Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Key Takeaways After getting a mechanical heart valve, you need to take blood ...

According to an investigation in the November 23/30 issue of JAMA, approximately two-thirds of individuals with heart failure and infective endocarditis receive valvular surgery, which is associated ...

Q At age 51, I was diagnosed with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. After a second round of tests, treatment was changed from ...

The standard treatment for patients with low-risk aortic stenosis, when the aortic valve in the heart stops functioning properly, is open-heart surgery. But for some patients, that operation is too ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — A high-tech heart valve replacement surgery that requires less anesthetic, a smaller incision and faster operation and recovery time has been performed on more than 425 heart ...

BARCELONA, SPAIN — Patients with residual pulmonary hypertension (PH) following successful valvular surgery should not be treated with sildenafil, suggest results of the first randomized controlled ...

In the midst of exploding interest in aortic and mitral interventions, the tricuspid valve remains relatively uncharted territory. Isolated tricuspid valve (TV) surgery is particularly rare, but a new ...

The co-chief of cardiothoracic surgery at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland is the first to receive the Marcella "Dolly" Haugh Chair in Valvular Surgery. Dr. Alan Markowitz ...

NEW YORK CITY -- Heart valve innovation has made polymer valves a reality, with one such device boasting good 1-year outcomes in a small single-arm study. Adults who received the Tria device for ...

Valvular regurgitation is when blood flows backward through the chambers of your heart. It can be mild and not cause symptoms, or it can be life threatening. Your heart is a muscular organ that ...

Among patients with infective endocarditis and heart failure, about two-thirds undergo valvular surgery, which is associated with a significant reduction in the risk of death in the hospital and at ...