The results of a new clinical trial have overturned the “wait and see” approach that cardiologists have long favored for ...

As your heart beats, it pumps blood from the left ventricle through the aortic valve and into the aorta, your body’s largest artery. The aortic valve is made up of three triangular flaps of ...

It can put you at a higher risk of having a rupture or dissection ... or in the wrong direction Problems with your heart valves that help control the timing and direction of the flow of your ...

A startup that is revolutionizing treatment of a common but potentially fatal heart condition has announced a $28.5 million ...

Plaques can also rupture and result in a blood clot which ... any other physical exertion may indicate a problem with the heart valves. 3. Arrhythmia: Once the heart muscle gets deprived of ...

The goal of heart valve surgery is to repair or replace a malfunctioning heart valve to prevent the development of life-threatening conditions. Valves are one-way gates in the heart that keep blood ...

Sandra Lesenfants, senior vice president of Abbott’s Structural Heart business, shares an update on MitraClip, TriClip, and ...

But an undiscovered one can expand rapidly and burst ... to the heart) usually occur in younger people and may be linked to ...

During this surgery, the damaged valve is removed and replaced with an artificial valve. The valve replacement is typically an open-heart surgery. A minimally invasive surgery or a catheter procedure ...

A Charleston woman was always short of breath and suffered from an undertreated heart problem. A new device at MUSC has her ...

Aneurysms that burst or dissect (a tear in the inner layer of the aorta ... test takes pictures of the heart to help determine heart function, evaluate heart valves and measure the size of part of the ...

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