Surgery is usually the best fix for a severe heart valve disease. Different types of heart valve blockages can happen, and surgery is necessary to fix these problems. Your heart is split into four ...

MONTH AND TOMORROW IS HEART VALVE DISEASE AWARENESS DAY. SO RIGHT NOW I’M JOINED BY DOCTOR ARUN KUMAR REDDY WHO IS A CARDIOLOGIST AT UPMC. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ...

A xenograft bioprosthetic heart valve replaces a damaged valve in your heart. It’s made from tissue sourced from animals such as pigs or cows. Xenograft bioprosthetic heart valves are a treatment ...

Take this news to heart. You could have a common condition that increases your risk of heart attack and stroke — and not even know it. More than a quarter of “healthy” adults over 60 have undiagnosed ...

It's a serious heart defect that can cause blood to flow into the wrong part of the heart chamber, and up until recently, it ...

Heart valve disease is much more common in aging adults that has been thought, a new study warns. More than a quarter of healthy and symptom-free people aged 60 and older had previously undetected ...

LAWRENCE - There is encouraging news about the role of artificial intelligence in health care. Normally, blood flows from one heart chamber to another, passing through little doors called valves that ...

A leaky heart valve does not close properly, causing leakage between the heart chambers. Depending on the severity of the leak, there are different treatments available, from medication to surgery. A ...

Heart valve disorders are characterised by reduced or lost function of one or more of the four valves of the heart and may occur as the result of congenital defects or damage due to infection or ...

While your fortune might be written on your palm, your fate may be found in your fingernails. California ER doctor Joe Whittington has taken to TikTok to explain that if you press down on your nail ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., yet experts agree the condition is often misdiagnosed in women. For American Heart Month, doctors and patients are speaking out to help ensure ...