The heart consists of 4 chambers--2 atria (upper chambers) and 2 ventricles (lower chambers). Blood passes through a valve as it leaves each chamber of the heart. The valves prevent the backward flow ...

A leaky heart valve refers to a heart valve that does not close properly and cannot repair itself. Treatment usually involves surgery, but it is possible to resolve the issue without surgery.

Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Advanced tissue engineered heart valves must be constructed from multiple materials to better mimic the ...

Performed at the HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, the minimally invasive procedure avoided open-heart surgery by using a catheter to place the valve in the heart, restoring normal blood flow ...

Foldax this week announced it secured regulatory approval in India for its Tria mitral heart valve. The approval from India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organization allows Dolphin Life ...

For patients with severe MAC who are at high risk for open-heart surgery and whose mitral valve cannot be successfully repaired with the Abbott MitraClip™ device, Tendyne offers an alternative ...

Aortic stenosis happens when your aortic valve does not open all the way causing pressure to build in the left ventricle. This pressure blocks blood flow as it leaves the heart. In other words, the ...

2 Centre for Clinical Decision Sciences, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam Background: Mechanical valves and bioprostheses are widely used for aortic valve replacement. Though ...

Correspondence to Dr Rakesh M Suri, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; surir{at}ccf.org Contemporary ...