With new transcatheter options for the repair or replacement of tricuspid valves, the role and timing of repair — whether surgical or minimally invasive — is entering a time of transition.

While more than 11 million Americans are living with heart valve disease at this very moment, leading to 25,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, an estimated three in four people have little to no ...

It's not unusual to have one or more family members with some form of heart disease. Nonetheless, some people may not even ...

Blessing Health is hosting a free heart screening on February 22nd at Bella Ease. Blessing Health will hold a free screening called “Listen to Your Heart” to detect heart valve disease on Saturday, ...

Your daily diet can impact your heart health. Here are some foods you should consume to strengthen your heart.

The Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) has performed the first successful MitraClip implants on three State-funded patients in the province.The minimally invasive procedure is ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women of any age in the United States, claiming more than 310,000 women in ...

At Citizen’s Medical Center’s Survivor tent at the 2025 Heart and Stroke Walk, kids as young as 1 to seniors in their 70s ...

Q. I have a leaky heart valve that may need surgery down the road. Can you tell me about heart-valve surgery in one of your columns? A. First, let’s explain briefly how the heart works.

Regular screenings for all patients should begin at age 20 and proceed in intervals. However, if you're at high risk for ...

A disrupted protein degradation process in heart muscle cells can lead to a range of severe heart diseases. In the case of ...