A recent study found that about one in five older adults develops an infection within six months after heart surgery. Women ...

One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery, and women are far more likely to develop one, according to recent studies. Black patients also had higher rates of ...

One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery—with women far more likely to develop one, ...

Minimally invasive heart procedures like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and MitraClip placement to treat mitral regurgitation can improve quality of life, and even be lifesaving, for ...

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 ...

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research has found.

More information: Jeremy Chan et al, Long-term clinical outcomes in patients between the age of 50-70 years receiving ...

Al Cover is walking and exercising again the way he was a few years ago.“I'm back to where I was before, doing hills. And in ...

With new transcatheter options for the repair or replacement of tricuspid valves, the role and timing of repair — whether surgical or minimally invasive — is entering a time of transition.

Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a ...

Growing up with a heart disease, Ashley Pecora never knew what her life was going to look like—until two years ago when she ...