February is American Heart Month, and Feb. 22 is Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day.Sign up for our NewslettersNews 8 asked Dr ...

Al Cover is walking and exercising again the way he was a few years ago.“I'm back to where I was before, doing hills. And in ...

Q. I have a leaky heart valve that may need surgery down the road. Can you tell me about heart-valve surgery in one of your columns? A. First, let’s explain briefly how the heart works.

There are screening tools that exist, including risk calculators and a calcium score test ... you could have a tight or leaky heart valve, aortic aneurysms, heart valve disease, arrhythmias ...

But, if your heartburn is severe, recurs frequently, or is accompanied by other symptoms like heart palpitations or ... Acid reflux usually occurs because the valve that separates the esophagus ...

Obstructive valve thrombosis is associated with haemodynamic compromise (increased valve gradients and reduced valve area) and clinical symptoms consistent with reduced cardiac output and heart ...

To understand the role of cardiac CT aortic valve calcium (CT-AVC) in defining stenosis severity ... valve dysfunction and structural valve degeneration. This Education in Heart piece will take you ...

People can develop heartburn symptoms as a result of natural aging. Aging can weaken the muscles of the LES, impacting their ability to stop stomach acids from leaking back into the ... sometimes ...

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 ...