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 ...

Patients with a size 21 mm mechanical valve had better survival compared to both size 19 and 21 mm biological valves. The study confirmed that severe PPM is a significant risk factor for poor long ...

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

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

While narrowing of either the aortic or mitral valve typically requires valve replacement (with a manufactured “mechanical” valve, or with a tissue valve which typically comes from a cow or pig), ...

A study led by the University of Bristol, Bristol, England, has found that mechanical heart valves provide better long-term survival than biological heart valves in patients aged 50-70 years.

Kensley needed something to replace her aortic valve and doctors preferred not to give her a mechanical valve. While those valves can be durable, they also require patients to take blood thinners ...

Partial heart transplants provide a range of lifesaving options for children with complex congenital heart conditions, and can lead to a domino effect of life-saving procedures.

In a groundbreaking series of surgeries, doctors at Duke Health have successfully performed the world’s first living mitral valve replacement, saving the lives of three young girls across North ...