CLEVELAND (KFSN) -- A heart valve replacement involves swapping a damaged valve with an artificial one. There are two kinds of artificial valves and until now, younger patients were only able to get ...

A mechanical valve prosthesis has a better survival record than a biological valve prosthesis, according to a large registry study from Sweden. The finding can be highly significant, since the use of ...

A heart valve replacement involves swapping a damaged valve with an artificial one. There are two kinds of artificial valves and, until now, younger patients were only able to get one type. But a new, ...

"Biological valves are usually used for older patients for medical reasons, partly because such valves do not require life-long treatment with anticoagulants. In our study, those who had received ...

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 Bristol ...

The thought of having heart surgery can be frightening no matter the odds, but as science continues to press forward, the advancement of minimally invasive procedures is changing the outlook for ...

Where valve repair is not possible, valvular heart disease is best treated by valve replacement. Mechanical heart valves are generally more durable but patients must be maintained on lifelong ...

Add Us On GoogleAdd as a preferred source on Google A new type of heart valve gave one woman a second chance at life. A heart valve replacement involves swapping a damaged valve with an artificial one ...

A mechanical valve prosthesis has a better survival record than a biological valve prosthesis, according to a large registry study from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet. The finding, which is published ...

Carrie Hughes was born with a heart valve defect, but she didn't know it until symptoms popped up a couple years ago. "I started having shortness of breath, a hard time getting around," Hughes ...