A patient has a type 4 hypersensitivity reaction to parabens, nickel, etc. He recently received a bovine pericardial aortic valve transplant for calcific aortic stenosis. Will this bioprosthetic ...

Irvine, CA - The FDA has granted a supplemental premarket approval to Edwards Lifesciences Co for its Perimount Magna heart valve, made from bovine pericardium. The Perimount Magna aortic ...

Evidence-based recommendations on aortic valve reconstruction with processed bovine pericardium. This involves replacing a damaged aortic valve with a new valve made from chemically treated cow ...

Doctors hope the bovine valve will last patients at least 15 years. So far, Sobecki is feeling pretty good, he said. "I'm hoping I get a second chance at life and get to enjoy it," he said.

Still, bovine is apparently the new go-to valve with an even longer lifespan of 20 or so years. Nearly an inch in diameter, with three leaves, it was double-stitched in, and the heart closed.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now an established treatment option for elderly patients with severe ...

Surgical bioprosthetic aortic valves made with bioengineered Resilia tissue (Edwards Lifesciences) appear to suffer less structural deterioration over 8 years compared with similar devices made of ...

The mitral valve is the most commonly repaired heart valve, but the aortic, ... (bovine). Tissue valves may have some artificial parts to help give the valve support and to aid placement.

The valve replacement portfolio—which Abbott acquired when it bought out St. Jude Medical in 2017—includes a pair of stented bovine pericardial valves, each featuring a trio of leaflets on the ...

People with aortic stenosis can have chest tightness and shortness of breath -- or no symptoms at all. WebMD explains the different ways this type of valve disease can affect your heart.

“Aortic valve stenosis” is an often-overlooked condition and a growing health concern in ageing societies such as Thailand. With an increasing elderly population and a rise in age-related ...

Aortic valve reconstruction with bovine pericardium may be considered in patients who cannot or who refuse to take anticoagulation, patients with an aorta too narrow for a standard prosthetic valve ...