MemorialCare offers advanced, minimally invasive heart treatments like TAVR & MitraClip as alternatives to open-heart surgery ...

Debbie Hillwig was facing her second heart surgery in seven years. The first surgery to replace her aortic valve required ...

Replacement of a heart valve through the arteries of the arm. Innovative and minimally invasive surgery in the hybrid room of ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure used to replace damaged heart valves, ...

Before your blood gets pumped out of your heart to circulate through the body, it must pass through the aortic valve. If the aortic valve becomes narrowed or hardened, the condition known as ...

Medicare will typically cover open-heart surgery. Learn more about which parts cover this treatment and the costs associated with it.

An innovative, minimally invasive procedure is reducing the risk faced by patients with heart valve disease and improving ...

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) today announced the launch of its latest surgical risk calculator designed for patients undergoing ascending aorta and aortic root surgery, with or without ...

Heart valves that slowly fail like a door with “rusty hinges” are not being detected early enough even though they can be treated with a simple replacement valve and no open heart surgery, a cardiac ...

Open-heart surgery is a general term that refers to ... after surgeries like coronary artery bypass and a heart valve repair or replacement. Medicare Advantage (Part C) is an alternative to ...