The Autus Size-Adjustable Valve, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on October 1, 2026, is implanted in a ...

Collagen plays a critical role in keeping heart valves strong, but the heart is surrounded by enzymes designed to break down ...

Certain Sapien M3 TMVR delivery systems have been linked to a risk of malfunctioning in a way that puts patients at risk. The ...

The FDA's approval in tricuspid regurgitation adds the clip-based Pascal Precision alongside Edwards’ Evoque implant for replacing the valve.

When replacing the aortic valve, a small aortic root can limit the size of the prosthetic valve that can be implanted. If the ...

"For children born with congenital heart disease, valve replacement timing has always been a difficult decision — wait too long and you risk harm to the child, but intervene too ...

A new study from North Carolina State University shows that the biomechanical strain ratio experienced by heart valve ...

The FDA has approved a surgically implanted pulmonary heart valve for pediatric patients with congenital pulmonary valve disease.  | The FDA has approved a surgically implanted pulmonary heart valve ...

Current replacement heart valves come with significant limitations. Mechanical valves typically require patients to take blood-thinning medications for life, while bioprosthetic valves, often made ...

A nationwide Dutch registry study of 345 patients aged 50 to under 75 shows valve-in-valve TAVI is preferentially chosen for ...

Valves are one-way gates in the heart that keep blood flowing between the four chambers of the heart. There are four valves in the heart and each one has strong flaps called “leaflets” that control ...

Scientists at ETH Zurich and the South African company Strait Access Technologies are using 3-D printing to produce custom-made artificial heart valves from silicone. This could help meet an aging ...