CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new trial showed a procedure that thousands need each year to keep their hearts healthy may be performed in a safer way. The alternative way may help with recovery time.

An 86-year-old woman from Iowa became the first person in Nebraska to undergo a new heart valve replacement procedure, ...

Mitral valve regurgitation is a common heart valve condition in which the mitral valve cannot close properly. Cardiologists may implant mitral valve clips to help the valve close effectively. Mitral ...

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic valve ...

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 ...

Background The use of artificial chords for mitral valve prolapse during minimally invasive mitral valve repair (MIMVR) has ...

UW Medicine is researching a non-invasive technique for replacing faulty heart valves that could help patients avoid open heart surgery. It's called the Transcatheter Aortic Valve (TAVR). The aortic ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure that involves replacing the aortic valve in people with aortic stenosis. It has several benefits over open heart surgery ...

What once required days in the hospital and open heart surgery can now often be done in under 30 minutes, with patients going home the next day. For the final Wellness Wednesday of Heart Month, two ...

In patients with a poorly functioning bioprosthetic mitral valve in the heart, a minimally invasive procedure to insert a new valve was associated with a lower rate of death or disabling stroke within ...

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