Walker Farrington, 7, was diagnosed with congenital heart defects before birth ...

Newborn undergoes lifesaving open heart surgery A Cobb County toddler is doing well after undergoing newborn heart surgery. Beau Dillard was born with Down syndrome, and he had a common heart defect ...

Heart valves can be replaced with open heart surgery or with less invasive procedures that don’t require your chest to be opened. Known as transcatheter valve replacement, this type of procedure has ...

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) surgery is a procedure to place a durable mechanical heart pump into a poorly functioning heart. LVADs help your heart’s lower left chamber (ventricle) pump blood ...

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 ...