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 ...

As your heart beats, it pumps blood from the left ventricle through the aortic valve and into the aorta, your body’s largest artery. The aortic valve is made up of three triangular flaps of ...

UBCO’s Dr. Hadi Mohammadi holds his latest innovation—a manufactured heart valve that combines the best of both tissue and mechanical technologies—that may eventually out-perform current valves.

1), who asked if I would collaborate with him in the development of an artificial heart. He was serious. I told him it was too soon, that we did not even have satisfactory artificial valves ...

Children born with diseased heart valves must undergo surgery to repair or replace the damaged tissues. Although tissue engineering holds much promise in the long-term treatment of these pediatric ...

A heart valve replacement by transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVR) without surgery was performed at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital, according to reports. The procedure was ...

But 3D printing isn’t the only way to build polymer structures, as [Riley] shows us with this fascinating attempt to create electrospun heart valves. Now, you may never have heard of ...

2006;9(10):691-696. The following sections present information about the most commonly implanted (contemporary) mechanical and bioprosthetic heart valves. The intent is to familiarize the reader ...

Mitral valve regurgitation is a type of heart valve disease in which the flaps of the mitral valve do not shut properly, ...

Can mechanical heart valves perform similarly to tissue valves? An in vitro study . Journal of Biomechanics , 2024; 174: 112270 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2024.112270 ...

Mitral valve prolapse occurs when the valve between your heart’s left upper chamber and left lower chamber doesn’t close properly. Many people with mitral valve prolapse experience no symptoms ...

Heart valves open and close to allow blood to flow through the heart. When these valves become damaged, your heart has to work harder and may not work as well. There are a few different ways your ...