The placement of a Swan-Ganz catheter allows specialists to diagnose or test for major heart issues without requiring you to undergo major surgery. Usually, it’s a diagnostic tool for people in ...

About 6.7 million adults in the U.S. currently have heart failure — with nearly one in four Americans expected to develop ...

The insertion of a chest tube is a common procedure in trauma care, and the Advanced Trauma Life Support program teaches the insertion of chest tubes as an essential and life-saving skill. The purpose ...

Using a piece of Gore-Tex fabric to make their repairs, doctors performed corrective surgery on a baby born with his heart outside his chest, and said Wednesday that the youngster should be able ...

Panic attacks usually resolve within 20 or 30 minutes. Panic attack symptoms are frustratingly similar to heart attack symptoms: both include chest pain, nausea, sweating and feelings of doom.