WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A non-surgically implanted heart valve meant to delay open heart surgery in children with congenital heart defects worked well for all but a few patients during a year of follow ...

A breakthrough medical technology can save the lives of children with heart defects. Scientists have developed the first-ever heart valve that grows with the child, reducing the need for risky heart ...

New clues from genetic research may help explain what causes the most common heart defect present at birth. Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Karolinska Institutet have identified ...

"If our preclinical results hold up in human testing, this could transform the field." Less is more: Two valve leaflets versus three More than 330,000 children worldwide are born with a heart valve ...

Why it matters: Millions live with undiagnosed valvular heart disease, which can lead to heart failure, stroke, or death if untreated. What’s causing it: Valve narrowing and calcification can result ...

BACKGROUND: Congenital heart disease (CHD), the most common birth defect and a leading cause of infant mortality, is ...

An expandable artificial heart valve could save children with congenital heart disease from repeated open heart surgeries as they grow up, researchers report. Current artificial heart valves are fixed ...

A hidden defect could cause a blowout, sending a car or truck out of control - and the problem might not even be in your tires, a Rehoboth safety consultant says. Defective valve stems imported from ...