Nearly a year after recalling a crucial component of its Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV) system—a process that began barely a year into the device’s initial rollout—Medtronic is striking ...

Valvular heart disease, also called heart valve disease, occurs when you have a diseased or damaged heart valve. When your heart pumps blood, your valves open and close to keep blood flowing in the ...

Heart failure occurs when the heart can't pump blood as well as it should. It can affect either the left side of the heart (left-sided heart failure) or the right side (right-sided heart failure).

Patients with leaking tricuspid valves in a research trial saw improvements with a procedure that does not require a risky open-heart surgery. By Gina Kolata For the first time, patients with damaged ...

Dextrocardia is a heart condition in which the heart is not in its usual position. It points towards the right side of your chest instead of the left side. The condition is congenital, meaning that ...