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 ...

What Happens During Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery? Minimally invasive heart valve surgery is a type of surgery performed through smaller incisions. This type of surgery reduces blood loss ...

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

A medical device company with offices in Boston received FDA approval for a new iteration of its heart valve technology that allows for minimally invasive heart surgery. A medical device company ...

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

Partial heart transplants provide a range of lifesaving options for children with complex congenital heart conditions, and ...

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 ...