There are two options to consider if you need to have your aortic valve replaced.

A simpler alternative to open heart surgery is gaining popularity, but some find ​their new valves don’t last as long as they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mary Ann George had a question for Dr. George D'Angelo, shortly after the groundbreaking Erie heart surgeon replaced two of her ...

A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement ...

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic valve ...

The 2-year-old son of a Phoenix Police Department officer born with a rare chromosome deletion is scheduled to undergo heart surgery.

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 ...

Mitral valve, computer illustration. Valvular heart disease can, if found early, be managed and potentially mitigated before the need for surgery. As such, education is important so that cardiology ...

Until now patients waiting for heart surgery have been told to avoid exercise. But Graeme Harrison is part of a new study in ...

You can develop shortness of breath if you have heart valve problems. This is because your heart valves help move blood through the four chambers of your heart and throughout your body. Your heart ...