Background: A 26-year-old man with known but untreated ventricular septal defect was admitted to the emergency ward with abdominal pain, fever and weight loss. Transthoracic echocardiography showed ...

Austin physicians are trying new ways to treat chronic heart conditions. Five cardiologists at Heart Hospital of Austin are ...

In separate major multicenter trials, two novel valve systems proved effective in severe mitral valve diseases for which there are limited or no options.

David Daniels, M.D., an interventional cardiologist with Sutter West Bay Medical Group and structural heart section chief of ...

There are no exercise restrictions for people with mitral valve prolapse. However, they should avoid the same unhealthy lifestyle practices that apply to everyone, including eating non-nutritious food ...

Learn everything about mitral valve regurgitation—its causes, risk factors, stages, symptoms, and treatment options—in this ...

NEW YORK CITY -- Heart valve innovation has made polymer valves a reality, with one such device boasting good 1-year outcomes in a small single-arm study. Adults who received the Tria device for ...

Vibhu Parcha, M.D., a clinical research fellow in the UAB Division of Cardiovascular Disease, says this study was an extensive surveillance exercise at a national level to look into the implications ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foldax®, Inc., a leader in the development of innovative, polymer heart valves, today announced positive 30-day results from a prospective, multicenter, single-arm, ...

InnovHeart may not have grown three sizes in one day, but it’s gotten quite a boost from the recent close of its series C funding round. The Milan-based company makes transcatheter mitral valve ...