Heart valve disease can start quietly, with symptoms you might just chalk up to getting older. However, health experts say catching it early can make a big difference.

No one was more surprised than Dr. Rick Dearman when he was diagnosed with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis, also known as heart valve failure. As a heart surgeon, he’d treated hundreds of people ...

SAN ANTONIO -- The early experience of patients needing cardiac surgery after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has surgeons raising the alarm about the excess risks of these challenging ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who underwent a second transcatheter aortic valve replacement had outcomes similar to those with a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The benefit of TAVR vs. clinical surveillance for patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis did not vary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Edwards Lifesciences' Sapien 3 Ultra system. The artificial heart valve is pushed through the blood vessels via a catheter and ...