Corewell Health in Royal Oak says it has performed the world’s first single-port robotic mitral valve repair, a procedure ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – At 75 years old, Lorraine Cook has lived through two heart attacks and a major open-heart surgery. Now retired, she says her latest experience with an innovative, non-surgical ...

The incidence of cardiovascular disease is rising across the globe, with more than 28 million people worldwide living with ...

Many minimally invasive procedures are available to treat problems with your heart. These procedures can fix issues like malfunctioning valves and blockages in your heart’s arteries. Traditional heart ...

What once required days in the hospital and open heart surgery can now often be done in under 30 minutes, with patients going home the next day. For the final Wellness Wednesday of Heart Month, two ...

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 ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — Pat Zerfas wasn’t a candidate for open heart surgery. For 13 years, however, she has been dealing with a worsening heart condition that slowly and continuously lowered her quality of ...

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 ...

The Ross procedure is a major heart surgery. It involves replacing an abnormal aortic valve with a valve from the other side of the heart. The Ross procedure is a type of aortic valve replacement ...