BURBANK, Calif. (KGO) -- A new procedure is helping patients survive deadly heart infections without having to go through open-heart surgery. ABC7 News learned doctors are now able to vacuum the ...

Doctors from a UCLA Medical Center removed a potentially deadly 24-inch blood clot using a new minimally invasive alternative to open-heart surgery. No one expects to break new ground simply by ...

Physicians at Henry Ford Hospital successfully suctioned a cancerous tumor from a major vein in a patient with metastatic kidney cancer, clearing the way for him to undergo a minimally-invasive kidney ...

About one in 500 Americans suffers from deep vein thrombosis, a condition where blood clots form in the veins of the leg. Nearly 100,000 die each year when a clot breaks away and travels to the lungs ...

It's called AngioVac and it could mean the difference between life and death for cardiac patients who are at risk for blood clots. "Now we have these techniques where we can actually suck that clot ...

BURBANK, Calif. (KABC) -- A new minimally invasive heart procedure helped local artist Carlton Davis survive a potentially deadly infection. "I didn't think I was going to live, I really didn't, I ...