The follow-up brought little surprise, with investigators pleased the risk of death/disabling stroke remained on par with ...

Among patients with severe aortic stenosis at low surgical risk, transcatheter aortic valve replacement and surgery conferred ...

Background Cardiac surgery carries a heightened risk of bradyarrhythmias, but current permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation ...

A new method of alerting clinical care providers holds promise for increasing treatment and improving survival for patients with severe aortic stenosis, a valvular heart condition that can be deadly ...

Ben McCullough, 76, received an EVOQUE heart valve last fall. On Wednesday, he got to thank the makers face-to-face.

Ben McCullough met the 25 Edwards Lifesciences technicians who spent 20 hours hand-sewing 2,000 stitches to make a valve device implanted in his heart.

Mechanical heart valves have improved long-term survival benefit over biological valves for patients aged 50-70 years, new ...

Rising prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and rapid advancements in minimally invasive procedures are fueling the growth ...

Researchers found that a gene on the Y chromosome influences how aortic valve stenosis progresses differently in males and ...

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 California San Diego sheds new light on how a type of heart valve disease, called aortic valve ...

One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping ...