One cause to a malfunctioning heart may have to do with a bad valve, specifically the mitral valve. If the flaps of the valve ...

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

A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement ...

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 ...

He explains the heart has "four rooms, or chambers, and four doors (valves)" the aortic, mitral, pulmonary, and tricuspid valves. Each has their importance to the proper function of the heart.

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 led by the University of ...

The new device created by researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory hopes to change the treatment of heart valve disease forever.

Boston Scientific has led a $175 million funding round for the mitral valve developer 4C Medical, which is currently working ...