Women are at higher risk of death when undergoing heart bypass surgery than men. Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have determined that this disparity is mediated, to a large extent, by ...

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 ...

It's long been documented that women have a slimmer chance of surviving heart bypass surgery compared to men, and researchers believe that they now know why. Women tend to be more vulnerable to blood ...

One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery, and women are far more likely to develop one, according to recent studies. Black patients also had higher rates of ...

Bypass surgery is a type of open-heart surgery. Surgeons may use several different types of bypass surgeries to repair or replace the heart. Open-heart surgery is an operation where surgeons repair or ...

PLAINSBORO, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Heart bypass surgery: What used to be an extraordinary procedure for clogged arteries is now done more than a thousand times a day. And it's still a powerful fix for ...

Recent findings may be relevant to discussions with patients and their families about the pros and cons of cardiac surgery.

A coronary artery bypass is one of several types of open-heart surgeries, which are major medical procedures. Open-heart surgery is a group of procedures that involve cutting through the breastbone to ...

Fans of Taylor Swift are wishing her father, Bryn Mawr native Scott Kingsley Swift, well as he recovers from heart surgery. Scott Swift, who with wife Andrea raised Taylor in eastern Pennsylvania, ...