Mitral valve prolapse is a condition affecting the heart. Doctors may also call it floppy mitral valve syndrome or systolic click-murmur syndrome. It stems from a mitral valve malfunction, which may ...

Valvular regurgitation is when blood flows backward through the chambers of your heart. It can be mild and not cause symptoms, or it can be life threatening. Your heart is a muscular organ that ...

Take this news to heart. You could have a common condition that increases your risk of heart attack and stroke — and not even know it. More than a quarter of “healthy” adults over 60 have undiagnosed ...

February is American Heart Month, and Feb. 22 is Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day. Sign up for our Newsletters News 8 asked Dr. Arun Kanmanthareddy, a UPMC cardiologist, what makes heart valve ...

The basic premise of the stethoscope has been around for centuries, largely unchanged. Jonathan Kitchen/DigitalVision via ...

When we think of heart attacks, many of us imagine a stressed middle-aged male executive, addicted to ready meals and ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A revolutionary new treatment for an often undiagnosed condition is now being offered at Bryan Heart. The doctor performing the surgery uses a device called the TriClip to clamp ...

No one was more surprised than Dr. Rick Dearman when he was diagnosed with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis, also known as heart valve failure. As a heart surgeon, he’d treated hundreds of people ...

Rheumatic heart disease is a serious complication of Group A Streptococcus infection. It can cause damage to the valves in your heart and may cause severe heart problems in the future. Rheumatic heart ...

Tricuspid stenosis is a heart condition where blood does not flow properly between parts of a person’s heart. It can cause mild symptoms, but may also lead to more serious complications. Tricuspid ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved a new device from Abbott meant to treat tricuspid heart valve disease — an expected decision after an outside advisory panel voted that the device’s benefits ...