Heart valves can be replaced with open heart surgery or with less invasive procedures that don’t require your chest to be opened. Known as transcatheter valve replacement, this type of procedure has ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new trial showed a procedure that thousands need each year to keep their hearts healthy may be performed in a safer way. The alternative way may help with recovery time.

A simpler alternative to open heart surgery is gaining popularity, but some find ​their new valves don’t last as long as they ...

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Lahey Hospital & Medical Center’s Cardiovascular Medicine Department has embraced using interventional cardiology to treat structural heart disease. These less invasive procedures allow physicians to ...

There are two options to consider if you need to have your aortic valve replaced.

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Open-heart surgery was the only way to replace heart valves. But over the last decade, modern medicine has made significant advances that allow patients to get it done without ...

A heart valve that is severely damaged may need replacing. A surgeon may replace the damaged valve via an incision in the groin. The heart contains four valves, which allow blood to move in and out of ...

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 ...

The aortic valve sits between the heart’s left ventricle and the aorta. It opens and closes with the heartbeat to allow blood to flow to the body without leaking back into the heart. It may need to be ...

PLANO, Tx. - Just doing something as simple as walking her dogs is a task Stacey Zvokel couldn’t easily do a few years ago. Stacey was born with a bicuspid aortic valve that had two flaps instead of ...