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For the faintest of heart: Abbott’s pediatric mechanical heart valve - the world’s smallest - is approved by FDA

LITTLE CANADA, Minn. - In a laboratory near Interstate 35E and Minnesota 36, Abbott Laboratories employee Teresa Tollefson peers through a microscope, dips a Q-tip in Isopropyl alcohol and gently ...
Los Angeles Times

When a valve wears out

Former First Lady Barbara Bush and actor-comedian Robin Williams this month joined the thousands of Americans who have come to need an artificial valve implanted to regulate the blood flow out of the ...
TwinCities.com

World’s smallest mechanical heart valve — made in Minnesota — approved by FDA

In a laboratory near Interstate 35E and Minnesota 36, Abbott Laboratories employee Teresa Tollefson peers through a microscope, dips a Q-tip in Isopropyl alcohol and gently swabs a ring the size of a ...
Reuters

Health Rounds: Mechanical aortic valves may be preferable in younger patients needing replacement

Jan 29 (Reuters) - Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from animal tissues that they currently most often receive, U.S ...
Acsh.org

Mechanical Heart Valves: Longer Life for Younger Patients

A new Swedish study shows improved survivability in relatively young heart patients opting for mechanical valve replacement, versus those receiving the bioprosthetic version. This validates previous ...
News Medical

The 'Ross procedure' may be a more favorable option for aortic valve replacement in younger adults

The "Ross procedure" may be a more favorable option for aortic valve replacement among patients under 50 years old than more standard mechanical or biological replacements, according to a new study ...
Healio

Long-term survival, stroke rates similar between bioprosthetic, mechanical aortic valve replacement

Bioprosthetic and mechanical aortic valve replacement were associated with similar 15-year rates of all-cause mortality and stroke, according to data published in JAMA. Researchers evaluated 4,253 ...
Labroots

Bioprosthetic Valves Safer than Mechanical Valves for Aortic Valve Replacement Procedures

The aortic valve regulates blood flow by opening and closing, and when it stops working an aortic valve replacement (AVR) surgery must be done for blood flow to resume like normal, delivering oxygen ...
MedPage Today

60 or Younger? A 'Wake Up Call' for Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement

LOS ANGELES -- Survival outcomes favored mechanical valves for isolated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for people until age 60, after which a tissue valve may start to have an advantage, ...
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Mechanical heart valve replacements have better long-term survival, study finds

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research led by the University of Bristol ...
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For the faintest of heart: Abbott’s pediatric mechanical heart valve - the world’s smallest - is approved by FDA

Teresa Tollefson peers through a microscope and uses a Q-tip to clean a tiny carbon valve at Abbott in Little Canada Wednesday, March 21, 2018. She is helping build the world's smallest pediatric ...