It’s a serious heart defect that can cause blood to flow into the wrong part of the heart chamber, and up until recently, it ...

The world’s first minimally invasive heart bypass procedure — done without cutting open the chest wall — has been performed ...

This surgery is ideal for patients who may be deemed inoperable or at high risk for open heart surgery. For patients like Ms.

Of the two heart valve surgeries Janice Smith has had at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital, the second was much easier for her. "I had a good experience both times," the 86-year-old said. "It's just that ...

The success of TAVR has also sparked research into transcatheter solutions for other valve diseases, including mitral and ...

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic valve ...

Sarasota Memorial Hospital is one of the first hospitals to use a new FDA-approved treatment for failing tricuspid valves. The new procedure is less invasive than traditional surgery and allows ...

Surgery is usually the best fix for a severe heart valve disease. Different types of heart valve blockages can happen, and surgery is necessary to fix these problems. Your heart is split into four ...

Background The epidemiology of native valve infective endocarditis (IE) has shifted toward older adults with substantial ...

THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. MEANWHILE, NEW THIS MORNING, A SACRAMENTO MAN HAS A NEW LEASE ON LIFE THANKS TO A BRAND NEW PROCEDURE TO HELP MILLIONS OF AMERICANS DEALING WITH A LEAKY HEART VALVE. GREGORY IS A ...

You can develop shortness of breath if you have heart valve problems. This is because your heart valves help move blood through the four chambers of your heart and throughout your body. Your heart ...

The aortic valve sits between the heart’s left ventricle and the aorta. It opens and closes with the heartbeat to allow blood to flow to the body without leaking back into the heart. It may need to be ...