A GRANDFATHER has become one of the first Irish patients to undergo a new alternative to open-heart surgery – and told how he ...

The Mater Hospital in Dublin says a new mitral valve procedure is a major advancement for heart patients judged too high-risk ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jessica Anderson was born with a congenital heart defect, requiring three open heart surgeries before her 27th birthday.

NEW ORLEANS -- Cardiologists are reporting a major advance: A long-awaited study suggests that many people with a bad aortic valve, the heart's main gate, can avoid open-heart surgery and have a new ...

Lucknow: A 51-year-old man with severe rheumatic mitral valve disease, pulmonary hypertension and a history of stroke recently underwent an endoscopic mitral valve replacement in a private hospital in ...