Kangaroo heart valves offer hope for valve replacement

30 May 2003

Kangaroo heart valves could be used as replacement valves in human hearts within the next 4 years, Western Australian researchers say.

Surgery to replace malfunctioning heart valves with donated human valves, animal valves (e.g. pigs valves) or artifical vavles is a current treatment option for diseased or faulty heart valves.

Doctors from Fremantle Hospital found after trials in juvenile sheep hearts that kangaroo valves had a low calcification potential and remained functional even under maximum physiological stresses.

The doctors plan to submit their data to the Therapeutic Goods Administration for approval.

 


 

myDr, 2003. Reproduced with kind permission from Medical Observer Weekly
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Last Reviewed: 02 June 2003

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