New medical advancements are making surgery less invasive for those with Aortic Valve Disease. When the aortic heart valve ...

UC San Francisco interventional cardiologists and interventional echocardiographers recently performed the health system’s first commercial transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement procedure using ...

A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement ...

Physicians at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati are the first in the Greater Cincinnati region to utilize technology in order to perform heart valve replacement on patients who do not qualify for ...

Cleveland Clinic surgeons are using a new robotic-assisted procedure to replace a damaged aortic valve through a small neck incision. Doctors say the technique may shorten recovery time compared with ...

In patients with a poorly functioning bioprosthetic mitral valve in the heart, a minimally invasive procedure to insert a new ...

Imagine your heart not functioning properly and you not knowing for years! That’s the reality of people with aortic valve disease. Symptoms include chest pain, dizziness, fatigue, and irregular ...

Abbott Laboratories has received approval for a mitral valve replacement that can be implanted without open-heart surgery. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration gave the OK for the North Chicago-based ...

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 ...

In February, Mark Sorenson became the first patient at AdventHealth Daytona Beach to undergo a transcatheter tricuspid valve ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A transcatheter mitral valve replacement system was approved for patients at high surgical risk. The system is ...