A leaky heart valve means blood isn’t moving correctly through one of the heart’s four valves. This can cause complications like heart rhythm disturbances and heart failure. But treatment is usually ...

Most people think of heart problems as blocked arteries or heart attacks, but the heart's valves are just as important in keeping blood pumping efficiently. Heart valve disease occurs when these ...

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 ...

Steven and Lori Stokes took their 13-year-old daughter, Isabelle, to Oregon Health & Science University for open-heart ...

While a person may need medication or surgery to manage heart valve disease, incorporating exercise into a treatment plan can offer additional benefits. It can increase heart function and fitness.

Researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have developed an artificial model of the mitral heart valve ...

Dysfunction in the lymphatic system has been identified as a hidden driver of life-threatening heart valve disease in ...

Groundbreaking discovery could potentially reduce multiple pediatric heart valve replacement surgeries. A groundbreaking new study led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers from both the ...

Researchers hope to better understand diseases in the mitral heart valve with an artificial model that mimics the valve’s complex mechanisms.

Researchers have developed a method for cheaply producing heart valves in the span of minutes that are functional immediately after being implanted into sheep. The scientists call their method ...

A doctor may recommend various medications, such as antiarrhythmics, anticoagulants, or beta-blockers, to help treat heart valve problems. In some situations, a person may only require medications to ...