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.

The Italian Renaissance artist created groundbreaking depictions of humans at a time when the inner workings of the body ...

Surgeons at Auckland's Greenlane Hospital have performed eight double-valve transplants using human heart valves, a spokesman for the hospital's surgical team said today, commenting on a report that ...

Multiple societies endorsed the new appropriate-use criteria for implantable cardioverter defibrillators, cardiac ...

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 ...

As the heart muscle contracts, it propels the blood out into the vascular system. The heart’s chambers and valves are arranged to direct the flow of the blood as the heart beats. The heart has two ...

In addition to regular exercise and not smoking, diet is one of the best ways to protect your heart. That’s because inflammation, blood pressure, cholesterol, and other heart disease risk ...

It added that this current project led by Heart Biotech at Harefield Hospital has successfully encouraged nerve cell growth into the valve, contrary to previous attempts. Human trials involving 50-100 ...

Traditional heart valve replacements, whether mechanical or biological, come with significant limitations. Mechanical valves necessitate lifelong blood-thinning medication, while biological valves ...

Bicuspid aortic valve disease, where the aortic valve has two leaflets instead of the normal three, is the most common congenital heart defect, affecting up to 2% of the population. The condition ...

This pioneering innovation envisions the development of biological heart valves that can grow and be accommodated naturally within the human body. This opens the door to a new era in heart disease ...