BACKGROUND: Real-world low-risk transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) outcomes in the United States have not been assessed comprehensively versus pivotal trials, which is a key component of ...

For conditions such as truncus arteriosus and severe aortic stenosis without good function, infants not only need new heart valves and arteries to survive, but the new tissue also needs to grow ...

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease -- aortic valve stenosis -- progresses differently in males and females. A study led by bioengineers at the University of ...

A study led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego sheds new light on how a type of heart valve disease, called aortic valve stenosis, progresses differently in males and females.

A man has lived for more than 100 days with an artificial maglev heart working inside his chest. In a landmark moment, he was discharged earlier this year, becoming the first person in the world ...

What is aortic stenosis in children? Aortic stenosis means that your child has a heart valve that is too narrow or is blocked. The aortic valve is 1 of 4 heart valves that keep blood flowing through ...

Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement without the need for open-heart surgery. For years, Mertz, a great-grandmother from Essex ...