Northwestern Medicine is now the nation's highest volume lung transplant center. Doctors say recently adopted technology — a lung refrigerator — will give surgeons more time for the complex procedure.

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research led by the University of Bristol ...

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research has found.

Speaker podiums and tables reserved for moderators had new paperwork waiting for delegates attending the Society of Thoracic ...

Next-generation sequencing, proteomics analysis, and circulating tumor DNA demonstrate how precision medicine advances ...

With new transcatheter options for the repair or replacement of tricuspid valves, the role and timing of repair — whether surgical or minimally invasive — is entering a time of transition.

Rocco Pagliocca played a few minutes off the bench on Dec. 17, just 20 days after surgery, and hit four straight free throws ...

Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox recently received a three-star rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

SGMC Health has enhanced its surgical technology with the acquisition of the Intuitive da Vinci 5® robotic system, ...

Russell McElveen, a cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon, joins Mercy Clinic Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery in Cape ...