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 ...

Open heart surgery requires cutting open your chest to access and repair your heart. This is an extensive surgery that may last as long as 3-5 hours. Recovery from open heart surgery may take 4-6 ...

Every year, more than 12,000 Australians undergo open heart surgery—an hours-long medical procedure during which surgeons go inside the chest cavity and repair faulty heart valves or bypass blocked ...