More than 30 million Americans rely on implanted medical devices like prosthetic joints, pacemakers and more to improve their ...

JenaValve is obtaining FDA approval for the first transcatheter aortic valve designed to address aortic regurgitation.

Despite new prosthetic heart valves entering the market, prosthetic heart valves still do not come close to mimicking our natural heart valves. As important as it is to design new prosthetic heart ...

Dharwad: The doctors at SDM Narayana Heart Centre successfully performed a Bentall procedure on a 27-year-old man diagnosed with the life-threatening .

By Bryan Laprise Local Journalism Initiative  After multiple hours of preparation and arduous teamwork, a team led by cardiologist Étienne Couture at the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke ...

An 85-year-old patient was able to benefit from the expertise of a team from the CIUSSS de l’Estrie – CHUS, led by Dr. Étienne Couture, who performed a heart operation that was unprecedented in Quebec ...

This review summarizes recent advancements in both biological and polymer‐based materials for prosthetic heart valves, with a focus on future directions in interventional biomaterials for valve ...

The prosthesis was captured in the distal fifth with a snare at the descending aorta level, maintaining the necessary tension of the snare catheter to optimize prosthesis coaxiality when crossing the ...

Several factors have to be taken into consideration in choosing a prosthetic heart valve (PHV; Table 1). 1 The choice is between mechanical and biological valves. An important determining factor is ...

Human hands perform essential functions, and their loss imposes professional and psychological challenges. Assistive technologies, such as prostheses, offer solutions to improve the quality of life.