"We have produced a new mechanical heart valve that combines the best of both worlds—offering the performance of tissue valves with the long-lasting durability of mechanical valves.

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease -- aortic valve stenosis -- progresses differently in males and females.

Tissue Engineered Heart Valve (TEHV): A bioengineered valve replacement designed to mimic the structure and function of native heart valves, with the potential for growth, repair and remodelling.

If a valve, such as the aortic or mitral valve, is diseased or faulty, it may require repair or, sometimes, replacement if repair is not an option or fails.Open-heart surgery is the traditional way of ...

The new device created by researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory hopes to change the treatment of heart valve disease forever.

Imagine a future where doctors could detect and treat potentially fatal heart valve defects months before a baby is born.

The cardiac surgery team at Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital has become the first in the world to replace an artificial heart valve with a live tissue valve through a partial ...

"We have produced a new mechanical heart valve that combines the best of both worlds - offering the performance of tissue valves with the long-lasting durability of mechanical valves.

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.

For patients suffering from heart valve or aortic insufficiency, the only solution currently available is open-heart surgery to replace the valve. Unfortunately, the five- to six-hour operation is too ...

Children born with diseased heart valves must undergo surgery to repair or replace the damaged tissues. Although tissue engineering holds much promise in the long-term treatment of these pediatric ...

A study led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego sheds new light on how a type of heart valve disease, called aortic valve stenosis, progresses differently in males and ...