Structural valve deterioration was defined according to Valve Academic Research Consortium 3 criteria. At a median follow-up ...

The New York Times reported last week that Dr. Robert K. Jarvik, who led the development of the first artificial heart, ...

May 22, 2025 — When the workload on the heart increases, the ventricular wall may thicken too, known as cardiac hypertrophy. This is an adaptive response that reduces pressure on the heart and ...

Heart attacks are often conveyed as sudden, obvious and marked by horrible chest pain. However, cardiologists are ringing the ...

Dorothy Readhead was hoping an innovative heart operation to replace a faulty valve would give her a new lease of life – but ...

Background—Previous tissue engineering approaches to create heart valves have been limited by the structural immaturity and mechanical properties of the valve constructs. This study used an in vitro ...

The association of coronary artery disease with heart valve disease is frequently encountered and it can be expected that this association will become more common because of the evolution in the ...