Cleveland Clinic is offering a new robotic aortic valve replacement procedure that requires only a small incision in the neck and chest wall, resulting in a faster recovery time and reduced pain.

The goal of heart valve surgery is to repair or replace a malfunctioning heart valve to prevent the development of life-threatening conditions. Valves are one-way gates in the heart that keep blood ...

CHICAGO — Edoxaban, a direct oral anticoagulant, appeared to be as effective as or more effective than warfarin in preventing thromboembolism — such as stroke, systemic embolism, or intracardiac ...

This procedure just started to be offered in 2025.

Six-year follow-up from a trial comparing surgery with TAVR in low-risk patients showed no difference in major events, but ...

The findings provide contemporary surgical benchmarks, which will become even more important as M-TEER trial data emerge.

The standard treatment for patients with low-risk aortic stenosis, when the aortic valve in the heart stops functioning properly, is open-heart surgery. But for some patients, that operation is too ...

In the midst of exploding interest in aortic and mitral interventions, the tricuspid valve remains relatively uncharted territory. Isolated tricuspid valve (TV) surgery is particularly rare, but a new ...

New minimally invasive heart valve procedures are helping patients recover faster, reduce complications and return to the ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers report similar outcomes for two types of heart surgery for mitral valve repair. Suriyapong Thongsawang/Getty Images A new study is the first randomized clinical trial to ...

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 ...