Over time, the scaffolds dissolve, leaving behind a living valve composed entirely of the patient’s own tissue. When heart valves become diseased, they may stiffen, or become leaky, increasing ...

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 ...

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. engages in the patient-focused medical innovations for heart disease and critical care monitoring. Its products are categorized into three areas: Transcatheter Heart ...

These latest data reinforce years of smaller studies, but whether they should change practice is a matter of debate.

Open heart surgery for aortic or mitral valve repair or replacement ... requires valve replacement (with a manufactured “mechanical” valve, or with a tissue valve which typically comes from a cow or ...

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

Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Children's Hospital OU Health used an adolescent patient's own tissue to reconstruct a leaky heart valve, CBS affiliate KWTV reported Jan. 15. The 16-year-old male ...

The tissue in question includes things like skin, bone, corneas, tendons and heart valves. Some, like the valves, can be lifesaving. But tissue donation can also improve quality of life.