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

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 ...

Evidence for device fracturability under routine balloon inflation with modest pressures ...

A doctor may recommend various medications, such as antiarrhythmics, anticoagulants, or beta-blockers, to help treat heart valve problems. In some situations, a person may only require medications to ...

Valve disease affects how blood moves through the heart, and pregnancy is often a time when symptoms first appear or become ...

There are three types of bicuspid aortic valves — types 0, 1, and 2. Experts classify these types based on whether the leaflets of the valve have fused to form a ridge. A bicuspid aortic valve is a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tissue of the first-ever partial heart transplant demonstrated durable function out to 1 year. In another first, ...

Know how you can support your heart health by adopting smarter health habits, from understanding the early signs to lifestyle ...

Combining a biological heart and a silicone robotic pump, researchers created a biorobotic heart that beats like a real one, focusing on a valve on the left side of the heart. The heart valve ...

Researchers have developed a method for cheaply producing heart valves in the span of minutes that are functional immediately after being implanted into sheep. The scientists call their method ...

The newborn that received the world's first partial heart transplant in 2022 continued to do well a year later, according to a case report from the transplant team. Born with type A2 persistent ...

Cardiac experts from Pittsburgh's Allegheny Health Network's (AHN) Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) announced today they are the first in the region and among the first in the state to successfully ...