Minimally invasive heart surgery reduces recovery time to six weeks versus twelve weeks for open-heart surgery.

Recovery from open heart surgery, both in the hospital and beyond, is a long, involved process. The duration depends on the ...

Wireless activity trackers may do more than log how many steps you take. Doctors are turning to them to understand which factors help patients recover faster from surgery. Researchers at the Mayo ...

Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MD Open heart surgery requires cutting open your chest to access and repair your heart.This is an extensive surgery that may last as long as 3-5 hours.Recovery ...

This article describes the positive impact that actively managing functional recovery has on postacute placement for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. Objective: To describe the ...

Of the two heart valve surgeries Janice Smith has had at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital, the second was much easier for her. "I had a good experience both times," the 86-year-old said. "It's just that ...

Four teams were assembled at Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute to save a mother. — -- In any emergency medical procedure, doctors are quick to make a plan and jump into action. But for the ...

Former PGA Championship winner Davis Love III is recovering at home after undergoing open-heart surgery last week. Love, 60, underwent surgery to replace a “leaky valve” on Jan. 21 and was released ...