JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Your heart has four valves, which keep your blood flowing in the right direction. If one doesn’t work correctly, it can put you at higher risk for stroke or ...

LIMA — Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center now offers non-surgical treatment for tricuspid regurgitation or leaky heart valve, a condition in which one of the heart’s valves doesn’t close properly.

Testing by Rutgers Health and other institutions is reshaping how – and how gently – doctors repair failing valves ...

People with severely leaky heart valves that cause no symptoms -- a situation thought to be relatively harmless -- actually are in danger of dying and should consider surgery to get the problem fixed ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Your heart has four valves, which keep your blood flowing in the right direction. If one doesn’t work correctly, it can put you at higher risk for stroke or ...

Q: I recently had an echocardiogram done because my physician detected a heart murmur. The test also indicated that I had a "leaky valve." My internist said I shouldn't be overly concerned, since this ...

Sustained Benefits for Patients With Severe Leaky Heart Valve After two years, the TRILUMINATE Pivotal study found TriClip continued to demonstrate superiority compared to medical therapy while ...

TriClip offers a remarkably safe, minimally invasive treatment option for patients in need of tricuspid valve repair but who are unable to withstand surgery More than 1.6 million people in the U.S.

MIAMI — A new treatment could help more than one million Americans with an often overlooked heart problem. Dr. Nish Patel, a cardiologist with Baptist Health Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, said ...

DEAR DOCTOR K >> My doctor says I have a leaky mitral valve. What does this mean? And does it need to be treated if it's not causing symptoms? DEAR READER >> The four valves of your heart work like ...

Q. My mother has just been diagnosed as having a leaky heart valve. For some time now she has been rather short of breath. She has also been in a great deal of pain when either standing for longer ...

More than one in eight people aged 75 and older in the United States develop moderate-to-severe blockage of the aortic valve in their hearts, usually caused by calcified deposits that build up on the ...