Heart valve surgery is a procedure to treat heart valve disease, which happens when at least one of the four heart valves is ...

All of his patients survived, proving that the human heart could be operated upon. It wasn't long before surgeons began wondering if Harken's technique might be applied to defective heart valves.

Heart valve developer Anteris Technologies made its U.S. stock ... bioengineered tissue and is shaped to mimic the ...

Congenital heart defects (CHDs ... Food and Drug Administration approval process for the first in-human implant. “The IRIS valve has been designed according to origami concepts such that ...

“The invention of the artificial heart valve increased the quality of life ... or pumps, to the human heart, another kind of pump. The much younger Dr. Starr embraced the idea and began a ...

Let's get straight to the heart of the matter—the heart's job is to move blood. Day and night, the muscles of your heart contract and relax to pump blood throughout your body. When blood returns ...

Edwards saw the human heart as a pump ... Starr convinced Edwards they needed a successful artificial heart valve first and they agreed to embark on an ambitious project, each offering expertise ...

Mary Ann Kozlowski lived with the artificial heart valves for nearly 50 years until she underwent a heart transplant June 10.

The year saw much-anticipated data on the value of early TAVI vs surveillance, plus two new tricuspid device approvals.

Clark Howard, Atlanta consumer expert, talks about his aortic valve surgery last year and how he appreciates life more now as his annual Clark's Christmas Kids concludes.

The septum separates the right-hand and left-hand side of the heart. The tricuspid valve is located between the right atrium and right ventricle and opens due to a build-up of pressure in the ...

An Oklahoma baby is celebrating his first birthday two months after having a life-saving heart transplant. Parker Helmerich ...