CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new trial showed a procedure that thousands need each year to keep their hearts healthy may be performed in a safer way. The alternative way may help with recovery time.

Mick Jagger’s recent heart surgery has spotlighted a medical procedure that is increasingly being touted as a less invasive alternative for patients suffering from heart-valve disease. Billboard ...

Instead of undergoing open heart surgery to replace a major heart valve, patients at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) can now opt for a less invasive procedure, and have a faster ...

UW Medicine is researching a non-invasive technique for replacing faulty heart valves that could help patients avoid open heart surgery. It's called the Transcatheter Aortic Valve (TAVR). The aortic ...

Mick Jagger has completed his heart valve procedure in New York and is recovering and in great health, sources tell Billboard. By Dave Brooks, Billboard Mick Jagger - Getty - H 2016 Mick Jagger has ...

THE DEATH PENALTY. A RETIRED MOUNT AIRY NURSE MADE HISTORY AND IT INVOLVES HER HEART. SHE IS THE FIRST PERSON TO UNDERGO A NEW PROCEDURE HERE IN THE PIEDMONT. WXII 12 KRIS PETERSON HAS DETAILS ON THE ...

About 1 in 15 people over the age of 65 have mitral valve prolapse, which can become life-threatening. People with the condition now have a non-surgical option that can restore proper blood flow.

Members of MidMichigan's comprehensive Structural Heart Program began performing a new minimally invasive heart valve procedure known as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in July 2016.

Two years ago, doctors told 64-year-old Keith Jones that he would need open heart surgery to fix a faulty heart valve. Jones was diagnosed with aortic stenosis. "Aortic stenosis is a thickening; a ...

MILWAUKEE — About two years ago, John McLees' lungs had become so badly damaged that he could barely get from one side of his small condo to the other without feeling like he'd just finished an ...

75-year-old Oran DeLoach has spent his life playing and directing music. "I won't say I can't live without music but it has a real enlightenment to me," DeLoach said. Also an enlightenment are his 6 ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Burlington County man knew he had to take drastic measures when he was told by one of his doctors that he wouldn't live to see the holidays. He then underwent a life changing ...