Ed Fulcher, 90, a lifelong resident of Morehead City, works every day in his home shop building model boats for sale. About a year ago, Fulcher noticed he couldn’t work in his shop more than 15 ...

A new multicenter study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery finds that reoperative surgical mitral valve replacement ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open-heart surgery. It is also called catheter-based or percutaneous (through the skin) aortic valve replacement. While ...

Instead of undergoing open heart surgery to replace a major heart valve, patients at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) can now opt for a less invasive procedure, and have a faster ...

Most doctors had written off Rosalyn Davenport, 87. Then she found a place willing to learn a cutting-edge technique to save her life. “I could’ve died instantly if somebody didn’t know what they were ...

Very early results with a minimally invasive chordal replacement procedure suggest that the beating-heart, echo-guided procedure may emerge as another option for treating degenerative mitral valve ...

Doctors at KIMS Saveera Hospital in Anantapur performed a heart valve replacement on a 75-year-old patient without surgery, ...

Born with a hole in her heart and faulty pulmonary valve, she underwent two previous heart surgeries, as an infant and at age 4. Each was accompanied by month-long hospital stays. Snider, 27, was in ...

More than five million Americans are diagnosed with heart valve disease every year, a staggering number, especially considering that 30% of these individuals will experience a case severe enough to ...

A new analysis conducted by investigators at the Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute shows for the first time that patients with a common heart defect who undergo catheter-based valve replacement ...

The "Ross procedure" may be a more favorable option for aortic valve replacement among patients under 50 years old than more standard mechanical or biological replacements, according to a new study ...

Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones is reportedly scheduled to undergo heart valve surgery this week. The legendary singer and songwriter, who is 75 years old, announced over the weekend that he would ...