Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a large surgical database may lead to a reassessment of that practice.

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research has found.

Growing up with a heart disease, Ashley Pecora never knew what her life was going to look like—until two years ago when she ...

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to ...

Earlie Smith experienced an aortic dissection. Months later, her brother, Larry Smith, also had one. The same doctor helped ...

With new transcatheter options for the repair or replacement of tricuspid valves, the role and timing of repair — whether surgical or minimally invasive — is entering a time of transition.

The Medicare data contradict results from the TCW randomized trial but better represent real-world practice, say authors.

THE Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) has become the first health facility in Gauteng to successfully ...

The researchers reviewed data on nearly 110,000 patients who underwent surgical replacement of aortic valves between the ages ...

HYDERABAD: Doctors at Citizens Hospital successfully treated a 72-year-old patient with severe aortic valve stenosis and ...

CABG plus surgical aortic valve replacement for treatment of coronary disease and aortic stenosis was associated with better ...