Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in adults despite recent scientific advancements. Although people are living longer lives, there may be an adverse impact on ...

Dapagliflozin reduced the risk of death or worsening heart failure in older patients with aortic stenosis who underwent transcatheter aortic-valve implantation.

People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful valve surgery. The condition is more common in women and younger patients ...

There’s room on the market for new TAVI valves as long as they can compete with the best in practice, a researcher says.

of the tricuspid or pulmonary valves due to congenital or rheumatic heart disease affecting other parts of the heart. (Tricuspid or pulmonary valve disease, by itself, is an infrequent cause of ...

Dark leafy greens, fish, whole grains, low fat dairy products, and some carb sources may help manage diabetes and lower your risk of heart disease. Diabetes is a health condition in which the ...

Cardiac Dimensions, a Kirkland, Wash., company with a technology to treat heart valve malfunction, has raised $53 million from investors. Its total funding is more than $200 million. Cardiac ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Diastolic heart failure causes a stiff left ventricle that prevents the heart from relaxing between beats. Common symptoms include coughing, tiredness, and shortness of breath. Systolic and ...

where he is leading attempts to develop a revolutionary new heart valve and improve the lives of children with rheumatic heart disease.