In addition to heart valves developed from the well-known endothelial to mesenchymal transition, recent fate-mapping studies using mouse models reveal that multiple cardiac cell lineages are also ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sort of like testing a car, a team of researchers at UBC Okanagan has been test driving a number of mechanical heart valves (MHV)-and the one designed in their own lab appears to outperform the others ...

Similar to testing a car, a team of researchers at UBC Okanagan has been test-driving a number of mechanical heart valves ...

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 ...

bc.edu Medical professionals often deny patients who inject opioids a second or third heart valve replacement, even if such a surgery is medically indicated. However, such a position is not well ...

1 Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec/Quebec Heart & Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Objective To evaluate the effect of age and aortic ...

The former gym manager spent two weeks at Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH), where it was found she had problems with two of her heart valves. She now attends a new support group for heart failure ...