The mitral valve is the inlet to the heart's main pumping chamber - the left ventricle. Defects can be caused by one of two problems. The valve can either become narrowed, impeding blood flow ...

Georgia Tech researchers 3D print bioresorbable heart valves. Once implanted, the patient-specific valves will be absorbed by ...

While more than 11 million Americans are living with heart valve disease at this very moment, leading to 25,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, an estimated three in four people have little to no ...

Kennesaw State University mechanical engineering professor Philippe Sucosky has earned a prestigious American Heart ...

With new transcatheter options for the repair or replacement of tricuspid valves, the role and timing of repair — whether surgical or minimally invasive — is entering a time of transition.