Pages tagged: heart valves

In celebration of Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day, the Alliance for Aging Research will be hosting the lunch chat on...

It is rather unusual for three heart valves to be replaced at the same operation. The success of the procedure...

Many patients have complex and progressive valvular heart disease. Surgical repair of one valve does not preclude progression of disease...

Your heart is located between your lungs in the middle of your chest, behind and slightly to the left of your breastbone. A double-layered membrane called the pericardium surrounds your heart like a sac. The heart weighs between 7 and 15 ounces (200 to 425 grams) and is a little larger than the size of your fist.

Diseases of the heart valves are grouped according to which valve or valves are involved and the amount of blood...

Every time your heart beats, blood flows into, through, and out of your heart. In fact, your heart moves about...