Houston, Texas - World-renowned cardiovascular surgeon Dr Michael DeBakey has died at age 99. One of the few heart surgeons to gain international recognition outside of medicine, he passed away of ...

Working at the Houston cardiology center he founded, Dr. Cooley, in 1969, implanted the first totally artificial heart. His mentor and partner, the renowned surgeon Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, felt ...

Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, a Louisiana-born, Tulane-trained surgeon whose ceaseless research and demanding nature allowed him to transform a major branch of modern medicine, died Friday in Houston. He ...

Betsy Ross sewed liberty and a legendary doctor, Michael DeBakey, sewed life. (Please see "DR. MICHAEL DeBAKEY 1908-2008 / A heartfelt loss for Houston and medicine / Father of modern heart surgery ...

The father of modern heart surgery, Louisiana native Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, died last night in Houston. He was 99. The New York Times has a full obituary of the Lake Charles native and Tulane ...

HOUSTON (AP) - DeBakey died Friday night at The Methodist Hospital in Houston from "natural causes," according to a statement issued early Saturday by Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist ...

Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, has died. He was 99.

For generations, doctors were often reluctant to perform any type of operation involving the heart. The lack of a clear understanding about the heart made treating many conditions difficult. Texas ...