Valvular heart disease, also called heart valve disease, occurs when you have a diseased or damaged heart valve. When your heart pumps blood, your valves open and close to keep blood flowing in the ...

Heart valve disease doesn’t always require surgery. Nonsurgical treatments like medications, lifestyle changes, or minimally invasive procedures are sufficient for some people. Your heart has four ...

Roughly 25,000 Americans die each year from valvular heart disease, but researchers from Rutgers Health and other institutions conclude that new technology could soon help doctors slash that number.

Heart valve disease occurs when at least one of the four valves in the heart fails to operate as usual. This can be due to valves allowing blood to leak backward, valves being too narrow, or valves ...

Mitral valve disease is when the heart’s mitral valve stops functioning correctly. This can lead to blood not flowing around the body correctly and cause several health complications. The mitral valve ...

Share on Pinterest Findings from two studies suggest that AI-assisted stethoscopes can detect valvular heart disease much earlier than traditional stethoscopes. Image credit: runner of art/Getty ...

The updated ESC/EACTS Guidelines have been produced by an international panel of experts that include co-Chairpersons Professor Fabien Praz, an interventional cardiologist at Bern University Hospital ...