Even women who felt well before pregnancy may begin to notice symptoms around 28 to 30 weeks, when the cardiovascular system reaches its peak workload.

New evidence shows regular aspirin use is associated with a lower incidence of aortic valve calcification and aortic stenosis ...

Heart valve disease can start quietly, with symptoms you might just chalk up to getting older. However, health experts say ...

Unlike traditional heart disease, a UVA Health expert says lifestyle factors such as diet, exercise and smoking do not play a significant role in preventing heart valve disease.

At 2 years, more than 90% of patients were alive and free from mitral valve reoperation or severe recurrent MR. The incidence ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A non-surgically implanted heart valve meant to delay open heart surgery in children with congenital heart defects worked well for all but a few patients during a year of follow ...

A major international study has found that two widely used treatments for severe aortic valve disease — minimally invasive valve replacement and traditional open-heart surgery — may provide similarly ...

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

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have successfully performed preclinical laboratory testing of a replacement heart valve intended for toddlers and young children with congenital ...

(BPT) - A newborn's heart will grow roughly 15 times larger in volume by the time adulthood is reached — a remarkable transformation that presents an extraordinary challenge for pediatric heart ...

"Nothing is more empowering than understanding your health," Neeson wrote in an Instagram post on Tuesday, March 3 ...