Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to ...

Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a large surgical database may lead to a reassessment of that practice.

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research has found.

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, claiming approximately 700,000 lives each year.

Growing up with a heart disease, Ashley Pecora never knew what her life was going to look like—until two years ago when she ...

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart ... structural valve failure. In terms of repeat valve interventions, only patients who underwent re-do surgical aortic valve ...

The doctor became a patient after ignoring his own heart attack symptoms. He's urging others not to make the same mistake.

Every year, more than 5 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with heart valve disease, but this condition has no ...