New findings reveal a potential connection between serotonin activity and the progression of a widespread heart valve ...

WPI researcher Kristen Billiar leads part of multicenter project funded by American Heart Association to determine causes of ...

Women can be more prone than men are to certain types of heart valve problems.The human heart has many different valves that ...

Ohio hospital pilots AI alerts for heart care, enabling faster specialist referrals and procedures for heart valve disease patients.

India, April 22 -- Adults who reported feeling lonely had a higher risk of developing degenerative heart valve disease, even after accounting for traditional heart disease risk factors and genetics, ...

A surgical innovation called partial heart transplantation could transform care for children with severe heart valve disease, ...

Scientific research teams from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Center and the University of Pittsburgh will lead a new $15 million initiative dedicated to better ...

Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate cardiac development, are linked to nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease, ...

Acyanotic heart disease is a type of congenital heart defect that causes abnormal blood flow. It can range from mild to severe. Babies with the condition can seem out of breath and fatigued.

Rheumatic heart disease is a serious complication of Group A Streptococcus infection. It can cause damage to the valves in your heart and may cause severe heart problems in the future. Rheumatic heart ...