In early February, an Australian man in his 40s became the first person in the world to leave hospital with a virtually ...

Protecting your heart starts with understanding how it works. Heart valve diseases are conditions that can disrupt the flow ...

There are four valves inside the heart. Heart valves control how blood is carried out of the heart and distributed to the ...

"And then we're able to sleep between the ribs," he said. "So no bone cutting, no muscle splitting, no rib spreading, the instruments slip between the ribs. Patients have the breathing tube removed on ...

Roger Black was told two things when his cardiologist sat him down with the news that he must prepare for open heart surgery.

The implantation of the new valve is done without the need to open the heart completely, thereby drastically reducing the ...

Symptoms of heart valve disease can include things we might experience from time to time: lightheadedness, an irregular fluttering heart or chest pain, tiredness, edema or feeling “off” in ...

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

Recent research from Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems) provides important new insights into how ...

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 ...