Valvular Heart Disease

• Aortic Stenosis
• Aortic Valve Prolapse
• Mitral Valve Prolapse

• Mitral Valve Stenosis
• Tricuspid Valve Disease

• American Family Physician - Valvular Heart Disease  - Gives a review and update dated June 1, 2001. Covers the types of valve diseases, the physical exam, echocardiography, and the management of each.
• American Heart Association - Heart Valves Explained  - Explains the heart valves, a defective heart valve, how it is treated, artificial valves, and surgery.
• Aortic Dissection  - The Vascular Disease Foundation provides an article describing this disorder. It covers the symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment.
• Baptist Memorial: Valvular Heart Disease  - Find general information about the condition.
• Cleveland Clinic - Types of Valve Disease  - Covers the symptoms, diagnosing, heart murmurs, infective endocarditis, mitral valve prolapse, tricuspid valve disease, and bicuspid aortic valve disease.
• Encyclopedia of Surgery - Mitral Valve Repair  - Gives a definition and the purpose, a description, details about mitral commissurotomy, chordae tendineae repair, and annuloplasty, preparation and diagnosis, and after care.
• Heart Point: Valvular Heart Disease  - Includes a detailed overview of the disorder.
• John Ritter Foundation  - Since the death of actor John Ritter from aortic aneurysm, his widow and family work to raise awareness of the disease, and empower the public to seek necessary testing.
• Johns Hopkins Medicine - Valvular Heart Disease  - Contains an overview including the symptoms, causes, prevents, diagnosis, treatment, and the surgeries performed.
• MedicineNet - Heart Valve Disease  - Find a definition, how the heart valves work, the types of valvular heart disease, the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and how to live with the disease.
• Merck.com: Valvular Heart Disease  - Offers an exhaustive overview of valvular disorders, including stenosis and regurgitation.
• National Heart Lung and Heart Institute - Heart Valve Disease  - Contains an illustration of a healthy heart, explains how the valves work, the causes of valvular disease, who is at risk, the signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
• Texas Heart Institute: Valvular Heart Disease  - Provides FAQs, terms, images and info about various types.