News

The blood pressure ranged from 125/90 to 150/100. There was no dependent edema, ascites, pulmonary congestion, cyanosis, dyspnea, venous distention, hepatomegaly or clubbing of the fingers.
More than 1 year after the world’s first partial heart transplant in a newborn boy, pediatric transplant cardiologists at Duke Health report that the donor valve tissue is growing with the child ...
Primary effectiveness of no additional surgical or interventional procedures related to the device and acceptable heart blood flow function at 6 months, was achieved by 89.2%.
Primary Source JAMA Source Reference: Turek JW, et al "Partial heart transplant in a neonate with irreparable truncal valve dysfunction" JAMA 2024; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.23823.
The aortic valve is your outflow valve from your heart, and when your heart squeezes to pump blood out to your body, that valve is supposed to open as a one-way valve and then shut.
Medtronic's Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve was approved earlier in 2021 for treatment of severe pulmonary valve regurgitation with a native or surgically repaired right ventricular outflow ...
Edwards Lifesciences announced the FDA approved the Mitris Resilia surgical valve, a tissue valve replacement specifically designed for the heart's mitral position. The Mitris Resilia valve has a ...
Aortic stenosis occurs when the aortic valve (the main outflow valve of the heart to the body) narrows. Over time, the valve passageways become stiff, reducing the pliability of the valve.
Medtronic plc (MDT) today announced results from two late-breaking clinical trials presented virtually at the 2020 Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Scientific Sessions.
Most idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias (including forms of premature ventricular contraction and ventricular tachycardia) originate from the right or left ventricular outflow tracts. In this ...
The left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) malformations aortic valve stenosis (AVS), coarctation of the aorta (CoA), and hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) are significant causes of infant ...
DUBLIN, May 15, 2020-- Medtronic plc today announced results from two late-breaking clinical trials presented virtually at the 2020 Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions ...