Using aortic valves from a pig—which has a similar heart structure as a human—is the new frontier, Wang says, as the valves can grow along with the patient. But the human body does not take ...

The HII® is made of a porcine aortic valve fixed in glutaraldehyde and mounted on a low-profile stent comprised of an acetyl homopolymer (Delrin®). This bioprosthesis has a comparatively lower ...

Transscatheter aortic valve replacement is a novel way to replace ... The current generation CoreValve is a trileaflet valve made from porcine pericardium in a self-expanding nitinol frame.

Recent research from Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems) provides important new insights into how ...

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 ...

While narrowing of either the aortic or mitral valve typically requires valve replacement (with a manufactured “mechanical” valve, or with a tissue valve which typically comes from a cow or pig), ...

DAVID MONTGOMERY: Aortic stenosis is a tightening of one of the four major valves of the heart. The aortic valve is particularly important because the aortic valve is the gateway to the rest of ...