Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith could be out of commission for up to eight weeks following emergency triple bypass surgery Wednesday, officials said. The 66-year-old Democrat and former judge is ...

Coronary artery disease is the most common type of heart disease in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It affects the main blood vessels that supply blood ...

About half a million Americans undergo coronary bypass surgery each year. Vice President Dick Cheney has had the surgery. It's a low risk procedure, with as little as 1 to 2 percent mortality and ...

Congressman Mark Pocan was recovering at a Madison hospital Wednesday after undergoing triple bypass heart surgery to pre-empt an unspecified “cardiac issue,” his office reported. “The surgery went ...