed preclinical laboratory testing of a replacement heart valve intended for toddlers and young children with congenital ...

Congenital heart defects affect approximately 1% of births in the United States and Europe, with >1 million children in the United States living with congenital heart defects. Many experience ...