The goal of heart valve surgery is to repair or replace a malfunctioning heart valve to prevent the development of life-threatening conditions. Valves are one-way gates in the heart that keep blood ...

Your heart has four valves that open and close with each heartbeat to control the flow of blood. Heart valve diseases are conditions that affect one or more heart valves. Each heart valve condition ...

Piedmont Heart Institute (PHI) physicians Pradeep K. Yadav, M.D., Director of Structural Interventions, and Vinod H. Thourani, M.D., Marcus Chairman of Cardiovascular Surgery, successfully performed ...

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 ...

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. There are four ...

Put down that new Apple iPad for a second to consider another technological leap. Soon some damaged heart valves will be repaired without cracking patients' chests and cutting into their hearts.

Thrombolytic therapy with alteplase is widely used for symptomatic PVT, but evidence comparing it directly with tenecteplase ...

A doctor may recommend various medications, such as antiarrhythmics, anticoagulants, or beta-blockers, to help treat heart valve problems. In some situations, a person may only require medications to ...

Heart valves allow blood to flow one way and prevent it from flowing in the wrong direction. The tricuspid valve controls blood flow between the right atrium and right ventricle. The bicuspid or ...

St. Luke’s University Health Network has reached an important milestone in advanced heart care. Members of St. Luke’s ...

After warning healthcare providers earlier this year that its line of Trifecta replacement heart valves may begin to deteriorate sooner than expected, Abbott has now announced that it will be pulling ...

Medical researchers announced today a cross-institutional team effort to generate a functional heart valve replacement with the capacity for repair, regeneration, and growth. The team is also working ...