Members of the team spoke with the News about their experiences performing the BATMAN procedure and its future implications.

So much in life is determined by being in the right place ... an artificial heart. He was serious. I told him it was too soon, that we did not even have satisfactory artificial valves, and that ...

When going through open-heart surgery, patients like Williams are often so concerned about the operation itself that they may not consider what recovery will be like. “Many of o ...

At the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) annual meeting, it was standing room only at a session dedicated to why the tricuspid valve should no longer be considered the "forgotten ...

The iconic French Quarter bar has been a Bourbon Street institution since it was built in 1807 and remains a popular ...

Ebstein's anomaly is a congenital condition affecting the entire right side of the heart, with a small ventricle, large atrium, and malformed tricuspid valve that may require surgery. The right atrium ...

Results Out of 43 (16%) consecutive patients with severe CHD and liver metastases of midgut NETs, 79% presented with right-sided heart failure. Tricuspid valve replacement was performed in 26 (53%) ...

The heart’s chambers and valves are arranged to direct the flow of the blood as the heart beats. The heart has two “sides.” The right side of the heart accepts “used” blood that is returning from the ...

This is an emergency, Conner said. About 50% of people who have an aortic dissection die at home. Of the other 50% who make ...

Women, also, are much more likely to talk of three or more signs in addition to chest pain, like pain in the arm, jaw/teeth, upper back or stomach, shortness of breath on exertion or at rest, extreme ...

Eventually, Duncan's condition got significant enough to require surgery, slated for November 5. That was 39 days before he was expected to fly down to MSU to walk across the graduation stage.

You have probably already heard that February is the month to focus on heart health, which means eating right, exercising and ...