Cleveland Clinic surgeons are using a new robotic-assisted procedure to replace a damaged aortic valve through a small neck incision. Doctors say the technique may shorten recovery time compared with ...

HHS unveiled a new Alzheimer's and dementia plan in Fort Lauderdale focused on prevention and early detection. Here is what is promised and proven. Final CDC Data Put U.S. Fertility Rate at Record Low ...

Being told you need open-heart surgery can be difficult to take in. Most patients want to know what will happen before, during, and after the operation. Here is what you can expect at each stage. Your ...

Doctors at Trivandrum Medical College used an advanced catheter treatment to fix a heart valve leak, saving a 55-year-old ...

Of the two heart valve surgeries Janice Smith has had at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital, the second was much easier for her. "I had a good experience both times," the 86-year-old said. "It's just that ...

The mitral valve is inside a person’s heart. A person with mitral valve disease may require mitral valve repair surgery as a treatment. A person’s heart contains four chambers. The two upper chambers ...

Heart valve disease treatment options like repair or replacement depend on valve type, severity, age and overall health.

A wearable-sensor study of 120 tracheostomized patients found that breathing and autonomic responses to speaking valve ...

Learn how robotic mitral valve repair helps surgeons treat heart valve disease with greater precision, smaller incisions and ...

A football injury led a 43-year-old British man living in Vietnam to discover severe mitral valve regurgitation. Vietnamese surgeons successfully repaired his heart valve using minimally invasive ...