Doctors will replace Walters' aortic valve. May 11, 2010— -- Barbara Walters said on Monday that her upcoming heart surgery, a procedure known as an aortic valve replacement, will hopefully ...

ELKHART, Ind. (WSBT) — Al Cover is walking and exercising again the way he was a few years ago. “I'm back to where I was before, doing hills. And in my work, my partners recognize the increase in my ...

The results of a new clinical trial have overturned the “wait and see” approach that cardiologists have long favored for symptom-free patients. By Benjamin Mueller For decades, people with failing ...

The University Medical Centre in Ho Chi Minh City has successfully performed the 100th transcatheter aortic valve ...

Lynne Versaci underwent 11-hour open-heart surgery in August. A group of friends have created a fundraiser event to support ...

Mumbai: A 65-year-old morbidly obese woman weighing 95 kg (BMI 41) with metabolic syndrome, hypertension, diabetes, and ...

Background Cardiac surgery carries a heightened risk of bradyarrhythmias, but current permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation ...

Docs say the comedian has a lot going for him as he prepares for heart surgery. March 6, 2009— -- Despite a personal history of alcoholism, a family history of heart failure and being forced to ...

A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, has identified early hemodynamic valve deterioration (HVD) in more than 6% of patients just one year after undergoing transcatheter aortic ...