Royal Oak resident Patrick O’Brien underwent the first single-port robotic mitral valve repair on June 30.

The incidence of cardiovascular disease is rising across the globe, with more than 28 million people worldwide living with ...

Compare TAVR and redo open heart surgery for aortic valve stenosis, including risks, recovery, valve longevity, and how to ...

Heart valves can be replaced with open heart surgery or with less invasive procedures that don’t require your chest to be opened. Known as transcatheter valve replacement, this type of procedure has ...

The aortic valve sits between the heart’s left ventricle and the aorta. It opens and closes with the heartbeat to allow blood to flow to the body without leaking back into the heart. It may need to be ...

Data on valve durability with transcatheter aortic valve replacement are reassuring at 7 years, with implications for ...

Jenscare Scientific announced today that it received CE mark approval for its LuX-Valve plus under EU Medical Device ...

UC San Francisco interventional cardiologists and interventional echocardiographers recently performed the health system’s first commercial transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement procedure using ...

A 58-year-old man successfully undergoes catheter-based heart valve replacement, recovering well after a brief ICU stay in ...

Aortic valve stenosis can sometimes be treated with a nonsurgical catheter procedure with small incisions. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is the most common method for replacing the ...

A leaky heart valve refers to a heart valve that does not close properly and cannot repair itself. Treatment usually involves surgery, but it is possible to resolve the issue without surgery. When a ...