LIMA — Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center now offers non-surgical treatment for tricuspid regurgitation or leaky heart valve, a condition in which one of the heart’s valves doesn’t close properly.

Q: I recently had an echocardiogram done because my physician detected a heart murmur. The test also indicated that I had a "leaky valve." My internist said I shouldn't be overly concerned, since this ...

A team of cardiologists at Swedish Medical Center in Washington is leading the way in a minimally invasive procedure for seniors with leaky heart valves. More than 85 million people in the U.S. suffer ...

In June, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge began offering a new option to heart patients with leaky tricuspid heart valves, a condition that doctors previously had few tools to treat.

TRILUMINATE™ Pivotal data presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session (ACC.25) and simultaneously published in Circulation show the Abbott TriClip system reduces heart ...

A study from Abbott found that employing its cardiac valve repair implant during earlier phases of heart failure—when a patient’s leaky mitral valve is still considered to be functional—could lead to ...

Your heart has four valves, which keep your blood flowing in the right direction. If one doesn’t work correctly, it can put you at higher risk for stroke or congestive heart failure. More than 182,000 ...

Operators reported the initial success of a novel transcatheter technique for treating complex paravalvular leaks (PVLs) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) or transcatheter mitral ...

Cardiovascular problems like coronary heart disease and heart attacks are common, but not all heart-related diseases occur within the heart muscles or arteries. Issues can also arise with the heart ...

Former PGA Championship winner Davis Love III is recovering at home after undergoing open-heart surgery last week. Love, 60, underwent surgery to replace a “leaky valve” on Jan. 21 and was released ...

Even women who felt well before pregnancy may begin to notice symptoms around 28 to 30 weeks, when the cardiovascular system reaches its peak workload.