To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. When the heart can’t pump blood through the body as well ...

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 ...

Replacing a faulty heart valve can restore healthy circulation, but the procedure carries some risks. These include blood clots, infection, and other complications. Generally, the outlook is usually ...

UC San Francisco interventional cardiologists and interventional echocardiographers recently performed the health system’s first commercial transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement procedure using ...

Oklahoma Heart Institute offers new no-surgery heart valve replacement Doctors at Oklahoma Heart Institute are now offering a newly FDA-approved heart valve replacement that requires no open-heart ...

A heart valve that is severely damaged may need replacing. A surgeon may replace the damaged valve via an incision in the groin. The heart contains four valves, which allow blood to move in and out of ...

Surgery is usually the best fix for a severe heart valve disease. Different types of heart valve blockages can happen, and surgery is necessary to fix these problems. Your heart is split into four ...

The aortic valve sits between the heart’s left ventricle and the aorta. It opens and closes with the heartbeat to allow blood to flow to the body without leaking back into the heart. It may need to be ...

ALBANY, N.Y (WNYT) — Albany Medical Center has performed the region’s first minimally invasive tricuspid valve replacement, benefiting patients with inoperable leaky heart valves. Doctors used the ...

Of the two heart valve surgeries Janice Smith has had at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital, the second was much easier for her. "I had a good experience both times," the 86-year-old said. "It's just that ...

Cleveland Clinic surgeons are using a new robotic-assisted procedure to replace a damaged aortic valve through a small neck incision. Doctors say the technique may shorten recovery time compared with ...