A large population study of men over 45 indicates insulin resistance may be an important risk factor for the development of ...
The invention will allow surgeons to give patients synthetic heart valves that free them to live lives indistinguishable from ...
Human skin cells have been reprogrammed into heart valve cells and then used to successfully transplant a pig heart valve ...
This valve is attached to the heart in two separate locations—one ... That evening I helped sit the patient up for a portable chest X-ray. The technician then brought in the X-ray and snapped ...
During this surgery, the damaged valve is removed and replaced with an artificial valve. The valve replacement is typically an open-heart surgery. A minimally invasive surgery or a catheter procedure ...
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 ...