Heart Valve Diseases

• Overviews
• Heart Valve Disorders (Merck & Co., Inc.)
• Heart Valves (American Heart Association)

• Anatomy/Physiology
• Anatomy of the Human Heart (Texas Heart Institute)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Chest X-Rays: Helping Detect Heart and Lung Conditions (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Echocardiogram: Sound Imaging of the Heart (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - RealPlayer plug-in is required to view video files
• Ejection Fraction (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• MR Angiography (MRA) (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
• Tests to Diagnose Heart Disease (American Heart Association)

• Treatment
• Aortic Valve Replacement (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
• Heart Valve Replacement (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish
• Prosthetic Heart Valve (Food and Drug Administration) - Requires Macromedia Flash Player to view animation
• What Is Heart Valve Surgery? (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Aortic Valve Stenosis (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Valve Diseases (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• Aortic Valve Calcification (Aortic Valve Sclerosis) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Aortic Valve Stenosis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Bicuspid Aortic Valve (American Hospital Association)
• Ebstein's Anomaly (American Heart Association)
• Mitral Valve Disease (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
• Mitral Valve Stenosis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Pulmonary Valve Stenosis (American Heart Association)
• Rheumatic Heart Disease/Rheumatic Fever (American Heart Association)

• Rehabilitation
• What to Expect after Your Heart Surgery (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)

• Related Issues
• Aortic Regurgitation (American Heart Association)
• Dental Care and Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
• Heart Murmurs (American Heart Association)
• Mitral Valve Regurgitation (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• What Is a Heart Murmur? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

• Research
• Tissue-Engineered Valves Give Diseased Hearts New Life (American Heart Association)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Glossary of Heart Surgery Terms (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)

• Organizations
• American Heart Association
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons

• Children
• Heart Murmurs and Your Child (Nemours Foundation)
• Heart Murmurs: Can They Develop Later in Life? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Name That Valve (Nemours Foundation)

• Information from the Medical Encyclopedia
• Heart Valve Diseases