Corewell Health is being nationally recognized for excellence in heart valve repair. The hospital in Grand Rapids was awarded ...

a leaking mitral valve is tolerated well by the heart for a long period of time and may only become evident when the body becomes stressed by another illness. Whenever possible, we try to repair ...

Minimally invasive heart procedures like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and MitraClip placement to treat mitral regurgitation can improve quality of life, and even be lifesaving, for ...

They also showed that mitral-valve replacement was possible with a ... In the years before open-heart surgery, Hufnagel developed such a device to palliate aortic regurgitation in the form of ...

With new transcatheter options for the repair or replacement of tricuspid valves, the role and timing of repair — whether surgical or minimally invasive — is entering a time of transition.

Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a ...

Dental hygiene may not be the first thing many think about when they consider what can impact their heart health. For one woman, a cracked tooth led to a deadly infection of one of her heart valves.

The tricuspid valve is anatomically complex. It’s often called the “forgotten valve” because of its position in the back of ...

February is American Heart Month, so I felt it was finally time to share my personal heart story. My paternal line has a long history of heart issues. My paternal […] ...