The goal of heart valve surgery is to repair or replace a malfunctioning heart valve to prevent the development of life-threatening conditions. Valves are one-way gates in the heart that keep blood ...

The septum separates the right-hand and left-hand side of the heart. The tricuspid valve is located between the right atrium and right ventricle and opens due to a build-up of pressure in the ...

We can see if there is valve disease, heart abnormalities, heart tumors, clots in the heart -- anything to do with anatomy and function. All the other tests can show parts of that, but MRI ...

Every year, more than 5 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with heart valve disease, but this condition has no ...

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

specifically in cases where challenging patient anatomy prevents the implementation of standard TMVR. In these patients, the heart valve replacement could cause the leaflets of the mitral valve to ...