The human heart is a finely-tuned instrument that serves the whole body. It is a muscular organ around the size of a closed fist, and it sits in the chest, slightly to the left of center. The heart ...
Before Costa Mesa resident Lloyd Spencer was diagnosed with a heart disorder in November, he tended to the 175 bonsai trees in his backyard every day. But his condition — severe aortic stenosis, which ...
Pig heart valves used to replace defective aortic valves in human patients failed much earlier and more often than expected, says a report from cardiac surgeons at Washington University School of ...
Like her mother, Linda was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis, also referred to as heart valve failure, a condition in ...
A procedure which uses living heart valves may have expanded application as a treatment for various types of pediatric heart valve conditions. The research was led by pediatric heart specialists at ...
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foldax®, Inc. today announced publication of the first clinical results for its TRIA™ biopolymer heart valve - the first polymer valve to be implanted in humans. The ...
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foldax®, Inc. today announced publication of a research paper in Advanced NanoBiomed Research that concluded that its LifePolymer™ biopolymer “exhibits ideal ...
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. (WPVI) -- The TAVR procedure has revolutionized a challenging task in heart care: fixing stiff valves. And it has made the process much easier for patients, getting them back to ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tissue of the first-ever partial heart transplant demonstrated durable function out to 1 year. In another first, ...
At 75 years old, Lorraine Cook has lived through two heart attacks and a major open-heart surgery. Now retired, she says her ...
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