During a cryoablation procedure, a balloon expands inside a pulmonary vein ... allowing access to the heart without open ...

The new balloon-expanded heart valve is set ... M.D., chair of cardiothoracic surgery at the Minneapolis Heart Institute, and in collaboration with the site’s principal investigator, Saidamir ...

Medically reviewed by Richard N. Fogoros, MD Angioplasty is a minimally invasive surgical procedure used to open blocked ...

Joe’s routine check-up at BIDMC uncovered a bicuspid valve and enlarged aorta, preventing a potentially fatal aneurysm. Read more about Joe’s story.

The SMART trial raised questions about balloon-expandable valves in small aortic annuli; these new data offer some answers.

Researchers have developed and are testing a small, implanted gastric balloon that people can inflate or deflate to feel full ...

Hamish Noble said the balloon treatment is a "useful tool" for his team Hamish Noble, who carried out the gastric bypass surgery at Musgrove ... reducing the risks of heart disease and numerous ...

The cardiology team at National Taiwan University Hsinchu Branch is pioneering the use of Microsoft HoloLens 2 mixed reality ...

In 2019, the ECHO reported how the couple's eight-day-old daughter "puffed up like a balloon" after heart surgery due to retaining fluids. It was an anxious wait for the family, but she began to ...

Gastric balloons -; silicone balloons filled with air or saline and placed in the stomach -; can help people lose weight by making them feel too full to overeat.