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

An initial group of over 50 patients is set to receive temporary valves made of fibres which will act as 'scaffoling' that canimplanted, integrate with the body's cells.

Valvular heart disease poses an escalating global health challenge with an increasing impact on mortality and disability. This study aims to comprehensively analyze the global burden of valvular heart ...

A previously unknown disease making the rounds in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a severe form of malaria, the country’s health ministry has announced. Health authorities on Tuesday ...

Unfortunately, the leaky valve during that time can result in devastating right ventricular heart dysfunction or dilation.” Agwu and his mentor Professor Arash Kheradvar have developed a new ...

Patient-related factors include diabetes, which worsens LV remodeling and affects both systolic and diastolic LV function; cardiac amyloidosis; atrial fibrillation; concomitant valvular heart disease ...

The Trilogy valve. [Image from the JenaValve website] JenaValve announced that it completed the first patient procedure for inclusion in a registry of its Trilogy transcatheter heart valve (THV ...

The following are key points to remember from a state-of-the-art review on the care of adults with congenital heart disease for noncongenital cardiologists ... particularly in patients with ...

In 2022, heart disease was related to one in five deaths in the United States. Regular exercise reduces heart disease risk by helping you maintain a healthy weight, lowering blood pressure, and ...

A view of the Panzi General Referral Hospital in southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has seen an outbreak of a mystery disease [Lucien Lufutu/AP] Goma, Democratic Republic of the ...

in healthy people without heart disease after binge drinking alcohol. Doctors often saw this after weekends and public holidays, including the festive season. But an abnormal heart rhythm related ...