Tissue engineering of heart valves is an innovative field aimed at creating functional heart valve replacements that can grow and adapt with patients, particularly children. Traditional heart ...

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

SURGEONS at Auckland’s Greenlane Hospital have performed eight double-valve transplants using human heart valves, a spokesman for the hospital’s surgical team said today, commenting on a report that ...

Mr Chua Wah Guan was probably the first patient here to have electrosurgery to replace an aortic valve. Read more at ...

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the ...

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 ...

"As an aside, the Ross procedure, which is my preference in this age group, is the only aortic valve replacement procedure ...

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 ...

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 ...

The scaffold dissolves over time, leaving a self-grown living valve made of the patient’s tissue. Cardiologists said it would be especially useful for young children with congenital heart ...

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 ...

Alpha-gal syndrome is usually thought of as red meat allergy, but the tick-caused ailment can also spur allergies to ...