Your heart has four valves that open and close with each heartbeat to control the flow of blood. Heart valve diseases are conditions that affect one or more heart valves. Each heart valve condition ...

Surgery is usually the best fix for a severe heart valve disease. Different types of heart valve blockages can happen, and surgery is necessary to fix these problems. Your heart is split into four ...

Sir, This week is International Heart Valve Disease Awareness Week. If you have never heard of heart valve disease, you’re not alone. Most people don’t know about it, and that is something that needs ...

For the first time, research has revealed the number of Britons who unknowingly have the condition – which can increase the chances of heart attack and stroke. Heart scans were carried out on almost 4 ...

Christian Nielsen returns home after a quick run in his Vancouver neighbourhood where he lives with his wife and two young children. Nielsen works as a management consultant, fulfilling a lifelong ...

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) represent an increasingly significant health concern, especially among individuals under the age of 60. Although CVDs have traditionally been prevalent in older ...

If any of the heart’s valves are damaged or diseased, it is referred to as valvular heart disease. This damage can mean the valves fail to close properly, causing blood to leak back through them. Or ...

Heart valves are gate-like mobile structures that control the flow of blood in the heart. Your heart is expected to produce three billion beats in a lifetime, which means these moving parts undergo ...

Like her mother, Linda was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis, also referred to as heart valve failure, a condition in which the aortic valve stiffens due to calcium buildup, making it harder for ...

Do all heart valve replacements need open-heart surgery? Let's know the new techniques that could change everything ...

It is International Heart Valve Awareness Week - but how well is Scotland's NHS doing at diagnosing and treating patients suffering from valve disease? Not well enough, according to cardiologists. It ...

YOUR fingernails aren’t just a place to paint nail varnish on – they could provide a window into your health. A subtle but common sign could suggest you have a dangerous form of heart disease, which ...