The roar of an engine, the satisfaction of mechanical mastery - these are what call automotive enthusiasts into an engine ...

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 ...

Registry study of 600-plus pregnancies represents the largest cohort of pregnant women with a prosthetic heart valve. However scant, the available data on pregnant women with prosthetic valves did ...

People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful ...

People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful valve surgery.

VHD occurs when one or more of the heart's four valves don't open or close properly, leading to blood flow issues. According to the American Heart Association, the malady ranks among the highest ...

Researchers have designed a handheld device that could potentially replace stethoscopes in heart valve disease screening ...

The first-of-its-kind Edwards Lifesciences Sapien M3 TMVR system uses a nitinol dock to anchor the replacement valve in the patient's heart.

So they put Lev'Veon on a heart-lung bypass machine until they could implant an artificial heart. On Sept. 6, 2024, Lev'Veon became the first child in Michigan to get a total artificial heart ...

Finding it difficult to find a donor heart that matched the boy's O blood type, doctors turned to a homegrown artificial heart. A team led by cardiac surgeon Dong Nianguo performed the five-hour ...

Mechanical valves require patients to take medicine for their entire lives. Current treatments are extremely challenging for children born with heart defects, as the valves do not grow along with ...