Lansing resident Sandra Mosier, 75, has lived with a heart murmur her entire life. When she heard the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure was now available at McLaren Greater ...

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — The options for cardiovascular procedures have expanded over the last decade. Among options for patients with aortic stenosis - a minimally invasive procedure known as ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A transcatheter procedure performed immediately before transcatheter aortic valve replacement was feasible and ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Northeast Philadelphia man with a family history of heart problems heeded his mother's advice about getting his checked early. That led him to Temple Health and a cutting-edge ...

Advocate Health Care heart patient Diana Esposito was recognized as the Chicago Bears’ special guest during the Bear Down ...

Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve opening, limiting the blood flow from the heart out to the rest of the body. This issue becomes more apparent with age, with one out of every eight ...

NEW YORK, NYU Langone Medical Center this week became the first academic medical center in the United States to implant a newly FDA-approved heart valve for transcatheter aortic valve replacement ...

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 ...

Offering PBAV in Lansing is the first step toward establishing a TAVR program in mid-Michigan that matches McLaren Greater Lansing’s standards of excellent care. McLaren Greater Lansing now offers a ...

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 ...

Aortic stenosis happens when your aortic valve does not open all the way causing pressure to build in the left ventricle. This pressure blocks blood flow as it leaves the heart. In other words, the ...

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 ...