An initial group of over 50 patients is set to receive temporary valves made of fibres which will act as 'scaffoling' that ...

The heart’s natural healing ability is limited but groundbreaking research and advanced therapies are offering new hope for ...

Heart valve surgery is a procedure to treat heart valve disease, which happens when at least one of the four heart valves is ...

Regular exercise strengthens the heart muscle and makes the body more efficient at pulling oxygen out of the blood. It also ...

Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MD Valvular heart disease, sometimes called heart valve disease, is when one or more ...

When valves are diseased, they become stiff and narrow or leaky and ineffective, meaning they either do not open fully or do ...

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