Transit Officer Paul DeGeorge thought his son was lying on him. Then he realized something much scarier was happening.

This breakthrough, which is a first in the Triad, offers a new option for patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation, a ...

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The first heart valve implanted in a patient using a new robotically assisted approach to valve replacement has been completed at the Cleveland Clinic. The Perceval Plus artificial aortic valve, ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new trial showed a procedure that thousands need each year to keep their hearts healthy may be performed in a safer way. The alternative way may help with recovery time.

Ed Fulcher, 90, a lifelong resident of Morehead City, works every day in his home shop building model boats for sale. About a year ago, Fulcher noticed he couldn’t work in his shop more than 15 ...

The mitral valve clip, which is marketed in the U.S. as the MitraClip, is a minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative used to repair a damaged mitral heart valve. The mitral valve clip procedure ...

University of Iowa Health Care recently debuted a new, minimally invasive heart valve procedure after years of research and months of work toward approval by the Federal Drug Administration. A second ...

UW Medicine is researching a non-invasive technique for replacing faulty heart valves that could help patients avoid open heart surgery. It's called the Transcatheter Aortic Valve (TAVR). The aortic ...

THE DEATH PENALTY. A RETIRED MOUNT AIRY NURSE MADE HISTORY AND IT INVOLVES HER HEART. SHE IS THE FIRST PERSON TO UNDERGO A NEW PROCEDURE HERE IN THE PIEDMONT. WXII 12 KRIS PETERSON HAS DETAILS ON THE ...

The Ross procedure, which can be used to treat young people with severe aortic valve disease, has seen wide swings in popularity over the years, but now, with consistent data on long-term survival and ...

The Lancelot technology delivers enhanced hemodynamics through the integration of precision laser cutting and after ...