(AP) -- Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as ...

Endoscopic surgery has helpedmanya patient-usually without the need for a long recovery period-thanks to the small incisions involved. Often this type of surgery relies on tools such as the new ...

The treatment has just been used for the first time in Australasia. Doctors in Perth have corrected leaking mitral heart valves in three patients by inserting a clip device using a catheter pushed up ...

A new clip helps older patients with mitral valve prolaspe and who are not strong enough for open surgery. The new minimally-invasive catheter-based procedure involves a half-inch long clip called the ...

Brain aneurysm surgery is a lifesaving medical procedure that attempts to repair a bulging, weakened area in the wall of a brain artery. A brain aneurysm is a balloon-like bulge in an artery in the ...