Surgery is usually the best fix for a severe heart valve disease. Different types of heart valve blockages can happen, and surgery is necessary to fix these problems. Your heart is split into four ...

A leaky heart valve does not close properly, causing leakage between the heart chambers. Depending on the severity of the leak, there are different treatments available, from medication to surgery. A ...

Paris, France - Are percutaneous valve procedures a "passing fad," or will they become a viable complement and alternative to surgical valve procedures? This was the topic of a frank debate here at ...

It is divided into two upper and two lower chambers, termed the atria and the ventricles, respectively. The left atrium and left ventricle form one system which receives blood (which has been ...

The number of patients that need heart valve surgery is steadily increasing; however, the majority of available risk-prediction models are tailored for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery ...