They will remove the defective valve and replace it with either a tissue valve or a mechanical valve, as was previously mentioned. During most open-heart surgeries, including valve surgery, it is ...

The pulse of the competition also quickened recently when both received federal approval to sell a heart valve made entirely from soft pig tissue. An improvement over earlier tissue heart valves with ...

Ben McCullough met the 25 Edwards Lifesciences technicians who spent 20 hours hand-sewing 2,000 stitches to make a valve ...

Heart valve disease has no effective long-term treatment, and people who suffer from it have to endure repeated, invasive surgeries throughout their lives to survive. Researchers at Georgia Tech ...

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

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease -- aortic valve stenosis -- progresses differently in males and females.

Emergen Research Logo The advancements in medical technology the increasing prevalence of chronic conditions like cardiovascular diseases o ...