An 11-year-old girl whose heart was removed for a full transplant donated her old heart’s healthy valves to two girls in North Carolina, one of whom received the functional mitral valve.

An initial group of over 50 patients is set to receive temporary valves made of fibres which will act as 'scaffoling' that canimplanted, integrate with the body's cells.

Calcific valvular heart disease—when one or more of the heart valves do not open or close properly due to calcification—is projected to affect some 4.5 million people by 2030, making it the ...

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This new AI heart disease detector can’t be beat. S (SHD) refers to defects in the heart’s valves, wall or chambers that are ...

The chambers of the heart operate as a ‘double-pump’ system for the body’s circulation. In coordination with valves, the chambers work to keep blood flowing in the proper sequence.

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Children born with diseased heart valves must undergo surgery to repair or replace the damaged tissues. Although tissue engineering holds much promise in the long-term treatment of these pediatric ...

Tricuspid stenosis is a heart condition where blood does not flow properly between parts of a person’s heart. It can cause mild symptoms, but may also lead to more serious complications.

Cardiologists were wary of replacing valves partly because, until recent decades, that would have required open-heart surgery, a risk that hardly seemed worth taking for patients who were able to ...