Pages tagged: heart valve replacement

Clinical investigators at Texas Heart Institute and Baylor College of Medicine recently compared the nationwide outcomes of surgical valve-replacement procedures...

It is rather unusual for three heart valves to be replaced at the same operation. The success of the procedure...

Heart valve replacement and CABG are different procedures, depending upon the condition of the heart. Both operations required more than...

Unfortunately prosthetic valves sometimes develop small leaks around the sewing ring, even with the best surgical technique, if the tissue...

Two major advances in medicine made heart surgery possible: The heart-lung machine, which takes over the work of the heart. Body cooling techniques, which allow more time for surgery without causing brain damage.