Alfred Meiske, 105, loves to play dominos and do crossword puzzles. The lifelong farmer was in charge of the garden at his senior living center in Taylor and taught other residents how to grow onions, ...

Imagine your heart not functioning properly and you not knowing for years! That’s the reality of people with aortic valve ...

When one of the heart's valves springs a big leak, that can spell big trouble. The good news: The condition, known as degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR), is treatable using a minimally invasive ...

Mitral valve disease is when the heart’s mitral valve stops functioning correctly. This can lead to blood not flowing around the body correctly and cause several health complications. The mitral valve ...

New heart valve stent gives elderly patients options According to Dr. Lance Landvater, a cardio-thoracic surgeon with Rex Hospital, the new device has been approved only for patients who can't undergo ...

There are three types of bicuspid aortic valves — types 0, 1, and 2. Experts classify these types based on whether the leaflets of the valve have fused to form a ridge. A bicuspid aortic valve is a ...

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 ...

There are many signs in our body that we attribute to normal ageing and sometimes ignore. Among them is aortic stenosis, a prevalent heart condition among seniors, which occurs when calcium deposits ...