A 58-year-old man successfully undergoes catheter-based heart valve replacement, recovering well after a brief ICU stay in ...
The FDA gave the greenlight to transcatheter pulmonic valve replacement with the Sapien 3 system plus an adaptive pre-stent landing zone, dubbed Alterra, for patients with congenital heart disease.
Pulmonary valve stenosis can be both congenital (present at birth) or something adults develop later on in life. It can range in severity from mild to severe cases. Often, a person may not know they ...
Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet, has successfully treated two failing heart valves in a patient without repeat open-heart surgery, ...
Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a treatment for end-stage lung disease caused by emphysema. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath ...
EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands & ZURICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xeltis, a clinical-stage company with the most advanced polymer-based restorative cardiovascular devices, today announced that it has started the ...
A pulmonary embolism occurs when a blood clot blocks one of the arteries in the lungs. A pulmonary embolism can happen after surgery if a blood clot forms inside one of the veins in the body and ...