Heart valve disease can start quietly, with symptoms you might just chalk up to getting older. However, health experts say ...

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 ...

As you get older, you may expect to feel a little slower. Climbing the stairs might leave you feeling winded. Yard work takes longer. Or you find yourself napping more than you used to. While these ...

Mitral valve, computer illustration. Valvular heart disease can, if found early, be managed and potentially mitigated before the need for surgery. As such, education is important so that cardiology ...

MONTH AND TOMORROW IS HEART VALVE DISEASE AWARENESS DAY. SO RIGHT NOW I’M JOINED BY DOCTOR ARUN KUMAR REDDY WHO IS A CARDIOLOGIST AT UPMC. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ...

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 ...

Heart valve disease is much more common in aging adults that has been thought, a new study warns. More than a quarter of healthy and symptom-free people aged 60 and older had previously undetected ...

SEATTLE — Heart valves are like doors, so valves can fail because they don’t open or close properly. When valves don’t open well, it’s called stenosis. When they don’t close well, it’s called ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Heart valve disease, a common issue as people age, can be delayed through simple lifestyle changes, according to Dr. Jonathan Rapp, an interventional cardiologist at the TriHealth ...

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.

Q: I'm a 53-year-old woman and I recently had a heart ultrasound. It showed that I had a small leak in a heart valve with regurgitation. Can you tell me if that would cause dizziness when I lay back ...