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The heart-lung bypass machine that stills the heart while surgeons bypass an adult's clogged arteries or repair a baby's malformed heart can also trigger a potentially deadly inflammatory response.

There was a time in the 1920s when it was considered absurd to work on the human heart. By the time Russell M. Nelson, M.D., attended medical school at the University of Utah, little progress had been ...

Perioperative morbidity and mortality were reduced with off-pump vs on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting, though survival ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The University of New Mexico Hospital is teaming up with Albuquerque Fire Rescue to better respond to patients suffering from cardiac arrest. The hospital says they will ...

At right, French Hospital Medical Center cardiac surgeon Dr. Luke Faber prepares an artery rerouted from the chest wall to the heart for a double bypass of blocked heart arteries on June 25, 2008. The ...

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 ...