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St. Jude Medical - http://www.sjm.com/conditions/conditionindex.aspx
Information on how heart valves work, heart sounds, and types and causes of valvular disease. |
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One Valve For Life - http://www.onevalveforlife.com
Details on mechanical heart valves and tissue valves. Highlights patient stories and features information on valve durability, hemodynamic performance, operative risk and life expectancy. |
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Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease - http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/98/18/1949
A report of the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. |
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Heart Point - http://www.heartpoint.com/valvularheartdx.html
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. |
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euroSCORE for Patients - http://www.euroscore.org/patienteuroscore2.html
Provides an interactive tool that allows a patient to work out their own risk for all forms of cardiac surgery such as valve surgery. |