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- Etiology of Valvular Heart Disease - Alan G Rose, MD, FRCPath wrote this article, long but loaded with information on all types of valve disease issues.
www.allina.com/Allina_Journal/Fall1996/rose.html
- euroSCORE for Patients - Provides an interactive tool that allows a patient to work out their own risk for all forms of cardiac surgery such as valve surgery.
www.euroscore.org/patienteuroscore2.html
- Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease - A report of the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines.
circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/98/18/1949
- Heart Point - A lot to be found here, including regurgitation, causes of valvular disease, therapy and surgeries available. An excellent diagram of regurgitant mitral valve in motion is shown.
www.heartpoint.com/valvularheartdx.html
- How to Choose a Doctor and Hospital if You Have Heart Valve Disease - An in-depth article on this subject including a look at the diseases.
medhlp.netusa.net/ccf/valvqioh.htm
- King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre - An extensive look at what valvular heart disease is, as well as the diagnosing and treatment.
www.kfshrc.edu.sa/cardiovascular/html/valvular_heart_disease.html
- Medtronic - Explains what heart valves are and how problem valves can be treated. Planning for the future and further resources available.
www.medtronic.com/cardiac/heartvalves/intro.html
- One Valve For Life - Details on mechanical heart valves and tissue valves. Highlights patient stories and features information on valve durability, hemodynamic performance, operative risk and life expectancy.
www.onevalveforlife.com
- St. Jude Medical - Information on how heart valves work, heart sounds, and types and causes of valvular disease.
www.sjm.com/4.0/4.2/4.2.1.shtm
- Stress Management Corner - A discussion about low blood volume, often associated with mitral valve prolapse.
www.tmius.com/smcorn26.HTML
- Texas Medical Center: Types of Valve Disease - A look at both stenosis and regurgitation of mitral valves, aortic valves, tricuspid valves and pulmonary valves. For each one causes, symptoms and signs are looked at.
www.tmc.edu/thi/valvedis.html
- The Cleveland Clinic Foundation - A guide explaining heart valve disease including diagnosing and types of surgery available.
www.ccf.org/quality/08-02/08-02a.htm
- The John P. Robarts Research Institute Heart Valve Lab - An introduction to the Heart Valve Lab. Details on what valves are, about valve surgery and heart valve questions and answers.
www.heartlab.rri.on.ca/heartlab.html
- The Merck Manual - Looks at stenosis and regurgitation for aortic, mitral and tricuspid valves, their symptoms and signs, diagnosis and treatment. A look at pulmonary valves and idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis.
www.merck.com/pubs/mm_geriatrics/sec11/ch89.htm
- Understanding Valvular Heart Disease - From Plainsense a look at what stenosis and regurgitation means. Symptoms, causes and treatment are covered.
www.plainsense.com/Health/Heart/valve.htm
- Valvular Disorders of the Heart - Overview of the valves of the heart, aortic regurgitation, aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis, tricuspid regurgitation, tricuspid stenosis, pulmonic regurgitation, pulmonic stenosis, echocardiography, prosthetic valves and anticoagulation.
www.med-edu.com/patient/valvular/valvular.html
- Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease - From the American Heart Association, covers all the valve diseases, infective endocarditis, pregnancy, adolescents and young adults, prosthetic heart valves and coronary artery disease.
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1692
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