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Texas Heart Institute implants artificial heart

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

"Discover the groundbreaking success of the first-in-human implantation of the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart by the Texas Heart Institute, offering hope for he

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What are Artificial Heart Valves ?

Know Your Heart

Artificial Heart Valves Who needs artificial heart valves? The 4 heart valves work continuously to keep blood flowing to the lungs and to the body. Sometimes, disease may damage the heart valves so that they function poorly or stop working completely. When damaged valves can no longer [.]

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Autus Valve | The expandable artificial heart valve

Wellnest

Cardiovascular diseases, particularly coronary heart disease (CHD), have become an epidemic in India. Shockingly, 9 out of every 1000 newborns are diagnosed with CHD annually. This means that 240,000 children born with CHD each year pose a significant challenge for healthcare providers and families.

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The titanium heart keeping transplant patients alive

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

hospital to perform a BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart implantation as part of the FDA's early feasibility study. Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix has become the third U.S.

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A heart valve that grows with a pediatric patient

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A prototype of an expanding artificial heart valve could make a big dent in the number of surgeries that many kids born with congenital heart disease need.

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Effective health management strategies for patients undergoing valve replacement: a bibliometric analysis of the current research status and future directions

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Background Valvular heart disease is a major health concern worldwide. Bibliometric analysis of studies on managing patients with artificial heart valves has not been previously performed. The effective management of patients undergoing valve replacement determines their prognosis.

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Uric acid in advanced heart failure: relation to central haemodynamics and outcome

Open Heart

UA) independently predicted the combined endpoint (left ventricular assist device, total artificial heart implantation, heart transplantation or all-cause mortality) (hazard ratio (HR): 1.10 (1.03–1.17), p=0.004) as well as all-cause mortality (HR: 1.15 (1.06–1.25), p=0.001).