After adopting young True, Dr. Amy Beethe also adopted True's sister, and then found homes for his four other siblings.

“I think he is alive today because of Amy and Ryan stepping up to the plate and taking him in,” said Jason Cole, True’s ...

"I would battle for him like anyone else," said Amy Beethe, a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist ...

A new red bench that celebrates an open heart surgery operation that saved a girl's life when she was just a few days old has ...

When Megan Wild delivered her son Luciano, she experienced not only childbirth but also a medical first. During her delivery, doctors performed open heart surgery on Luciano in the first successful ...

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 ...

Tony Bannister looks back on his 38-year spanning career and reflects on a recent surgery that changed the course of his life ...

New minimally invasive heart valve procedures are helping patients recover faster, reduce complications and return to the ...

As February closes out American Heart Month, patients and doctors gathered at Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside for a heart patient reunion aimed at celebrating lives saved and treatments that ...

As a super-fit Olympic medallist, I always felt a bit of a fraud as I sat in the cardiology unit waiting for my annual check-up, surrounded by people who were clearly very ill. I was 11 when I was ...

“We didn’t know if we were going to see our baby again,” Kelsie Garrett said of her 3-year-old son Jace ...

Scott Paisant shared his story on the air Friday and with WWL's Meg Farris. He hopes that his story will help others to recognize signs of a medical issue early.