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For the faintest of heart: Abbott’s pediatric mechanical heart valve - the world’s smallest - is approved by FDA

Teresa Tollefson peers through a microscope and uses a Q-tip to clean a tiny carbon valve at Abbott in Little Canada Wednesday, March 21, 2018. She is helping build the world's smallest pediatric ...
Acsh.org

Mechanical Heart Valves: Longer Life for Younger Patients

A new Swedish study shows improved survivability in relatively young heart patients opting for mechanical valve replacement, versus those receiving the bioprosthetic version. This validates previous ...
MedPage Today

60 or Younger? A 'Wake Up Call' for Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement

LOS ANGELES -- Survival outcomes favored mechanical valves for isolated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for people until age 60, after which a tissue valve may start to have an advantage, ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Mechanical or Biologic Prostheses for Aortic-Valve and Mitral-Valve Replacement

In patients undergoing aortic-valve or mitral-valve replacement, either a mechanical or biologic prosthesis is used. Biologic prostheses have been increasingly favored despite limited evidence ...
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For the faintest of heart: Abbott’s pediatric mechanical heart valve - the world’s smallest - is approved by FDA

LITTLE CANADA, Minn. - In a laboratory near Interstate 35E and Minnesota 36, Abbott Laboratories employee Teresa Tollefson peers through a microscope, dips a Q-tip in Isopropyl alcohol and gently ...