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 ...

Ed Fulcher, 90, a lifelong resident of Morehead City, works every day in his home shop building model boats for sale. About a year ago, Fulcher noticed he couldn’t work in his shop more than 15 ...

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 ...

The Ross procedure, also called the pulmonary autograft procedure, is a type of heart surgery that treats aortic valve problems (the main valve that sends blood from your heart to your body) in active ...

Surgery to replace an aortic valve is done for aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this surgery, the damaged valve is removed and replaced with an artificial valve. The valve ...

The "Ross procedure" may be a more favorable option for aortic valve replacement among patients under 50 years old than more standard mechanical or biological replacements, according to a new study ...

Surgical aortic valve repair can effectively reduce aortic regurgitation (AR), with only one in 10 patients needing reoperation for valve dysfunction within a decade after treatment, according to a ...

MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP >> St. Mary Medical Center is the first hospital in the region to successfully use a LOTUS Edge Aortic Valve System during a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure ...

Robert Shanahan needed surgery only twice in his life coming into this year, once to remove his tonsils when he was young, the other more recently when he needed a stent to open one of his blood ...

The Global Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Market is set to play a transformative role in cardiovascular care, enabling patients with severe aortic stenosis to receive life-saving ...

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic valve ...