Corewell Health in Royal Oak says it has performed the world’s first single-port robotic mitral valve repair, a procedure ...

Royal Oak resident Patrick O’Brien underwent the first single-port robotic mitral valve repair on June 30.

The incidence of cardiovascular disease is rising across the globe, with more than 28 million people worldwide living with ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. When the heart can’t pump blood through the body as well ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Surgery is usually the best fix for a severe heart valve disease. Different types of heart valve blockages can happen, and surgery is necessary to fix these problems. Your heart is split into four ...

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 ...

UC San Francisco interventional cardiologists and interventional echocardiographers recently performed the health system’s first commercial transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement procedure using ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — Pat Zerfas wasn’t a candidate for open heart surgery. For 13 years, however, she has been dealing with a worsening heart condition that slowly and continuously lowered her quality of ...

Heart valve disease happens when one or more of your heart’s four valves don’t work properly, preventing oxygen-rich blood from moving efficiently through your heart and to your body. This forces your ...