Among patients undergoing cardiac surgery, women are less likely than men to develop postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) after adjustment for other relevant factors, but long-term mortality is ...

Less than 10 percent of heart and lung surgeons in the United States are women. At a recent conference, they vowed to change that. More than 230 people attended the second annual meeting of Women in ...

Women are more likely to have autoimmune conditions like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis, which cause inflammation that can ...

When operating on the heart, surgeons may find another issue in the patient. Depending on what they see, the surgical team may address on the secondary condition during the same operation. These are ...

You're getting heart surgery, but your surgeon notices a new anomaly that perhaps could be fixed at the same time. That's more likely to happen if you're a man than a woman, new studies find. The ...

Cardiac surgeon Amy Fiedler, MD, stares at the motionless heart below her in an operating room at UC San Francisco’s Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights. She’s nearly five hours into a ...

Dr. Nishtha Sareen, medical director of the Ascension Saint Thomas Women's Heart Program, offered free heart screenings to 250 women in 250 days in 2025. One of those screenings revealed that a woman, ...

On International Women’s Day, doctors are urging women to prioritise heart health as coronary artery disease rises among younger women. Experts recommend simple steps like regular exercise, balanced ...

FARGO - For four female physicians at Sanford Health in Fargo, work is where the heart is. In a medical specialty traditionally dominated by men, these four women are heart doctors. Three of Sanford's ...