Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD The first heart sound, or S1, is the "lub" of a normal heartbeat. It's a ...

Meril Life Sciences, a leading global med-tech company specializing in cardiovascular and structural heart solutions, marked ...

However, 4.1% in the edoxaban group had major bleeding ... indicating it is a viable post-surgery treatment alternative to ...

Background Valvular heart disease (VHD) represents a significant burden on healthcare systems worldwide, necessitating ...

A large new population study of men over 45 indicates insulin resistance may be an important risk factor for the development of the world's most common heart valve disease -- aortic stenosis (AS).

What is aortic stenosis in children? Aortic stenosis means that your child has a heart valve that is too narrow or is blocked. The aortic valve is 1 of 4 heart valves that keep blood flowing through ...

Edoxaban, an oral anticoagulant, was equally or more effective than warfarin in reducing the risk of stroke and blood clots ...

If doctors back then discovered he had a damaged heart valve, they would have rushed him to open-heart surgery — if they did ...

However, the disease process at the tissue level in bicuspid aortic valves has not been specifically examined, until now. In this issue of Heart, the study by Wallby and colleagues 14 is the first to ...

where two metal heart valves were placed in her heart. Kozlowski remembers the doctor telling her she could go home. “And I said, By the way, how long are they going to last? Is there a warranty ...

The Myval THV series, known for its innovative contributions to transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures, continues to set new benchmarks with the Myval Octapro THV. Prashant Tamta ...