Kenneth Ruth is slowly getting back to who he once was just a few months removed from open-heart surgery.

Kamiyah Floyd, who is preparing to enter the first grade, was born with a heart condition that doctors in Macon initially ...

(WHAS11) -- Gone are the days when patients had to endure major heart surgery to replace or repair a heart valve. This medical break though is getting patients back on their feet within weeks. Gloria ...

Heart murmurs are sounds, such as whooshing or swishing, made by rapid, choppy blood flow through the heart. The sounds can be heard with a device called a stethoscope and are different from those of ...

With heart disease the leading cause of death in the United States, two cardiologists in South Florida have developed innovative valve procedures that are saving lives. Dr. Jose Navia, chairman of ...

When Su Lee was just seven years old, he found out he had a heart murmur, caused by a congenital heart defect. The heart murmur was discovered at a routine check-up after Lee was in a car accident ...

Milly Lee, 37, didn't take her primary care doctor's advice. The Round Rock mom was busy raising a toddler when at her annual checkup in 2021, her primary care doctor told her she needed to see a ...

Lubb-dupp. Lubb-dupp. Those are the words that health care professionals often use to mimic the sound of your heartbeat. That steady, regular sound is made by your heart valves opening and closing as ...

WHEN Krish Waje had a sleepover at her sister’s new flat, she could not have imagined it would be the start of an incredibly ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- A heart murmur is a fairly common condition. Nearly 10% of adults and more than half of all children have a heart murmur at some point in their lives. Many times, it is not a ...

Heart murmurs can be present at birth or develop later in life. Some heart murmurs, called innocent hurt murmurs, are harmless. An innocent heart murmur is not a sign of heart disease and doesn’t need ...