Figure 1. A 45-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease was seen for acute bacterial endocarditis. Echocardiographic study revealed marked mitral regurgitation with a large vegetation on the atrial ...

Background—Previous tissue engineering approaches to create heart valves have been limited by the structural immaturity and mechanical properties of the valve constructs. This study used an in vitro ...

"We are headed down the road of increasing development and utilization of devices to treat heart failure," Dr. William ...

Large-bore devices and longer time on support each up the risk. A study author calls for awareness, not alarm.

Over-reliance of traditional clinical findings and symptoms can potentially delay diagnosis of acute heart failure (AHF), prolonging the time to appropriate therapy The use of echocardiography and ...

An 82-year-old woman with a history of congestive heart failure was admitted to this hospital for volume overload. Ascites, ...

A domestically-developed, novel surgical method for a common heart disease has been used to treat over 200,000 patients in more than 60 countries and regions, and has the potential to reach even more ...

Postoperative atrial fibrillation occurs in ~40% after cardiac surgery. Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRA) are known to reduce chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) development and burden. We ...