where two metal heart valves were placed in her heart. Kozlowski remembers the doctor telling her she could go home. “And I said, By the way, how long are they going to last? Is there a warranty ...

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London are developing a newly invented material for creating artificial heart valves as effective as native valves. Heart valves show an incredibly complex ...

2006;9(10):691-696. The following sections present information about the most commonly implanted (contemporary) mechanical and bioprosthetic heart valves. The intent is to familiarize the reader ...