No one can live without a heart pumping blood to the rest of the body. New research from the University of Missouri School of ...

An AI algorithm could help to predict which patients might develop significant heart problems years in advance, just based on ...

Background Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) has good modern results, but large multicentre longitudinal data on outcomes, especially hospital resource utilisation through childhood and adolescence, are ...

The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs ...

New multi-sensor stethoscope improves heart valve disease detection, offering an affordable and scalable screening tool for early diagnosis.

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 ...

A multisociety taskforce has created a method for standardizing how patient outcomes are reported for heart valve disease (HVD), regardless of which valve is being treated and how. The objectives, the ...

A UK study has suggested that the choice of mechanical or biological heart valves for patients aged 50-70 years may need to be reconsidered.

Mitral regurgitation describes when the mitral valve allows blood to flow back into a person's left atrium. Learn more about its symptoms and treatment here.

Find out what you need to know about your aortic valve — where it's located, what it does, and how it works. Learn about the symptoms, causes, and treatments for aortic valve conditions.