Jersey City Medical Center (JCMC), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, is among few world-class facilities in the region to use a highly specialized approach for a cardiac procedure. While the femoral approach is the most common way to access the heart for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), recent advancements have introduced alternative access sites Continue reading →

On a bright day inMay 1953, American surgeon John Gibbon performed the first ever successful open-heart operation with a heart-lung machine, which he and his wife Mary had developed. Continue reading →

/local-news 1 / 4 Tim Lynch of Washington is a patient at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, awaiting a dual heart-liver transplant. 2 / 4 Some of the members of Tim Lynchs support system are, from left, son Alexander, 12, wife Kristen and son Benjamin, 8. 3 / 4 Tim Lynch had his first open heart surgery just 10 hours after he was born Continue reading →

Dr. Neal Miller The Chattanooga Heart Institute welcomes Neal Miller, MD, cardiologist, and Vanessa Miller, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon Continue reading →

ALIGARH :The cardiothoracic surgeons at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University have done a bypass surgery using minimal invasive technique for the first time in western Uttar Pradesh. Continue reading →