Let's get straight to the heart of the matter—the heart's job is to move blood. Day and night, the muscles of your heart contract and relax to pump blood throughout your body. When blood returns ...

but can occur in any of the heart’s four valves. When a healthy aortic valve (illustrated) is open it's about as big as a half dollar, but sometimes a valve's opening becomes narrowed. In many cases, ...

Ben McCullough, 76, received an EVOQUE heart valve last fall. On Wednesday, he got to thank the makers face-to-face.

Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement without the need for open-heart surgery. For years, Mertz, a great-grandmother from Essex ...

Symetis’s discovery means an implanted valve can be made from the affected child’s own cells, and then grown with the child. Currently, children with heart-valve problems have to have ...

For conditions such as truncus arteriosus and severe aortic stenosis without good function, infants not only need new heart valves and arteries ... anatomical match for human children.

If left untreated, aortic regurgitation can cause the left ventricle to become enlarged and lead to heart failure. "The key question was, if you put in a new aortic valve and prevent the leakage ...

Like the plumbing in your house, your heart needs valves between its chambers and ... This short film is from the BBC series, Inside the Human Body. The 3D footage brings the topic to life and ...