A common cause of heart failure in elderly people is a defective heart valve, but open-heart surgery to correct the problem may be too risky for some patients. A new clinical trial at Duke University ...

Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger is having a heart valve replaced this week, a source close to the band tells CNN. Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger is having a heart valve replaced this week, a ...

BACKGROUND: Defective heart valves are one of the most common causes of heart failure in the elderly. A defective heart valve is one that fails to open and close fully. A valve also may not be able to ...

Around the time a cardiologist diagnosed Keri Mathew with a heart problem at age 4, her dad once again failed the physical required to increase his life insurance policy. So Gary Peterson went to see ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Prosthetic Heart Valve Market By Product: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021-2031" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A non-surgically implanted heart valve meant to delay open heart surgery in children with congenital heart defects worked well for all but a few patients during a year of follow ...