Science news articles about 'heart valve disease'

... could save the lives of thousands of patients with heart valve disease who have no other therapeutic options," says Dr. ... 200,000 people in the U.S. need a new heart valve, but nearly half of them do ...

... high-risk patients are treated, but in how heart valve disease is treated period, in the U.S. and around ... very limited therapeutic options. Aortic valve replacement is one of few therapies offering both ...

... live so long, degenerative heart valve disease is a more common problem. We're also seeing ... least as important as blanket antibiotic treatment. As the disease evolves even further this debate could run ...

... blood. Aortic stenosis is the most common heart valve disease of the elderly in the United States. More than 50, ... aorta just above the aortic valve, cuts out the old valve and sews in a new one. While ...

... heart failure. High blood pressure, heart valve disease and heart attacks can lead to a abnormal ... (MEF) proteins. This alters gene expression in heart muscle cells and induces an adverse developmental ...

... II ring has many unique capabilities for mitral valve repair patients. "We can now use this ring to match ... /American Association for Thoracic Surgery Heart Valve Disease Summit. Dr. Adams is a much ...

... 2005, four out of 106 patients with the pig valves implanted in the aortic position developed severe ... 75 or older in the United States have at least moderate heart valve disease, and more than 100,000 ...

... N.J. (AP) -- In the latest disappointment for cholesterol pill Vytorin, a major European study in patients with heart valve disease found the drug didn't prevent worsening of the ...