Researchers have developed a method for cheaply producing heart valves in the span of minutes that are functional immediately after being implanted into sheep. The scientists call their method ...

It’s a serious heart defect that can cause blood to flow into the wrong part of the heart chamber, and up until recently, it ...

Heart valve infections are difficult to cure because bacteria hide in biofilms that resist antibiotics. This study reveals that E. faecalis can grow more aggressively when it loses a key communication ...

The world’s first minimally invasive heart bypass procedure — done without cutting open the chest wall — has been performed ...

The goal of heart valve surgery is to repair or replace a malfunctioning heart valve to prevent the development of life-threatening conditions. Valves are one-way gates in the heart that keep blood ...

Mechanical heart valves are vital in restoring cardiac function in patients with valvular disease, and their performance is intimately linked to fluid dynamic phenomena. In these devices, complex flow ...

For high-risk patients, the method could offer a safer alternative to open-heart surgery.

Clinicians Can Fully Assess and Optimize Patient Outcomes Before the Valve is Secured in Place, Creating a More Certain and Reproducible Clinical Result SANTA ROSA, Calif.-- Direct Flow Medical®, Inc.

Dr. Kenneth Liao, chief of the division of cardiothoracic transplantation and circulatory support in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, tells you what you need ...

Piedmont Heart Institute (PHI) physicians Pradeep K. Yadav, M.D., Director of Structural Interventions, and Vinod H. Thourani, M.D., Marcus Chairman of Cardiovascular Surgery, successfully performed ...

Surgery is usually the best fix for a severe heart valve disease. Different types of heart valve blockages can happen, and surgery is necessary to fix these problems. Your heart is split into four ...