This advanced technique allows surgeons to repair the valve without the need for a traditional open-heart procedure.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new trial showed a procedure that thousands need each year to keep their hearts healthy may be performed in a safer way. The alternative way may help with recovery time.

Doctors at Oklahoma Heart Institute are now offering a newly FDA-approved heart valve replacement that requires no open-heart surgery, making Tulsa the first hospital in the region and the third in ...

Peer-reviewed independent bench testing examines the TransForm™ mitral valve repair ring and highlights lifetime ...

Conditions like valve disease, small holes in the heart, or abnormal heart connections can cause symptoms such as shortness ...

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BOSTON, Aug. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Corcym today announced that its Perceval Plus ® sutureless aortic heart valve was used in a First-Ever robotic aortic valve replacement, through a tiny incision in ...

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 ...

A heart valve that is severely damaged may need replacing. A surgeon may replace the damaged valve via an incision in the groin. The heart contains four valves, which allow blood to move in and out of ...

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH) has successfully performed a highly complex robotic heart surgery on a woman in her seventies who was living with seven ongoing cardiac ...

Bob Siemer, a heart disease survivor, defied medical expectations by undergoing a groundbreaking procedure after multiple ...