The invention will allow surgeons to give patients synthetic heart valves that free them to live lives indistinguishable from ...

With restored circulation, the TAH allowed Harbison to regain enough strength within 10 days to also undergo a heart ...

Advancements in medical technology have made it possible to replace heart valves using the TAVI (Transcatheter Aortic Valve ...

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 ...

The incidence of thromboembolism after insertion of prosthetic cardiac valves is related to the type of prosthesis and in the cases reviewed here was highest for the ball-valve prosthesis. The risk of ...

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

For years, it was shrouded in secrecy. It was heart surgery’s Manhattan Project, whispered to be set to change the world. And ...

Anticoagulant therapy in untreated patients with emboli reduced the incidence of subsequent thromboembolism. Hemorrhagic complications occurred in 23 patients (8%); one died. Thromboembolism is a ...

Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 3.175 cmoverall: 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 3.175 cm ...