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.

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

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

THE Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) has become the first health facility in Gauteng to successfully perform the MitraClip implants to mend leaking hearts.

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.

Over the last decade, Nairobi West Hospital has been pioneering innovative heart failure treatment strategies that have ...

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

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

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

Q. I have a leaky heart valve that may need surgery down the road. Can you tell me about heart-valve surgery in one of your columns? A. First, let’s explain briefly how the heart works.

February is American Heart Month. Sister Bay’s David Lienau wasn’t even aware that his heart health was in jeopardy. But ...