The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery is world renowned in the evaluation and surgical treatment of cardiovascular and aortic disease. The surgical teams at Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas ...

A first rib resection is a surgery to remove your first rib. Thoracic surgeons offer this surgery to treat thoracic outlet syndrome. Thoracic outlet syndrome is compression of the nerves or blood ...

Match Day 2019 ushered in a new group of surgery residents, while saying goodbye to others who will soon leave UAB for different programs across the country. With 98 percent of students matching into ...

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has updated its clinical practice guidelines on patient blood management for those undergoing cardiac surgery. The new recommendations, which were produced in ...

One in eight patients who undergo cardiothoracic surgery continue to take opioids long after pain control is necessary, according to a new analysis of Medicare data from 2009 to 2015. While some ...

Background Cardiac surgery carries a heightened risk of bradyarrhythmias, but current permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation ...

Kingsport, Tenn.-based Ballad Health’s Bristol Regional Medical Center fired cardiothoracic surgeon Nathan Smith, MD, after he offered and let the CEO of Bristol Regional make the first cut in a ...

Continuing angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers before non-cardiac surgery is linked to a reduced risk of postoperative mortality and functional decline, ...