WASHINGTON — A new study gives a big boost to fixing a bad aortic valve, the heart's main gate, without open-heart surgery. Survival rates were better one year later for people who had a new valve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — It’s a serious heart defect that can cause blood to flow into the wrong part of the heart chamber, ...

The aortic valve sits between the heart’s left ventricle and the aorta. It opens and closes with the heartbeat to allow blood to flow to the body without leaking back into the heart. It may need to be ...

The mitral valve, which connects the upper and lower left-side chambers of the human heart, is one of the many pieces of the heart critical to its proper function. Mitral valve prolapse is common, and ...

TO GET IT DONE....AND HE'S GONE FROM FIGHTING FOR EVERY BREATH...TO ALREADY FEELING BETTER. "WELCOME, YOU LOOK GOOD. HAVE A SEAT. HOW DO YOU FEEL. DOING GREAT. YOU DID WONDERS WITH ME. OKAY!" THIS IS ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Corewell Health is being nationally recognized for excellence in heart valve repair. The hospital in Grand Rapids was awarded the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award. It ...

Around the time a cardiologist diagnosed Keri Mathew with a heart problem at age 4, her dad once again failed the physical required to increase his life insurance policy. So Gary Peterson went to see ...

BACKGROUND: Defective heart valves are one of the most common causes of heart failure in the elderly. A defective heart valve is one that fails to open and close fully. A valve also may not be able to ...

As you get older, you may expect to feel a little slower. Climbing the stairs might leave you feeling winded. Yard work takes ...