Pulmonary embolism (PE) occurs when a blood clot travels to the lungs, creating a medical emergency. The main symptoms include shortness of breath and a cough, which may produce bloody sputum—symptoms ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – At 75 years old, Lorraine Cook has lived through two heart attacks and a major open-heart surgery. Now retired, she says her latest experience with an innovative, non-surgical ...

Surgeons had to operate on Julia Morris at 23 weeks without endangering the fetus. The procedure is believed to be the first ...

Lynne Versaci, a Dutchess County Legislator, has recently undergone open-heart surgery. Her life-altering surgery was long, and had its complications, but she is officially on the road to recovery.

Star Jones has been on a health roller coaster, and she's doing better than ever.

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

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 ...