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 ...

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

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 ...

SCUNTHORPE, England (WKRC) - A recently released report has claimed that a woman would have likely survived her heart surgery if there hadn't been a power outage during the procedure. The Prevention ...

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 ...

A writer explores how a Jewish ritual changed her relationship with mortality. By Jessica Alpert I had a hole in my chest. Three weeks had passed since my open-heart surgery. My body was rejecting ...

Women are more likely than men to die of complications from high-risk cardiovascular surgery, a new study finds. These life-threatening complications, such as heart attacks and infections, were more ...