Those with a failing or infected valve may undergo open heart surgery to replace the defective ... valve from a cadaver or an animal like a pig or cow. Following his first operation, for almost ...

He explained having undergone an experimental operation, during which a pig's valve was transplanted into his heart. He said without this surgery, he would probably be dead by now. Christopher ...

Replacement procedures include: Open-heart surgery to remove a damaged valve and replace it with either a mechanical valve or a valve made of cow, pig, or human heart tissue Transcatheter aortic ...

Miriam Margolyes has said she ‘doesn’t have long to live and will probably die in the next five years’. The 84-year-old ...

The FDA gave the OK for the North Chicago-based medical device maker's Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement.

Similar to testing a car, a team of researchers at UBC Okanagan has been test-driving a number of mechanical heart valves (MHV)—and the one designed in their own lab appears to outperform the others.

Another common condition that can be treated without open heart surgery is aortic valve stenosis. Aortic stenosis occurs when the valve between the heart’s lower left chamber and the aorta is ...

Boston Scientific is pulling its latest transcatheter aortic heart valve platform from the worldwide market and said it will ...

Dr. Robert Jarvik, who was a key designer of the first permanent artificial heart implanted in a human, died on Monday in his ...

Open-heart surgery is a general term that refers to ... after surgeries like coronary artery bypass and a heart valve repair or replacement. Medicare Advantage (Part C) is an alternative to ...

is an option for replacing the aortic valve in a patient’s heart. It is less invasive than open heart surgery, and recovery is much faster, according to DeAnn McClellan, an advanced practical ...

"It wasn’t that dramatic,” the 69-year-old said of the surgery Daniel Wright/Shutterstock Sandra Bernhard said she underwent open-heart surgery The performer said her procedure was scheduled ...