Your mitral valve is one of the four major valves in your heart. It helps blood flow through your heart and out to the rest of your body. When this valve isn’t working correctly, it puts stress on ...

When parts of the heart, such as the valves, do not work properly, it is possible to repair or replace them. The aortic and mitral valves are the ones that surgeons most commonly replace. Most valve ...

The heart valves play a vital role in ensuring blood flows correctly through the heart and the rest of the body. If they do not function correctly, a person may require surgery to replace the damaged ...

While the first innovators in the area of minimally invasive cardiac procedures began introducing methods such as finger-fracture valvuloplasty as early as the 1920s — in the case of England’s Henry ...

An aortic valve replacement can be a lifesaving measure to preserve healthy heart function and robust circulation throughout the body. Like any heart procedure, the recovery can be lengthy and require ...

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 ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- In a medical breakthrough at Duke Health in Durham, a group of doctors performed the world's first living mitral valve replacement, which helped save the lives of two girls from ...

Since the adoption of transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR), questions have been raised about its effect on clinical practice in comparison with the effect of surgical aortic-valve replacement ...

(Reuters Health) - People who need a heart valve replaced often face a dilemma: should they have a mechanical valve made of graphite or a biological valve derived from a cow or pig? A new study ...

What Is Aortic Valve Stenosis? Aortic valve stenosis is a blockage in one of the valves that help control the flow of blood to and from your heart. This stenosis, or narrowing, of the valve can keep ...