SURGEONS at Auckland’s Greenlane Hospital have performed eight double-valve transplants using human heart valves, a spokesman for the hospital’s surgical team said today, commenting on a report that ...

DURING the course of investigations of the effect of age on acid mucopolysaccharide content of the human heart valves, we found hyaluronic acid to be a major component. In all it represented about ...

These latest data reinforce years of smaller studies, but whether they should change practice is a matter of debate.

Three postdoctoral researchers at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have received American Heart Association ...

The company's products include Aortic Heart Valve, Mitral Heart Valve, Aortic Allograft, Pulmonary Human Heart Valve, Pulmonary Patch, and Surgical Adhesive among others. Market Capitalization ...

A Swedish study of nearly 9,000 individuals explores the connection between gut bacteria and heart health, revealing that ...

Biology is like magic.” To make the valve, scientists spray a cobweb of fine fibres into a 3D replica of a human heart valve, creating a scaffold. This is held together by a knitted mesh ...

or heart attacks. Existing valve replacement options for patients have major drawbacks. Valves taken from cows, pigs or human tissue and implanted in the patient only last a decade or so and can ...

Cedars-Sinai shared the story of a Hollywood writer who kept his appointment for mitral valve surgery right after escaping ...

It added that this current project led by Heart Biotech at Harefield Hospital has successfully encouraged nerve cell growth into the valve, contrary to previous attempts. Human trials involving 50-100 ...