February is American Heart Month. Sister Bay’s David Lienau wasn’t even aware that his heart health was in jeopardy. But ...

New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be ...

Jan 29 (Reuters) - Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from animal tissues that they currently most often receive ...

Kennesaw State University mechanical engineering professor Philippe Sucosky has earned a prestigious American Heart ...

Background Aortic stenosis is a degenerative condition with high mortality in its severe stages and no preventive treatment.

These latest data reinforce years of smaller studies, but whether they should change practice is a matter of debate.

The researchers reviewed data on nearly 110,000 patients who underwent surgical replacement of aortic valves between the ages ...