The symptoms of aortic stenosis often appear only when the disease is at an advanced stage. In women, many symptoms are ...

High-cost factor, has stalled the process's large-scale implementation in government hospitals, doctors point out ...

This Santa Cruz startup raised $110 million to develop a robotic alternative to open-heart surgery. Here's how it's changing ...

A program at Allegheny General Hospital allows students an up-close look at heart surgeries. While they watch the team work ...

Mary Ann Kozlowski lived with the artificial heart valves for nearly 50 years until she underwent a heart transplant June 10.

The first patient to undergo a mitral valve replacement in August 1960 was ... surgery and developed a widely used protocol for open-heart surgery. About 800,000 Starr-Edwards heart valves were ...

A heart valve replacement by transcatheter aortic ... Methods to do this may include open-heart surgery or minimally invasive heart surgery.” Heart valve surgery becomes necessary when the ...

What doctors want you to know about minimally invasive cardiac surgery ... coronary artery bypass, valve replacement or repair, and specific repairs for congenital heart conditions.” ...

Years ago, open heart surgery was the only option to fix a heart valve. Now, some minimally invasive procedures allow for the replacement and repair of heart valves. A cardiologist can determine ...

Clark Howard, Atlanta consumer expert, talks about his aortic valve surgery last year and how he appreciates life more now as his annual Clark's Christmas Kids concludes.

Connor Crist, an architect with HFG Architecture in Wichita, said the hospital is part of a vision he has wanted to make real ...