PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A first of its kind surgery to help people with a specific type of heart failure is going through clinical trials at Providence St. Vincent’s valve center. As a part of ...

CEO Christian Mazzi said the minimally invasive surgical technique could provide better outcomes for patients than ...

The prosthetic heart valves / Artificial Heart Valve market is projected to reach USD 8.86 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 12.9% from 2017 to 2022.

Source Reference: Dawwas GK, et al "Direct oral anticoagulants compared with warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation and valvular heart disease without mechanical valves" J Am Heart Assoc ...

More information: Giorgio Vigano et al, New insights and novel perspectives in bileaflet mechanical heart valve prostheses thromboresistance, Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (2024).

If successful, it could replace a person’s failing heart valve and save many lives. Co-inventors of the world’s first artificial mitral heart valve, Albert Starr (L) and Lowell Edwards (R ...

The last two decades have seen an increase in the use of biological over mechanical heart valve replacements. However, while short-term clinical outcomes are known to be the same, long-term ...

Chan, J., et al. (2025). Long-term clinical outcomes in patients between the age of 50-70 years receiving biological versus mechanical aortic valve prostheses. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic ...

Abbott's heart valve was approved by the FDA this year. For her family, 3-year-old Sadie Rutenberg is living proof that medical miracles are real. For the first year of her life, the Seattle baby ...

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research led by the University of ...

Researchers noted that mechanical heart valves are generally recommended for patients under 50 years of age, while biological heart valves are preferred for those over 65 or 70 years of age. For ...

An 11-year-old boy recently became the first person in the world to have an artificial heart valve replaced with a living donor heart valve. Preston Porter, who has lived for the past near-decade ...