has developed an innovative mechanical bileaflet that enables the mechanical heart valve to function just like the real thing. A bileaflet valve -- two semicircular leaflets that pivot on hinges ...

The Medtronic ADVANTAGE bileaflet heart valves complement Medtronic's complete product line of valve repair products, and tissue and mechanical valves, including the Duran Flexible and CG Future ...

"This is a bileaflet mechanical valve approved by the FDA, which is designed to function with less anticoagulation, or in some cases, antiplatelet therapy only," explains John D. Puskas ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — A newer-generation bileaflet mechanical aortic valve used for valve replacement shows success in allowing patients to be safely and effectively managed with low doses of ...

Patients were eligible for inclusion if they were between the ages of 18 and 75 years and were undergoing implantation of a mechanical bileaflet valve in ... was an open-label trial and thus ...

Whitlock, MD, PhD (Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada), say the results support the suggestion that giving less intense anticoagulation than is currently recommended may also apply ...

The RE-ALIGN study, a prospective, randomized, phase II study, evaluates Pradaxa ® in patients with mechanical bileaflet heart valve during a follow-up period of 12 weeks. 1 Based on the results ...

For mechanical heart valves: Anticoagulation with warfarin at an international normalized ratio (INR) range of 2-3 for patients with a bileaflet mechanical valve in the aortic position ...

Every year, over 300,000 heart valve replacement operations are performed worldwide. Diseased valves are often replaced with mechanical ... valve known as a bileaflet MHV. This type of MHV ...

has developed an innovative mechanical bileaflet that enables the mechanical heart valve to function just like the real thing. A bileaflet valve--two semicircular leaflets that pivot on hinges--is ...

"This is a bileaflet mechanical valve approved by the FDA, which is designed to function with less anticoagulation, or in some cases, antiplatelet therapy only," explains John D. Puskas ...