Open-heart surgery has long been the standard treatment for severe aortic stenosis, a condition in which the heart’s aortic ...

The incidence of cardiovascular disease is rising across the globe, with more than 28 million people worldwide living with ...

Corewell Health in Royal Oak says it has performed the world’s first single-port robotic mitral valve repair, a procedure designed to help patients recover more quickly and with less pain.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mary Ann George had a question for Dr. George D'Angelo, shortly after the groundbreaking Erie heart surgeon replaced two of her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A grandmother has been given a “second chance at life” after undergoing a world-first heart valve operation. Julia Butterworth, 53 ...

The procedure was led by Dr. Geoffrey Answini, chief of cardiothoracic surgery at The Christ Hospital Heart & Vascular ...

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 ...

People having surgery to repair tight or leaking heart valves may receive a pacemaker more often than necessary—leading to a greater risk for life-threatening complications, studies show. It's common ...

Edoxaban, an oral anticoagulant, was equally or more effective than warfarin in reducing the risk of stroke and blood clots for patients after heart valve replacement surgery, according to preliminary ...

Heart valve disease happens when one or more of your heart’s four valves don’t work properly, preventing oxygen-rich blood from moving efficiently through your heart and to your body. This forces your ...

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic valve ...

A common cause of heart failure in elderly people is a defective heart valve, but open-heart surgery to correct the problem may be too risky for some patients. A new clinical trial at Duke University ...