It’s a serious heart defect that can cause blood to flow into the wrong part of the heart chamber, and up until recently, it ...

Researchers have now proposed a molecular mechanism that links amyloid deposition in the aortic valve with degenerative calcification. They also theorize that other risk factors for CAVD, such as high ...

Fraunhofer IOF, startup NovaPump, and Jena University Hospital’s “pump cage” is cut out of a thin metal tube by laser. On the occasion of World Heart Day on September 29, the team reviewed the history ...

British cardiac patients will soon be fitted with heart valves that grow naturally within the body, marking a significant advance in treating heart disease. An initial group of over 50 patients is set ...

A steady stream of structural trial data, approvals, reimbursement decisions, and real-world rollouts arrived in 2025.

Researchers from the University of Basel in Switzerland have identified a key regulator gene for the formation of cardiac valves - a process crucial to normal embryonic heart development. These ...

A new type of synthetic heart valve could soon be available to help treat children living with chronic rheumatic heart disease. Researchers at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute and John A. Paulson ...

A bicuspid aortic valve may present few problems throughout your life. But you’ll still need to live a heart-healthy lifestyle and monitor your cardiovascular system to prevent complications. The ...

Using a combination for spatial, single-cell transcriptomics and imaging data from 36 hearts, scientists from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and their collaborators have come up with what they ...