Heart Valves

  • Vanderbilt University

    BME researchers look at novel therapeutic approach to prevent hardened heart valves

    Merryman Heart valve disease has few non-surgical therapeutic options. To develop strategies for treating and preventing heart valve disease, W. David Merryman, Ph.D., assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering, and colleagues are studying the cellular signaling that leads to calcification (hardening) of the aortic valve. Previous studies have shown that… Read More

    Dec. 28, 2012