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Then Kensley Frizzel, now 9, of Pembroke, received another valve from Journi’s original heart. The mitral valve resides between the left chambers of the heart, serving as a one-way door to keep blood ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, also known as HCM or thick heart syndrome, is a genetic condition that causes your heart muscle ...

Capstan Medical, a startup focused on robotic-assisted mitral and tricuspid valve replacement, recently completed its first ...

In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Bipeenchandra Bhamre, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre in Mumbai, explained, “Heart valves are the ...

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 ...

As people age, a buildup of calcium on the aortic valve can make it thicker and stiffer leading to aortic stenosis.