An innovative approach for implanting a new aortic heart valve without open-heart surgery is being offered in a Phase 3 multicenter study. It is focused on the treatment of patients who are at high ...

IN A MAJOR breakthrough in the treatment of heart disease in the Republic, for the first time a patient here has had a heart valve replaced without the need for open-heart surgery. Two patients in ...

Surgery is usually the best fix for a severe heart valve disease. Different types of heart valve blockages can happen, and surgery is necessary to fix these problems. Your heart is split into four ...

The aortic valve is one of the heart’s four vital valves. It ensures that blood flows in one direction, from the heart to the rest of the body through the aorta. Over time, this valve can become ...

Valves are one-way gates in the heart that keep blood flowing between the four chambers of the heart. There are four valves in the heart and each one has strong flaps called “leaflets” that control ...