A GRANDFATHER has become one of the first Irish patients to undergo a new alternative to open-heart surgery – and told how he ...

For a low-risk patient, both TAVR and surgery are excellent long-term options. Credit: Pexels. The incidence of cardiovascular disease is rising across the globe, with more than 28 million people ...

Heart valves can be replaced with open heart surgery or with less invasive procedures that don’t require your chest to be opened. Known as transcatheter valve replacement, this type of procedure has ...

TruLeaf from the AllMeD Solutions group, successfully completed the first phase of a first-in-human clinical trial of a revolutionary system for tricuspid and mitral heart valve implantation via ...

A man has described as "black and white" his transformation after undergoing a new heart procedure at the Mater Hospital in ...

The Mater Hospital in Dublin says a new mitral valve procedure is a major advancement for heart patients judged too high-risk ...

Replacing a faulty heart valve can restore healthy circulation, but the procedure carries some risks. These include blood clots, infection, and other complications. Generally, the outlook is usually ...

Dover native Kenneth Moritz became the first patient to have a trans-mitral valve replacement in Pennsylvania.

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic valve ...

The patient had previously undergone heart valve replacement but later developed severe tricuspid regurgitation ...

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 ...