Cardiac Dimensions, a Kirkland, Wash., company with a technology to treat heart valve malfunction, has raised $53 million ...

At three months of follow-up, patients hospitalized for a serious heart attack who were treated with the oral blood thinner ...

Aortic regurgitation occurs when blood flows retrograde (backwards) across the aortic valve from the aorta into the left ventricle during diastole. This abnormal backflow of blood leads to patholo ...

A device designed to remove embolic material—fragments of tissue that can be released into the bloodstream during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)—did not result in a reduction in the ...

instead of being placed at the site of the mitral valve between the chamber and the lower left ventricle. The AltaValve (4C Medical) The company says this position may allow it to avoid the ...