The revolutionary BiVACOR heart device was moved to Phase 2 of FDA trials after success in five human patients.

Recent research suggests that select athletes with cardiovascular abnormalities may be able to safely participate in competitive sports after shared decision-making with their clinicians about ...

Blood proteins serve as crucial indicators of health and disease risk throughout development. Now, researchers at the ...

After several years and about $6 million later, MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup has achieved a development ...

Edwards Lifesciences’ EW fourth-quarter performance was backed by its most comprehensive structural heart disease portfolio. The Surgical Structural Heart business is benefiting from the strong ...

Overall, Edwards enjoys a great deal of financial flexibility that would allow for more substantial acquisitions, if those opportunities were to arise. Edwards Lifesciences has come to dominate ...

Georgia Tech researchers 3D print bioresorbable heart valves. Once implanted, the patient-specific valves will be absorbed by ...

A 3D endoscopic camera developed about six years ago has made minimally invasive surgery more accessible for Rochester-area ...

Georgia Tech researchers have developed a groundbreaking 3D-printed, bioresorbable heart valve that promotes tissue ...

Friday is National Wear Red Day dedicated to the prevention and treatment of heart disease among women. UHS Faculty and staff held a news conference and turned the UHS main lobby into a sea of red ...

Q. I have a leaky heart valve that may need surgery down the road. Can you tell me about heart-valve surgery in one of your columns? A. First, let’s explain briefly how the heart works.

Problems with the right atrium can occur from birth or due to problems with the heart valves or muscles ... there is a connection left over from fetal development known as a patent foramen ovale.