As your heart beats, it pumps blood from the left ventricle through the aortic valve and into the aorta, your body’s largest artery. The aortic valve is made up of three triangular flaps of ...

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease -- aortic valve stenosis -- progresses differently in males and females.

Kirkland-based heart care company Cardiac Dimensions on Thursday raised a $53 million Series E round.

Loma Linda University Children's Hospital recently made history performing the first pediatric partial heart transplant in ...

Biology is like magic ... and fatty tissue - were found in the correct locations, mimicking a natural heart valve. Unlike previous attempts, this project, led by Heart Biotech at Harefield ...

Partial heart transplants provide a range of lifesaving options for children with complex congenital heart conditions, and ...

Doctors at Duke Health have successfully performed the world’s first living mitral valve replacement, saving three lives in North Carolina.

The results are published in the journal Communications Biology. Heart valve replacement is a life-saving treatment, but it is rarely a long-term solution. Both mechanical and biological valves ...

The titanium device’s underlying principles were first envisioned in 2001 by a biomedical engineer named Daniel Timms. Timms, ...

A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement ...

Heart valve disease has no effective long-term treatment, and people who suffer from it have to endure repeated, invasive surgeries throughout their lives to survive. Researchers at Georgia Tech ...