The artificial valve might be mechanical (made of man-made substances). Others are made out of animal tissue, often from a pig. Aortic valve replacement gives you a new aortic heart valve. The new ...

LOS ANGELES -- Survival outcomes favored mechanical valves for isolated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for people until age 60, after which a tissue valve may start to have an advantage ...

One effective treatment in the case of aortic or pulmonary valve deficiencies is valve replacement. There are three main options for valve replacement: mechanical valves, porcine valves and human ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open ... This valve is made of natural tissue obtained from the heart of a pig. The valve leaflets are secured to a flexible, ...

They engineered a hydrogel that mimics the microscopic structures and stiffness of aortic valve tissue, then used it to culture male and female heart valve cells. On this tissue-like surface ...

"The decision between a bioprosthetic and a mechanical valve is one of the most consequential for patients requiring aortic ...