A newborn's heart will grow roughly 15 times larger in volume by the time adulthood is reached — a remarkable transformation that presents an extraordinary challenge for pediatric ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A non-surgically implanted heart valve meant to delay open heart surgery in children with congenital heart defects worked well for all but a few patients during a year of follow ...

Pilot of rapid access valve assessment clinics in England has indicated success in closing healthcare inequality gap ...

As you get older, you may expect to feel a little slower. Climbing the stairs might leave you feeling winded. Yard work takes ...

University of California, Irvine and Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health researchers have identified fundamental structural and functional differences between two major causes of mitral valve stenosis ...

R O C H E S T E R, N.Y., March 13 -- James Dauteuil probably never expected he would be wearing a piece of “leather” inside his heart. But Dauteuil, 76, is now one of three people in the Rochester ...

Owen Monroe was born with a deadly heart defect. Thanks to a cutting-edge surgery, now he’s starting preschool. By Simar Bajaj Owen Monroe was born blue. The arteries in his heart that transport blood ...

An AI algorithm could help to predict which patients might develop significant heart problems years in advance, just based on ECG readings. In a study, published today in The European Heart Journal, ...

Aortic valve stenosis (AVS) is a significant health concern affecting over 1.5 million Americans and millions more globally.

“Structural heart disease” is an umbrella term that refers to conditions that affect different structures within the heart. Some of these problems can be present at birth, while others develop later ...