Partial heart transplants provide a range of lifesaving options for children with complex congenital heart conditions, and can lead to a domino effect of life-saving procedures.

A study led by the University of Bristol, Bristol, England, has found that mechanical heart valves provide better long-term survival than biological heart valves in patients aged 50-70 years.

Heart valve disease has no effective long-term treatment, and people who suffer from it have to endure repeated, invasive surgeries throughout their lives to survive. Researchers at Georgia Tech ...