Draper Advances Growth-Adaptive Pediatric Heart Valve with Sutureless Adhesive

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Babies born with heart valve defects will have as many as 3 to 5 open heart surgeries before adulthood to replace prosthetics as they grow. Mortality and morbidity remain high, in part because there is no clinical standard for valve replacement in children under 5 years of age.