Protecting your heart starts with understanding how it works. Heart valve diseases are conditions that can disrupt the flow ...

Mitral valve disease is a condition that affects the mitral valve, causing blood to leak backward or flow too slowly, and can lead to serious heart complications, and treatment options include ...

The most widely known is the aortic valve. It allows the flow of blood from the heart's left ventricle to the largest blood vessel in the body, the aorta. Oxygenated blood from the heart is pumped ...

A STUDY assessing coronary proximity in patients undergoing transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) with ...

Yale operates first the BATMAN procedure in CT, a less invasive heart treatment offering faster recovery and new hope for ...

Three girls with major heart problems are thriving after one received a donor heart and then gave healthy valves from her original heart to two other girls. The “domino” heart surgeries by a team at ...

"Today marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of structural heart therapy," Capstan Medical CEO Maggie Nixon said.

When a person's heart valve is severely damaged by a birth defect, lifestyle, or aging, blood flow is disrupted. If left untreated, there can be fatal complications. Valve replacement and repair ...