Protecting your heart starts with understanding how it works. Heart valve diseases are conditions that can disrupt the flow ...

Loma Linda University Children's Hospital recently made history performing the first pediatric partial heart transplant in ...

The most widely known is the aortic valve. It allows the flow of blood from the heart's left ventricle to the largest blood vessel in the body, the aorta. Oxygenated blood from the heart is pumped ...

As people age, a buildup of calcium on the aortic valve can make it thicker and stiffer leading to aortic stenosis.

Yale operates first the BATMAN procedure in CT, a less invasive heart treatment offering faster recovery and new hope for ...

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 ...

Capstan Medical announced its first in-human cardiac valve replacements using its catheter-based robotic surgical platform.

"Today marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of structural heart therapy," Capstan Medical CEO Maggie Nixon said.

Doctors at Duke Health have successfully performed the world’s first living mitral valve replacement, saving the lives of three young girls across North Carolina. The procedure became possible after ...