Rising prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and rapid advancements in minimally invasive procedures are fueling the growth ...

Decline in mechanical valve use: Despite superior outcomes in younger populations, mechanical valve use decreased from 20% to 10% over the study's 12-year period. Survival advantage: Mechanical ...

Partial heart transplants provide a range of lifesaving options for children with complex congenital heart conditions, and ...

Patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis undergoing CoreValve or Evolut TAVI have better 5-year bioprosthetic valve ...

The Duke team performed the world’s first living mitral valve replacement, a type of partial heart transplant, which Duke ...

Multimorphic worked with Valve and official assets from Portal and Portal 2 to create this new pinball machine built on the ...

Mechanical valves last longer, but blood can clot on them. A patient may need long-term medication that prevents blood clots developing. Biological valves are more likely to wear out.

Loma Linda University Children's Hospital recently made history performing the first pediatric partial heart transplant in ...

Mitral valve replacement is a procedure that replaces the patient’s damaged valve with a new valve, either made from biological or mechanical structures. More than seven million people in the US have ...

She had already endured multiple heart surgeries. Currently, children who need heart valve replacements receive either preserved non-living tissue or mechanical valves, which don’t grow with the child ...