Heart Valve Diseases

The primary NIH organization for research is National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

General/ Overviews

• Congenital Cardiovascular Disease (American Heart Association)
• Heart Valves (American Heart Association)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Aortic Valve Stenosis (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Valve Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• Clinical Trials: Valvular Heart Disease (CenterWatch, Inc.) - industry-sponsored clinical trials

Diagnosis/ Symptoms

• Cardiac Catheterization (Animation Education Group)
• Heart Diagnostic Tests and Procedures (American Heart Association)
• MR Imaging (MRI)-Cardiovascular (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)

Dictionaries/ Glossaries

• Glossary of Terms and Acronym Expansions for Perfusion Technology, Open Heart Surgery and Cardiology (American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology)

Español/ Spanish

• Defectos Congénitos del Corazón (American Heart Association)

News-Focused

• Heart News (Center for Cardiovascular Education, Inc.) - Select topic from topic menu on right
• What's Bad for the Heart Vessels is Bad for the Valves (American Heart Association)

Organizations

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

Specific Conditions/ Aspects

• Aortic Regurgitation (American Heart Association)
• Aortic Valve Stenosis (MedicineNet, Inc.)
• Aortic Valve Stenosis (MedicineNet, Inc.)
• Dental Care and Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
• Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP) (MedicineNet, Inc.)
• Mitral Valve Prolapse: The Most Common Heart Valve Abnormality (Center for Cardiovascular Education, Inc.)
• Mitral Valve and Mitral Valve Prolapse (American Heart Association)
• Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) (MedicineNet, Inc.)

Treatment

• Artificial Heart Valve (American Heart Association)
• Types of Perfusion (American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology)