A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement ...

The surgery was done on a 67-year-old man whose aortic valve was already replaced with a prosthetic. However, he developed a ...

Piedmont Heart Institute (PHI) physicians Pradeep K. Yadav, M.D., Director of Structural Interventions, and Vinod H. Thourani, M.D., Marcus Chairman of Cardiovascular Surgery, successfully performed ...

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 ...

Doctors will replace Walters' aortic valve. May 11, 2010— -- Barbara Walters said on Monday that her upcoming heart surgery, a procedure known as an aortic valve replacement, will hopefully ...

For people experiencing severe aortic stenosis who do not have symptoms or need symptom relief, early aortic valve replacement surgery may be beneficial because it reduces the risk of death, heart ...

Mary Ann George had a question for Dr. George D'Angelo, shortly after the groundbreaking Erie heart surgeon replaced two of her heart valves in 1974. George was only 20 at the time, but her heart had ...

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 ...

TUPELO • North Mississippi Medical Center’s cardiothoracic surgery team recently performed Mississippi’s first replacement surgery using the MITRIS RESILIA valve, a tissue valve replacement that ...

Ed Fulcher, 90, a lifelong resident of Morehead City, works every day in his home shop building model boats for sale. About a year ago, Fulcher noticed he couldn’t work in his shop more than 15 ...

For high-risk patients, the method could offer a safer alternative to open-heart surgery.