In a surgical first, doctors have replaced a heart valve through a small neck incision using robotic assistance, avoiding the need to open the chest. The pioneering procedure, performed at the ...

In March 2025, surgeons at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston, Texas, performed the first fully robotic heart transplant to take place in the United States. The operation avoided a ...

HOUSTON – Surgeons at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center successfully performed a fully robotic heart transplant on an adult patient—the first reported in the United States, according to a release.

Surgeons in Houston successfully completed the first fully robotic heart transplant in the U.S. on a 45-year-old man. Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center said doctors performed the entire procedure ...

SANANTONIO -- A San Antonio surgeon is taking a new approach to heart surgery. He s performing bypasses and replacing valves in a minimally invasive way. Patients are benefiting. Traditional open ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Imagine your heart not functioning properly and you not knowing for years! That’s the reality of people with aortic valve disease. Symptoms include chest pain, ...

CHICAGO — For many patients, the fear of open-heart surgery keeps them off the operating table. But doctors say a coronary artery bypass is life-changing — and so is the lesser-known and less-invasive ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Imagine your heart not functioning properly and not knowing for years; that’s the reality of people with aortic valve disease. Symptoms include chest pain, dizziness, fatigue, ...