You're getting heart surgery, but your surgeon notices a new anomaly that perhaps could be fixed at the same time. That's more likely to happen if you're a man than a woman, new studies find. The ...

LOS ANGELES, CA—With research showing that women present later and differently with cardiovascular disease—and that they pose unique challenges in the operating room—some experts are calling for more ...

Cardiac surgeon Amy Fiedler, MD, stares at the motionless heart below her in an operating room at UC San Francisco’s Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights. She’s nearly five hours into a ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. They call it “failure to rescue,” which means a ...

Women over the age of 65 who require complex heart surgery are more likely than men to receive care at low quality hospitals - where they also die in greater numbers following the procedure, a ...

PITTSBURGH — In recognition of International Women’s Day, Allegheny General Hospital welcomed local high school students to observe an all-female surgical team. On Monday, students from Avonworth High ...

The cyclist pushed for extra tests after a friend suffered a cardiac arrest. Within days, she was rushed into open heart ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients who had mitral valve surgery, women were more likely than men to need tricuspid repair but less ...

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One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery - with women far more likely to develop one, according to studies led by Michigan Medicine. The two studies examined ...