Many elderly patients who suffer from aortic stenosis have few options to extend their lives, but a minimally invasive device recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is creating new ...

Additive manufacturing technology has been used to produce patient-specific heart-valve models. The research project led by the Complex Materials Group at ETH Zurich used medical-grade polysiloxanes ...

Advances in our understanding of the mechanisms underlying valvular heart diseases, together with technological innovations and accumulating clinical experience, have led to great improvements in the ...

Trifecta valve offers physicians the most advanced pericardial aortic tissue valve design available ST. PAUL, Minn., St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced regulatory ...

Calcification is the bane of the human heart valve. Human heart valves are plagued by stenosis 1 – or the thickening or stiffening of the valve leaflets caused by a build-up of calcium. Millions of ...

Heart valves help ensure that blood flows steadily in the right direction without backward leakage. If a person has a heart valve disorder, their valves do not work as they should. This may be due to ...

Edwards Lifesciences announced the approval Monday for management of both pediatric and adult patients with severe pulmonary regurgitation on echocardiography who are candidates for surgical ...

Mitral valve regurgitation is a common heart valve condition in which the mitral valve cannot close properly. Cardiologists may implant mitral valve clips to help the valve close effectively. Mitral ...

A leaky heart valve means blood isn’t moving correctly through one of the heart’s four valves. This can cause complications like heart rhythm disturbances and heart failure. But treatment is usually ...

When a heart valve is damaged or doesn’t close properly, it can cause what’s known as a “leaky valve.” Depending on the severity of the leaky valve, there are several different treatment options, ...