heart surgery Archives - Mayo Clinic News Network

Trending/heart surgery

medical illustration/animation of a VAD ventricular assist device for the heart

By Jennifer O'Hara
July 19, 2021
Share
- Facebook
- Twitter
- LinkedIn
- Email
- Print
Cancel

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ventricular assist devices aid heart failure patients

A ventricular assist device, also known as a VAD, is an implantable mechanical pump that helps pump blood from the lower chambers of your heart,…

By DeeDee Stiepan
Share
- Facebook
- Twitter
- LinkedIn
- Email
- Print
Cancel

June 23, 2021

Specialized heart surgery gives Florida father hope for future

Mayo Clinic Arizona VAD patient Gayle Wilkerson wearing a mask, and a colorful red, black and white dress, sitting in a chair

By Deb Balzer
Share
- Facebook
- Twitter
- LinkedIn
- Email
- Print
Cancel

February 1, 2021

Mayo Clinic Minute: How ventricular assist devices can help heart patients

several prescription medicine (oxycodone - opioids) bottles on a table with spilled tablets

By Terri Malloy
Share
- Facebook
- Twitter
- LinkedIn
- Email
- Print
Cancel

October 28, 2020

Opioid epidemic leads to more, younger people having heart valve operations

medical illustration of a coronary artery stent coronary revascularization

By Terri Malloy
Share
- Facebook
- Twitter
- LinkedIn
- Email
- Print
Cancel

February 14, 2020

Mayo Clinic study looks at changes in patient characteristics, outcomes for coronary revascularization

Sharing Mayo Clinic patient Matthew Makela smiling and holding a plastic baseball bat

By Dana Sparks
Share
- Facebook
- Twitter
- LinkedIn
- Email
- Print
Cancel

September 8, 2019

Sharing Mayo Clinic: Navigating multiple heart surgeries with grace and gratitude

Sharing Mayo Clinic patient Dannika Mechtel smiling and standing outside with a blue sky behind her

By Dana Sparks
Share
- Facebook
- Twitter
- LinkedIn
- Email
- Print
Cancel

February 3, 2019

Sharing Mayo Clinic: Heart surgery re-energizes gymnast

illustration of left atrial appendage

By Elizabeth Zimmermann
Share
- Facebook
- Twitter
- LinkedIn
- Email
- Print
Cancel

May 22, 2018

To have or not to have…your left atrial appendage closed

By Dennis Douda
Share
- Facebook
- Twitter
- LinkedIn
- Email
- Print
Cancel

October 6, 2016

Mayo Clinic Minute: Rewards of cardiac rehab

View More View Less

Special Topics

Sign up

image description

For Journalists Only Sign up for a Media Pass

Mayo Clinic Connect

An online patient support community

version 3.3.6.2.6.8
Page loaded in 0.315 seconds