Routine echocardiography in cancer centers can spot severe valve disease earlier and trigger timely treatment decisions.

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The American Heart Association launched a new Heart Valve Initiative to eliminate delays in valvular heart disease diagnosis and treatment.

Acyanotic heart disease is a type of congenital heart defect that causes abnormal blood flow. It can range from mild to severe. Babies with the condition can seem out of breath and fatigued.

Transcatheter heart valve repair and replacement have reshaped how structural heart disease is treated, and the market is ...

Tiredness and breathlessness in older adults are often dismissed as ageing, but doctors warn they may signal aortic stenosis, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A non-surgically implanted heart valve meant to delay open heart surgery in children with congenital heart defects worked well for all but a few patients during a year of follow ...

At the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), being held this weekend in Madrid, new cardiac care guidelines call for a more uniform, simplified and accessible approach to ...

Rheumatic heart disease is a serious complication of Group A Streptococcus infection. It can cause damage to the valves in your heart and may cause severe heart problems in the future. Rheumatic heart ...

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...

New ACC/AHA guidelines update management of adults with congenital heart defects but highlight the shortage of specialists ...

The global, multibillion-dollar transcatheter heart valves market will grow at an 8.4% CAGR over the rest of the 2020s, ...