Traditional open-heart surgery would require a more extended hospital stay and a more difficult recovery period, hindering ...

6-month-old Struthers' baby Ariella Torres received her third open heart surgery Monday in Cincinnati. The parents of Ariella ...

6-month-old Struthers' baby Ariella Torres received her third open heart surgery Monday in Cincinnati ... including the left ventricle, mitral valve, and aorta—is severely underdeveloped.

Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement without the need for open-heart surgery. A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union ...

When this valve doesn’t function properly, it can lead to serious heart complications. Mitral Valve Regurgitation: The valve doesn’t close completely, allowing blood to leak backward into the ...

Today, more than 7 million people in the U.S. have heart valve disease, a complex condition made up primarily of dysfunctional mitral and tricuspid valves. Current treatment options, typically by open ...

Background Cardiac surgery carries a heightened risk of bradyarrhythmias, but current permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation ...

Development of minimally invasive procedures to address mitral and tricuspid disease has lagged progress in aortic valve treatment, where Edwards Lifesciences and Medtronic are the leaders in a market ...

Friday the 13th lived up to its notorious rep for a Long Island teen — who suffered a stroke that day in December, leading her to need brain and open ... of her heart’s mitral valve.