The heart’s natural healing ability is limited but groundbreaking research and advanced therapies are offering new hope for ...

While narrowing of either the aortic or mitral valve typically requires valve replacement (with a manufactured “mechanical” valve, or with a tissue valve which typically comes from a cow or pig), ...

Cardiac device innovations made waves in 2024, with regulatory approvals, clinical breakthroughs, and product launches ...

It was 16 years and two days ago that Dr. Chad Hughes, a Duke (spelling cq in this narrow usage) heart surgeon, performed his ...

Existing valve replacement options for patients have major drawbacks. Valves taken from cows, pigs or human tissue and ...

Others are made out of animal tissue, often from a pig. Aortic valve replacement gives you a new aortic heart valve. The new valve may be mechanical or made of animal tissue, often from a pig. Your ...

1). Admedus is also rapidly developing a novel trans-catheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) device. Current TAVR products on the market contain three separate pieces of tissue held together by ...

In 2023, the global remote valve tissue expanders market is expected to be worth USD 737.7 million. The market is expected to ...

When valves are diseased, they become stiff and narrow or leaky and ineffective, meaning they either do not open fully or do ...