A new study from Columbia researchers shows that Seratonin, which plays an important part of treating mental health in the form of SSRIs, also has a key role in degenerative mitral valve disease, one of the most common heart valve diseases with no current pharmacological treatment.
When making decisions about heart surgery, you would want all the facts. Putting your trust, and heart, in someone else’s hands is not easy. You’d probably want to know how good the surgeon is—here's what that means objectively.
Nicholas Serwer needed to have his aortic valve replaced, but he had quite a few surgical fears to overcome. He not only overcame those fears, but his fear turned to relief. It turns out nothing was as bad as it seemed.
Gianna took over our Twitter account to talk about her experiences getting a second heart transplant after 28 years with her first heart transplant as a toddler in 1992.
The rising complexity of heart disease requires new ways of treatment, which is less about choosing between open surgery vs. catheter-based procedures and more about blending all options into an entirely customizable treatment plan for each individual.
More than 21 percent of deaths are attributed to heart disease, yet gender and racial disparities in care are vast. To change the tide we need dedicated care focused on improving these outcomes.
Heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of death in the United States, and the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force just updated the guidelines for aspirin use in heart disease. Here's what you need to know.
Dr. Craig Smith breaks with the conventional wisdom on tying surgical knots. Here, Dr. Smith takes us through the anatomy of a knot to show us a better, more effective way to tie them—like a heart surgeon.
