Very strong. A biological heart valve is a heart valve recovered from a donor or created from donor tissue. A cadaveric valve comes from a human donor. Bovine valves are recovered from cows and ...

If you have heart valve replacement surgery, you will be prescribed a blood thinner (a.k.a. an anticoagulant) upon discharge from the hospital. Long-term blood thinner medication guidelines differ ...

This observation is in striking contrast with reports from other laboratories 1,2 which have shown hyaluronic acid to be a minor component of both bovine and pig heart valves. This communication ...

21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Neogen® Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG), an innovative leader in food security solutions, announced today the launch of Igenity® BCHF to improve overall bovine heart health ...

Kennesaw State University mechanical engineering professor Philippe Sucosky has earned a prestigious American Heart Association (AHA) Institutional Enhancement Award to advance his study on bicuspid ...

With the growing trend of heavier cattle and carcass weights, packers are seeing higher rates of bovine congestive heart failure (BCHF). Justin Buchanan, PhD, of Simplot Land and Livestock, in ...

"David had the worst valve I've seen in my 14 years as a cardiothoracic surgeon," says Dr. Castillo-Sang. "We chose the bovine heart valve as the best option for someone as active as David.

In January 2024, Dr. Castillo-Sang performed surgery to replace David's diseased valve with a bovine (cow) heart valve. "David had the worst valve I've seen in my 14 years as a cardiothoracic ...