A Tulsa teenager is making history after his successful surgery to reconstruct his heart valve with his own tissue.

Valves taken from cows, pigs or human tissue and implanted in the patient only last a decade ... hailed the development as ...

The goal of heart valve surgery is to repair or replace a malfunctioning heart valve to prevent the development of life-threatening conditions. Valves are one-way gates in the heart that keep blood ...

The heart’s natural healing ability is limited but groundbreaking research and advanced therapies are offering new hope for ...

Renowned heart surgeon Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub has unveiled a groundbreaking advancement in cardiac care: a "living valve" ...

The quality of valve surgery itself was still relatively crude ... layers of cloth to achieve compressibility, thereby enhancing tissue contact with the prothesis. For the next device, we mounted ...

This scar tissue may narrow the aortic valve ... If you have severe aortic stenosis, you may need surgery to repair or replace the valve.