Heart valve stiffness is caused by build up of calcium in the heart, which can make the heart pump blood less efficiently.

Editor’s Note (7/9/24): Lisa Pisano passed away on July 7. The heart pump that was implanted in Pisano failed to supply enough blood to her transplanted pig kidney, and the organ was removed on May 29 ...

Discover how St. Elizabeth is transforming heart surgery with 3D 4K endoscopy—offering safer, less invasive procedures and faster recovery. Heart surgery is rapidly changing and St. Elizabeth ...

Local heart surgeons are reporting early success with a replacement aortic valve made of bovine, or cow, tissue. The valve can last 20 years and doesn't require lifelong anticoagulants, a requirement ...

FILMMAKERS -- WHO RELY ON INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS."///// TONIGHT AT 11, A SAVANNAH TEENAGER IS MAKING MEDICAL HISTORY. AT JUST 18 YEARS OLD -- HE'S ONE OF ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THE NATION -- TO SURVIVE A ...

Sir Terence English, the surgeon who led the UK’s first successful human heart transplant on 52-year-old builder Keith Castle ...