There are many times when it is inappropriate to tweet. At dinner, for one. In the middle of a movie. And, in most cases, open heart surgery. Dr. Paresh Patel, however, had a good reason to tweet ...

Kimmel’s 7-year-old son Billy underwent his third open heart surgery last month. The lead surgeon who performed all three heart surgeries on Jimmy Kimmel’s son Billy at the Children’s Hospital Los ...

When Rex L’Hommedieu left Erwin Middle School for the summer, he was thinking about the fall sports season and spending time with his friends. The last thing on his mind was open heart surgery, but ...

When I was five months pregnant with my fourth child, I found out I was having a boy — my first after three daughters. I was elated. But that moment of joy quickly blurred into fear when doctors also ...

One family from Georgia is holding their new addition extra tight, being especially grateful for a day they never thought ...

Fear, anxiety, anger, sadness, and confusion are just a few of the emotions patients and their caregivers navigate before, during, and after open-heart surgery. “The emotional and mental health ...

My heart was breaking, but not from lost love. It was failing in the most literal sense. In 2020, my doctor recommended that I get an echocardiogram — an ultrasound of the heart — to establish a ...