IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Starr Edwards was the first ...

The present study included over 26,500 patients who received a prosthetic heart valve between 1995 and 2012, 940 of whom developed prosthetic valve endocarditis. The risk of infection in the ...

A research team led by Bristol and Cambridge universities has demonstrated that the polymer material used to make a new artificial heart valve is safe following a six-month test in sheep. As medical ...

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 ...

A research team led by Bristol and Cambridge universities has demonstrated that the polymer material used to make a new artificial heart valve is safe following a six-month test in sheep. As medical ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa General Hospital is breaking down medical barriers. The hospital is the first and only hospital in the Southeast to complete a Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement with a ...

In a significant advancement in cardiac care, specialists at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals successfully performed a complex leadless pacemaker implantation in a 65-year-old patient with a metallic ...

There are generally two types of heart valves on the market today: mechanical, and tissue-based prosthetic heart valves. If you get a mechanical heart valve it will probably last you the rest of your ...

Among women of reproductive age who have bioprosthetic valves (BPVs), structural dysfunction is common and increases risk for cardiac events in pregnancy compared with normally functioning BPVs, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a 22mm Starr-Edwards mitral ...