Cardiovascular disease remains a leading global health burden, yet many preclinical systems still struggle to predict how candidate drugs will perform in the human heart.

Engineers developed a procedure to 3D print a soft and flexible replica of a patient's heart. These models could help doctors tailor treatments, such as aortic valves, to an individual patient. No two ...

Heart disease remains a primary cause of illness and mortality around the world. While minimally invasive procedures have improved cardiac care, the heart’s complex anatomy and constant motion require ...

Washington State University (WSU) researchers have developed a 3D-printed model of the left side of the heart that contracts and beats, enabling surgeons and medical students to rehearse important ...

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Emory University have developed a 3D-printed heart valve made of a bioresorbable polymer. Most heart valve implants currently are ...

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A new gene therapy can reverse the effects of heart failure and restore heart function in a large animal model. The therapy increases the amount of blood the heart can pump and dramatically improves ...