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

Similar to testing a car, a team of researchers at UBC Okanagan has been test-driving a number of mechanical heart valves ...

The Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve is a cutting-edge valve-replacement procedure, where an expandable valve was ...

Around 12 million Americans are affected by heart valve disease but an estimated 75% of people are unaware of the condition, which creates a need for greater awareness about the condition. To elevate ...

Heart valves that slowly fail like a door with “rusty hinges” are not being detected early enough even though they can be treated with a simple replacement valve and no open heart surgery ...

By Nina Agrawal The news made for an alarming headline this week: Research showed that common chemicals in plastics were associated with 350,000 heart disease deaths across the world in 2018.

PREGNANCY in women with prosthetic heart valves carries significant risks, with mechanical valves linked to higher complications and lower live birth rates compared to biological valves, according to ...

and damage to the heart valves. Common heart failure symptoms include swollen ankles or legs, breathlessness after activity or at rest, feeling tired most of the time, and feeling lightheaded and ...

There's also an increased risk of aortic stenosis, where calcium builds up on a heart valve. "As a cardiologist, this finding is the most interesting aspect of this research," Nudy said.

“We talk about lifetime management, but if the first valve lasts longer, that is better than any reintervention,” said Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD (Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO), ...

New York: People with a specific heart valve abnormality known as Mitral Annular Disjunction (MAD) may face a significantly higher risk of developing life-threatening heart rhythm disorders, according ...