Heart valve disease can be caused due to multiple factors like ageing, congenital defects and infections hence, it is crucial to understand the causes and symptoms of heart valve diseases for ...

February is American Heart Month, and Feb. 22 is Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day. Sign up for our Newsletters News 8 asked Dr. Arun Kanmanthareddy, a UPMC cardiologist, what makes heart valve ...

Holston Valley Medical Center is the first hospital in East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia and Southeast Kentucky to offer ...

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

A grandmother has been given a “second chance at life” after undergoing a world-first heart valve operation. Julia Butterworth, 53, had two valves in her heart replaced in 2007 after doctors ...

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

At two years of follow-up, patients with a poorly functioning tricuspid valve in the heart who received the best available medical therapy plus a minimally invasive procedure using a clip to repair ...

tendinous structures that connect the heart valves to the papillary muscles, ensuring proper valve function. When these structures are damaged due to degeneration, trauma, or disease, they can lead to ...

OPB has premiered a new documentary that traces the development of the world’s first successful artificial mitral heart valve by a young, Oregon-based cardiac surgeon and a retired engineer.

The lapel pin meant a lot to McCullough, as it represented the 56-millimeter EVOQUE valve that an Edwards team stitched together to put in his heart. McCullough, a 76-year-old United States Navy ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research has ...

People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful valve surgery. This is according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet ...