The aortic valve sits between the heart’s left ventricle and the aorta. It opens and closes with the heartbeat to allow blood to flow to the body without leaking back into the heart. It may need to be ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: I have a condition called aortic stenosis, which I am told prevents blood from getting out of my heart. Is it true that I don’t have to have surgery to have this valve replaced? What ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure to replace your aortic valve. The aortic valve controls blood flow from your heart to your aorta, the main artery that ...

Aortic root surgery (ARS) is a procedure to repair or replace the aortic root. There are various types of ARS surgery that come with different risks and benefits. The aorta is a large blood vessel ...

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

PARIS, France—There is more than a twofold greater risk of death, and a significantly increased risk of major adverse cardiac events, over nearly 2 years of follow-up when patients with a bicuspid ...

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 ...

Sharman Joshi shares gratitude for the successful TAVI procedure performed on his father-in-law, veteran actor Prem Chopra, ...

Severe aortic stenosis is a serious heart ailment that has to do with the malfunctioning of an important component of the human heart.

Most 17-year-olds are sleeping at 7 a.m. on a weekday, but Anna Gabrielle Geneblazo was wide awake watching open-heart ...

Sharman Joshi also said Prem Chopra underwent a successful TAVI procedure - narrowing of the aortic valve without open-heart ...

Veteran actor Prem Chopra has been diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis, a condition affecting the heart valve. His ...