(Reuters Health) - People who get minimally-invasive surgery to replace damaged heart valves have an easier time completing daily tasks and a better quality of life after the procedure, a research ...

(Reuters) - Non-invasive heart valve replacement systems from Medtronic Plc and rival Edwards Lifesciences Corp proved as good or better than open heart surgery in younger, more active patients for ...

The Lee Health Heart Institute is home to primary and specialty cardiovascular care, nationally ranked hospitals, the Shipley Cardiothoracic Center, cardiac rehabilitation and more, as well as the ...

A team of cardiologists emphasized the importance of offering modern surgical options custom-tailored and curated for each ...

One of the most widespread and critical heart diseases is heart valve disease, and when the valves cease functioning, the heart will not be able to pump blood anymore. During the past several decades, ...

As you get older, you may expect to feel a little slower. Climbing the stairs might leave you feeling winded. Yard work takes ...

While the first innovators in the area of minimally invasive cardiac procedures began introducing methods such as finger-fracture valvuloplasty as early as the 1920s — in the case of England’s Henry ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Edwards Lifesciences' SAPIEN 3 platform, a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) therapy, for patients with severe aortic stenosis without ...

Rajan Thomas, a 70-year-old resident of Alappuzha, was often experiencing increased fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain, and occasional dizziness. Initially, he thought his condition had ...