A stent is tubular in shape and usually made of metal or ceramic. It is designed to keep a part of the coronary artery open. Coronary arteries are the blood vessels that carry blood to the heart ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Heart disease is the leading cause ... that it was acting like a little butterfly valve, so I had one of the early stents put in,” Franklund said. Franklund’s health ...

Dr Rajneesh Kapoor highlights the evolution of structural heart disease treatments, exploring the impact of transcatheter ...

A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement ...

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease -- aortic valve stenosis -- progresses differently in males and females.

Loma Linda University Children's Hospital recently made history performing the first pediatric partial heart transplant in ...

Heart valve disease has no effective long-term treatment, and people who suffer from it have to endure repeated, invasive surgeries throughout their lives to survive. Researchers at Georgia Tech ...

A first of its kind surgery to help people with a specific type of heart failure is going through clinical trials at Providence St. Vincent’s.