IJN senior consultant cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Mohd Azhari Yakub explains the symptoms, risks and screening options for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Heart valves allow blood to flow one way and prevent it from flowing in the wrong direction. The tricuspid valve controls blood flow between the right atrium and right ventricle. The bicuspid or ...

HVD occurs when a damaged heart valve disrupts blood flow to the heart by not opening or closing properly. There are two types of disruptions: stenosis and regurgitation. Stenosis occurs when the ...

In guidelines issued by the American Society of Echocardiography and published online in the January issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, updated recommendations are ...

A 92-year-old woman, deemed too frail for open-heart surgery due to severe heart failure, has regained her mobility and ...

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 ...

A new type of artificial heart valve transplanted into lambs maintained function and grew with the animals for up to a year, scientists reported March 17 in Science Translational Medicine. “For ...