Sarah Joseph, 88, had no energy and could barely walk the length of her living room. Diagnosed with a faulty heart valve, Joseph underwent a MitraClip procedure at CAMC and is now back on her feet.

CABG plus surgical aortic valve replacement for treatment of coronary disease and aortic stenosis was associated with better 5-year outcomes vs. PCI plus transcatheter aortic valve replacement in ...

Stopping blood thinners before or during surgery for a CIED may result in little to no difference in undesirable outcomes such as blood clots or bleeding events when compared to taking them ...

The American Heart Association has issued the 2025 update to its annual heart disease and stroke statistics report, detailing ...

"As an aside, the Ross procedure, which is my preference in this age group, is the only aortic valve replacement procedure ...

Aims Exercise testing remains underused in patients with aortic stenosis (AS), partly due to concerns about an ...

2006;9(10):691-696. The following sections present information about the most commonly implanted (contemporary) mechanical and bioprosthetic heart valves. The intent is to familiarize the reader ...

Complete heart block is when there is a total loss of communication between a person’s atria and the ventricles. This occurs when the SA node is unable to pass a signal to the AV node.

Double and triple VHD were thus defined as the presence of moderate or greater lesions on any 2 or all 3 native heart valves of interest, respectively. Any VHD considered patients with a stenotic or ...

Acclaimed heart surgeon Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub is spearheading a revolutionary new project in the UK that will soon allow patients to be given new heart valves that naturally grow inside their ...

A Tulsa teenager is making history after his successful surgery to reconstruct his heart valve with his own tissue. The team at Oklahoma Children's Hospital says Kayne Hesskamp is the first in the ...