There are three main options for valve replacement: mechanical valves, porcine valves and human allograft valves. Mechanical valves are extremely durable, but they cause damage to elements of the ...

A cadaveric valve comes from a human donor. Bovine valves are recovered from cows and porcine valves come from pigs. The valve may be an actual valve recovered from a donor or is manufactured from ...

MiRus is pleased to announce the launch of the US multi-center Early Feasibility Study of the Siegel™ 8-Fr aortic ...

The pig-heart-valve-skeleton-with-human-heart-valve-cells was then successfully transplanted into an immune-compromised rat.

EXCLUSIVE: Actor Christopher Biggins has revealed his major heart surgery trauma as doctors took his heart out and placed it next to him.