A new lab-grown material has revealed that some of the effects of aging in the heart may be slowed and even reversed. The ...

To recognise the maternal, fetal and neonatal risks of pregnancy in women with prosthetic heart valves. To review anticoagulation strategies for women with mechanical heart valves during pregnancy. To ...

BiVacor announced today that it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its Total Artificial Heart (TAH ... It has no valves or flexing ventricle chambers, but achieves pulsatile outflow ...

An important part of preventive healthcare, some heart health screening tests may start around age 20. Other tests may not be needed until you are older. Routine heart health screenings are an ...

The factors that determine coronary obstruction risk are derived from the pre-TAVI CT and include coronary height, sinus width, virtual transcatheter heart valve-to-coronary (VTC) distance, culprit ...

The heart consists of 4 chambers--2 atria (upper chambers) and 2 ventricles (lower chambers). Blood passes through a valve as it leaves each chamber of the heart. The valves prevent the backward flow ...

Boston Scientific is pulling its latest transcatheter aortic heart valve platform from the worldwide market and said it will no longer pursue an approval in the U.S., following recent stumbles in ...

The Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve is a cutting-edge valve-replacement procedure, where an expandable valve was delivered through a catheter via the groin ...

Tissue valves generally perform better than MHVs and provide better blood flow, but last an average of 10 to 15 years, which could require another replacement, explains Dr. Mohammadi. Mechanical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A transcatheter mitral valve replacement system was approved for patients at high surgical risk. The system ...

Aortic stenosis happens when your aortic valve does not open all the way causing pressure to build in the left ventricle. This pressure blocks blood flow as it leaves the heart. In other words, the ...

which encodes a cardiac transcription factor that is a genetic aetiology of non-syndromic congenital heart disease. Lastly, an inbred strain of Syrian hamsters frequently have two leaflet aortic ...