The symptoms of aortic stenosis often appear only when the disease is at an advanced stage. In women, many symptoms are ...

The aortic valve is essential for the heart's well-being as it controls the flow of blood from the heart to the rest of the ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open-heart surgery. It is also called catheter-based or percutaneous (through the skin) aortic valve replacement. While ...

Open heart surgery for aortic or mitral valve repair or replacement has traditionally required opening the patient’s chest through their sternum (breast bone). In many cases today, a minimally ...

You may have heard the phrase, “Old age is not for sissies.” Looking forward to impending heart surgery, the phrase hits home. I have a faulty aortic valve – technically “aortic valve stenosis,” not ...

Clark Howard, Atlanta consumer expert, talks about his aortic valve surgery last year and how he appreciates life more now as his annual Clark's Christmas Kids concludes.

In a ground-breaking medical achievement, a multidisciplinary team of doctors at Rainbow Children’s Heart Institute, an exclusive pediatric heart centre has successfully performed a fetal balloon ...