More Heart Valve News

• 'Decellularized' Heart Valve Approved

  Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first ...

• Anti-Clotting Drug Helps Infants with Heart Ills

  Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Small doses of the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel (Plavix) can benefit ...

• Stents Slightly Better Than Bypass for Blocked Left Coronary Artery

  Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Implanting a stent in a clogged left main coronary artery ...

• Balloon Valve May Be Alternative to Open-Heart Surgery

  Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Older, high-risk heart patients with narrowed aortas who typically need ...

• America's Top Hospitals Are Real Lifesavers

  Oct. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Patients in the top-ranked hospitals in the United States are ...

• Advance Reported in Heart Valves for Children

  Sept. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are reporting an advance in tissue engineering techniques that ...

• Small Incisions Make Heart Valve Surgery Safer

  Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Heart valve surgery using only two tiny openings significantly reduces ...

• Death Rate High in Drug-Coated Stent Trial

  July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly a third of patients who had drug-coated stents implanted ...

• Medical Tourism Takes Flight

  July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Soaring U.S. medical costs are causing many Americans to take ...

• Early Palliative Care Cuts Time in ICU

  June 22 (HealthDay News) -- For seriously ill patients, early proactive palliative care reduced the ...

• Antibiotics May Not Be Needed Before Dental Work

  May 17 (iVillage Total Health) -- Dental patients who have had to take antibiotics before ...

• Antibiotic Combinations Could Fight Resistant Germs

  April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Using two competing antibiotics against a bacterium -- even when ...

• Enzyme Discovery Could Greatly Expand Blood Supply

  April 3 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say they've found a way to change type A ...

• U.S. Offers Free, Bilingual Health Checklists

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• Parkinson's Drug Pergolide Withdrawn Over Heart Concerns

  March 30 (HealthDay News) -- The Parkinson's disease drug pergolide has been removed from the ...

• Research Propels Advances in Clinical Cardiology

  March 28 (HealthDay News) -- Advances in diagnosis, medical therapy and coronary intervention in patients ...

• Doctors, Not Patients, Often Decide Where Surgeries Are Performed

  March 20 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors often play a big role in deciding where U.S. ...

• Depression Linked to Risk of Heart Failure Death

  March 15 (iVillage Total Health) -- People who are battling depression and heart failure may ...

• Blood: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

  March 12 (HealthDay News) -- Blood donations typically sag during the early part of each ...