MemorialCare offers advanced, minimally invasive heart treatments like TAVR & MitraClip as alternatives to open-heart surgery ...

Before your blood gets pumped out of your heart to circulate through the body, it must pass through the aortic valve. If the aortic valve becomes narrowed or hardened, the condition known as ...

Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve opening, which restricts blood flow from the heart to the rest of the body ...

An innovative, minimally invasive procedure is reducing the risk faced by patients with heart valve disease and improving ...

FDA approved the Sapien 3 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) platform for treatment of severe aortic stenosis ...

New analysis from the EARLY TAVR trial showed patients between the age of 65 and 70 years old derived the most benefits of a ...

In more serious cases, aortic valve replacement may be the best option. This can be done with traditional, open-heart surgery or with a relatively newer procedure known as transcatheter aortic ...

University of East Anglia scientists have developed cutting-edge MRI technology to diagnose a common heart problem more ...

St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) heart specialists are the first in the Lehigh Valley region to employ advanced ...

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) today announced the launch of its latest surgical risk calculator designed for patients undergoing ascending aorta and aortic root surgery, with or without ...