Learn how robotic mitral valve repair helps surgeons treat heart valve disease with greater precision, smaller incisions and ...

Heart valve disease treatment options like repair or replacement depend on valve type, severity, age and overall health.

A CT-based study of 62 patients found that coronary blood flow measurements decline after transcatheter aortic valve ...

Your aortic valve is part of your heart, a strong muscle that pumps blood through your body. The aortic valve controls the blood flowing out from the heart. It opens every time your heart contracts, ...

Surgery day feels like the finish line. It isn't. What comes after, the slow climb back to normal life, is where most of the real work actually happens. And for many patients, that stretch feels more ...

Collagen plays a critical role in keeping heart valves strong, but the heart is surrounded by enzymes designed to break down ...

A new study from North Carolina State University shows that the biomechanical strain ratio experienced by heart valve ...

A leaky heart valve means blood isn’t moving correctly through one of the heart’s four valves. This can cause complications like heart rhythm disturbances and heart failure. But treatment is usually ...

Edoxaban, a medication taken orally to prevent blood clots from forming, was found to be as effective and safe for stroke and blood clot prevention in patients after heart valve replacement surgery as ...