Intermountain Health has successfully performed the state's first procedure to repair the ascending aorta without major ...

Patients with a dysfunctional aortic heart valve who received a new, prosthetic valve through a minimally invasive procedure had similar outcomes at five years as those who underwent open-heart ...

Additionally, several new trials reporting longer-term follow-up on MICS coronary and valve surgery have demonstrated durable ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure to replace your aortic valve. The aortic valve controls blood flow from your heart to your aorta, the main artery that ...

Aortic root surgery (ARS) is a procedure to repair or replace the aortic root. There are various types of ARS surgery that come with different risks and benefits. The aorta is a large blood vessel ...

Four teams were assembled at Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute to save a mother. — -- In any emergency medical procedure, doctors are quick to make a plan and jump into action. But for the ...

Patrick had suffered from the complications of an ascending aortic aneurysm, which was causing swelling and weakening of the primary blood vessel that distributed blood away from his heart. After 10 ...

With significant advancements in heart treatment, the days of open-heart surgery as the only option for complex heart conditions are mostly behind us. Today, minimally invasive procedures can be used ...

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 ...

There are three types of bicuspid aortic valves — types 0, 1, and 2. Experts classify these types based on whether the leaflets of the valve have fused to form a ridge. A bicuspid aortic valve is a ...

A local man was saved with just hours to spare after doctors at The Christ Hospital performed a bloodless heart surgery.Almost two years ago, Jim Parker, 65, of St. Leon, suffered an aortic dissection ...