- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre - An extensive look at what valvular heart disease is, as well as the diagnosing and treatment.
- Medtronic - Explains what heart valves are and how problem valves can be treated. Planning for the future and further resources available.
- 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.
- St. Jude Medical - Information on how heart valves work, heart sounds, and types and causes of valvular disease.
- Stress Management Corner - A discussion about low blood volume, often associated with mitral valve prolapse.
- 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.
- The Cleveland Clinic Foundation - A guide explaining heart valve disease including diagnosing and types of surgery available.
- 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.