Daily Mail

Artificial heart valve that GROWS inside the body 'could stop children with deadly defects needing multiple risky surgeries'

A pioneering heart valve replacement that grows at the same rate as the organ does could transform lives of children with defects, scientists say. The prosthetic could remove the need for patients to ...
The New Indian Express

Clips to fix valve defects

KOCHI: Once upon a time, the only option to treat heart diseases was open heart surgery. As technology developed, the possibilities for treating heart conditions through minimally invasive procedures ...

Marshall Mohr Joins Capstan Medical Board of Directors

Capstan Medical, a developer of robotic-enabled, minimally invasive solutions to address heart valve disease, today announced the appointment of Marshall Mohr to its Board of Directors to further ...
Healthline

Heart Valve Disease Risk Factors

Your heart has four valves that open and close with each heartbeat to control the flow of blood. Heart valve diseases are conditions that affect one or more heart valves. Each heart valve condition ...
Zawya

Medtronic valve for congenital heart defects works well a year later - study

WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - A non-surgically implanted heart valve meant to delay open heart surgery in children with congenital heart defects worked well for all but a few patients during a year ...
Medindia

Mutations in NOTCH1 cause an early developmental defect in the aortic valve

Dr. Srivastava and his colleagues of UT Southwestern Medical Center of Dallas discovered that the mutation in a gene NOTCH1 is responsible for Dr. Srivastava and his colleagues of UT Southwestern ...
Daily Mail

Heart valve repair: what the surgeon says

The NHS undertakes around 2,200 mitral valve repair operations each year. Here, we speak to a surgeon about the procedure. The chief symptom of mitral valve dysfunction is breathlessness and severe ...
The New Indian Express

Method to detect heart valve defects developed by Kerala university researchers

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Researchers in the University of Kerala have developed an innovative technique to understand defects in the heart valve. They found that cardiac valve defects can be detected by ...
Zawya

UPDATE 1-Medtronic valve for heart defects works well a year later-study

WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - A non-surgically implanted heart valve meant to delay open heart surgery in children with congenital heart defects worked well for all but a few patients during a year ...
Reuters

Medtronic valve for heart defects works well a year later-study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A non-surgically implanted heart valve meant to delay open heart surgery in children with congenital heart defects worked well for all but a few patients during a year of follow ...