Vitamin K2 activates proteins that help drive calcium into the bones, away from blood vessels and heart valves. So, the theory that vitamin K2 would be helpful to treat or prevent osteoporosis -- or ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Ever been to a large sporting event, such as a football or baseball game with 60,000 screaming fans? What you don’t hear through the screams is a clicking sound in the chests of ...

LONDON — Opinions about the relative value of interventions to control mitral regurgitation secondary to heart failure might be altered by two large randomized trials. The RESHAPE-HF2 trial showed ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system for the treatment of patients with mitral valve dysfunction, device manufacturer ...

One of the most common signs of heart valve disease is shortness of breath. Some people notice this when they are walking, ...

Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Montana, is leading the way in bringing leading-edge research to rural communities. The APOLLO trial offers a new, minimally invasive option for mitral ...

Dear Dr. Donohue • About 40 years ago, when I was in my 30s, I was examined by a famous heart doctor who went over me with great care and concluded I had mitral valve prolapse. He put me on medicine, ...

Heart valves can be replaced with open heart surgery or with less invasive procedures that don’t require your chest to be opened. Known as transcatheter valve replacement, this type of procedure has ...

Terri Lohmeyer now has a sparkle in her eye. There hasn’t been much sparkle in the last several years, outside of the birth of her great-grandchildren. That’s because the 65-year-old Hutchinson woman ...

Surgery is usually the best fix for a severe heart valve disease. Different types of heart valve blockages can happen, and surgery is necessary to fix these problems. Your heart is split into four ...