A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement ...

Capstan Medical, a startup focused on robotic-assisted mitral and tricuspid valve replacement, recently completed its first ...

A STUDY assessing coronary proximity in patients undergoing transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) with ...

In a groundbreaking event for Arizona healthcare, HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center recently became the first ...

There are four valves inside the heart. Heart valves control how blood is carried out of the heart and distributed to the ...

In a groundbreaking series of surgeries, doctors at Duke Health have successfully performed the world's first living mitral ...

Capstan CEO Maggie Nixon discusses first-in-human feedback, the all-at-once approach, regulatory strategy and the tricuspid ...

"Today marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of structural heart therapy," Capstan Medical CEO Maggie Nixon said.

As people age, a buildup of calcium on the aortic valve can make it thicker and stiffer leading to aortic stenosis.

Capstan Medical announced its first in-human cardiac valve replacements using its catheter-based robotic surgical platform.

Three girls with major heart problems are thriving after one received a donor heart and then gave healthy valves from her original heart to two other girls. The “domino” heart surgeries by a team at ...

Prosthetic heart valves are used to replace damaged or diseased heart valves, restoring normal blood flow and heart function. These valves are broadly classified into mechanical heart valves, ...