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 ...

Medications may help in treating certain symptoms and supporting better heart function. But there are currently no drugs that can treat or cure specific heart valve disorders. Your heart has 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.

There are three types of bicuspid aortic valves — types 0, 1, and 2. Experts classify these types based on whether the leaflets of the valve have fused to form a ridge. A bicuspid aortic valve is a ...

At 95 years old, Ventura Latorre was running out of time as severe aortic stenosis pushed him into repeated hospitalizations ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tissue engineering of heart valves represents a transformative approach to addressing the limitations of conventional prostheses, which are often associated with thrombosis, calcification, and lack of ...

Researchers have developed a method for cheaply producing heart valves in the span of minutes that are functional immediately after being implanted into sheep. The scientists call their method ...