cardiology

James Decker, 51, jokes that he “won the big grand prize” when he learned he had both diabetes and heart disease. But thanks to prompt and attentive c...

In February, I had open heart surgery to repair a mitral valve and have a bypass. It’s an experience I wouldn’t wish on anyone. I’d had a series of te...

It was a busy 2017 in the cardiology program at IRMC, which started its Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, or PCI, program in late 2016. “They can do...

The past 12 months have been a banner year for Indiana Regional Medical Center, and the future looks even brighter as the hospital invests millions of...

Cheers to a new year. Make a commitment to yourself in 2018 and take time to invest in your health and well-being. Allow time to be active, eat well a...

A medical approach which seeks to improve the quality of life through treatments aimed at reducing suffering, reducing disease (tumor burden), and imp...

Jackson River Driffill, the newborn son of Webster’s Dan and Jessica Driffill, was the center of a whirlwind day this fall at a Rochester hospital. Af...

The latest addition to Thompson Health’s primary care team is Dr. Daniel P. Harris, who joined Macedon Family Practice in September. Harris, who is ac...

Rickey Miller is an active 60-year-old man. He mows his lawn, enjoys golf and plays basketball three days a week. So he was somewhat surprised with th...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it killed 321,000 men — a...

For patients about to undergo a percutaneous coronary intervention — an angioplasty, to laypeople — it is important to understand the types of post-su...

Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Health invested $26 million in a new in-patient critical care unit for cardiovascular patients in early 2016. Ac...

The reach of technological innovation in cardiac care is continuing to grow, and as it does, is changing how and where care can be delivered. This all...

Frances Halley had always known she had a heart murmur, but it wasn’t until she saw Dr. Stephen Bailey, Allegheny General Hospital’s director of cardi...

Peggy Tippin is quite matter-of-fact when she talks about the dayher heart stopped, or, as she puts it, “the day I died."And, it’s no tall tale she te...

Thirty years ago, heart transplants were still relativelynew and uncommon. So when doctors recommendedthat procedure for 18-year-old Michael Grief, of...