Cardiac xenotransplantation technology provides materials for improved bioprosthetic heart valves. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 141 (1):269-75, 2011. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.08.064. PMID: 21168032 Lila ...

Margaret Van Bruggen’s family had just 24 hours to decide whether to let Duke surgeons perform a heart-valve-transplant surgery that had never been done before.

The bioprosthetic valve, those are only good for about 10 years” — meaning potentially many more heart surgeries in her future.

Margaret Van Bruggen’s family had just 24 hours to decide whether to let Duke surgeons perform a heart-valve-transplant surgery that had never been done before.

One of the reasons pigs were chosen for this study is because their anatomy is already compatible with humans; pig valves are already being swapped for human heart valves.

LOS ANGELES, CA—In patients ages 60 years or younger undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement, mechanical valves are associated with a survival benefit compared with bioprosthetic valves, ...

Edoxaban was at least as effective as warfarin in preventing thromboembolism after bioprosthetic valve replacement in the ENBALV trial, but the event rate was too low to draw definitive conclusions.

Open-heart surgery is the traditional way of replacing a heart valve. It involves making a large incision (cut) in the middle of the chest wall to expose the heart and replace the valve. Alternative ...