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February Heart Health Month means it’s the perfect time to focus on keeping that all-important muscle in your body healthy. Including how to fix it when it gets… broken.

Within minutes of arriving at The Valley Hospital, Albert was moved into the cardiac catheterization laboratory where imaging revealed that Albert had critical blockages in all three major arteries of the heart

Study may change the way we manage patients with moderate aortic stenosis and save lives

Ascension Providence is the first in Texas to be recognized through the Edwards Benchmark program for aortic stenosis treatment.

Structural heart disease occurs from aging, injury or infection and most often affects the heart valves. As the heart beats, a precisely timed series of opening and closing of valves keeps blood flowing in the right direction. All four valves — aortic, mitral, tricuspid and pulmonic — need to open wide, then shut tight in rhythm. Heart valves may not close all the way (regurgitation) or open sufficiently (stenosis). These conditions can develop over time and often don’t need treatment. Sometimes blood thinners can help. If left untreated, however, structural heart disease can lead to se...