Prosthetic heart valves (PHVs) are used to replace diseased native valves among patients with valvular stenosis, incompetence, or both. This paper reviews a number of contemporary prosthetic heart ...

2006;9(10):691-696. The following sections present information about the most commonly implanted (contemporary) mechanical and bioprosthetic heart valves. The intent is to familiarize the reader ...

Application of a mechanical heart and lung apparatus to cardiac surgery ... stenotic or regurgitant lesions of the mitral and aortic valves by direct vision utilizing a pump-oxygenator.

When valves are diseased, they become stiff and narrow or leaky and ineffective, meaning they either do not open fully or do ...

OPB has premiered a new documentary that traces the development of the world’s first successful artificial mitral heart valve by a young, Oregon-based cardiac surgeon and a retired engineer.

11 at 98.Kristyna Wentz-Graff/The Oregonian Dr. Albert Starr, the Oregon surgeon who co-invented the first successful artificial heart valve, died Dec. 11 at 98. His work marked a turning point in ...