The companies have teamed to develop an alternative to TAVR that combines the benefits of a less-invasive procedure with the ...

Do all heart valve replacements need open-heart surgery? Let's know the new techniques that could change everything ...

Using a catheter to repair or replace a valve is a fairly recent breakthrough in the world of interventional cardiology. Early on, it was a procedure reserved largely for patients with a faulty aortic ...

Abbott reported new study findings supporting the use of its Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system.

People who underwent a minimally invasive procedure to have their heart's aortic valve replaced had similar health outcomes ...

SEATTLE — Heart valves are like doors, so valves can fail because they don’t open or close properly. When valves don’t open well, it’s called stenosis. When they don’t close well, it’s called ...

Former PGA Championship winner Davis Love III is recovering at home after undergoing open-heart surgery last week. Love, 60, underwent surgery to replace a “leaky valve” on Jan. 21 and was released ...

Former California governor and film star Arnold Schwarzenegger had open-heart surgery in California on Thursday to replace a failed pulmonic valve. Former California governor and film star Arnold ...

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease -- aortic valve stenosis -- progresses differently in males and females. A study led by bioengineers at the University of ...