A simpler alternative to open heart surgery is gaining popularity, but some find ​their new valves don’t last as long as they ...

Of the two heart valve surgeries Janice Smith has had at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital, the second was much easier for her. "I had a good experience both times," the 86-year-old said. "It's just that ...

Great progress has been made in treating aortic stenosis, a heart problem that reportedly affects at least 1.5 million ...

Two new observational studies suggest GLP-1 receptor agonists, including tirzepatide, may reduce heart failure and kidney injury after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and lower major ...

CHICAGO, IL—Patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis who are watched until symptoms develop before undergoing TAVI are a greater risk of dying, being hospitalized for heart failure (HF), or ...

At the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting, investigators presented a late-breaking study focused on surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) following prior transcatheter aortic ...

A multidisciplinary approach for treatment choice in cancer patients with cardiovascular diseases: Experience of a large municipal hospital.

While the first innovators in the area of minimally invasive cardiac procedures began introducing methods such as finger-fracture valvuloplasty as early as the 1920s — in the case of England’s Henry ...

CHICAGO, IL — The largest-ever review of transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) procedures for failed bioprosthetic valves suggests that TAVR could play a key role in solving a problem that ...

A study showed that hospitals bought by private equity firms were admitting disproportionately healthier patients with heart failure -- whose outcomes did not correspond with their lower risk.