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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Ross procedure, also called the pulmonary autograft procedure, is a type of heart surgery that treats aortic valve problems (the main valve that sends blood from your heart to your body) in active ...

Replacing a faulty heart valve can restore healthy circulation, but the procedure carries some risks. These include blood clots, infection, and other complications. Generally, the outlook is usually ...

A heart valve that is severely damaged may need replacing. A surgeon may replace the damaged valve via an incision in the groin. The heart contains four valves, which allow blood to move in and out of ...

While effective, open-heart surgery involves longer hospital stays, more recovery time, and carries higher risks of ...

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MDMedically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Heart valves keep blood flowing in the right direction between the heart's four chambers. If a valve, such as the ...

At 75 years old, Lorraine Cook has lived through two heart attacks and a major open-heart surgery. Now retired, she says her ...

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - Think about this, you need aortic valve replacement which even with many medical advances is still really big big surgery, but a minimally invasive option could spare you the ...

PLANO, Tx. - Just doing something as simple as walking her dogs is a task Stacey Zvokel couldn’t easily do a few years ago. Stacey was born with a bicuspid aortic valve that had two flaps instead of ...