Heart Valve Disease
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Heart valves and risk of endocarditis
Aetna InteliHealth
Endocarditis is a bacterial infection that can be caused by or a cause of heart valve disease - learn how to minimize your risks.
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Diseases of the tricuspid valve
Health Scout
Learn more about tricuspid heart valve disease - symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention tips.
Diseases of the pulmonary valve
Patient Plus
Pulmonary heart valve disease is very rare and mostly a result of congenital heart problems - learn how to recognize, manage or correct the symptoms.
Diseases of the aortic valve
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
A summary of aortic heart valve disease with an overview of valve replacement treatments and some tips on what to expect after surgery.
Diseases of the mitral valve
Stanford School of Medicine
The basic facts about mitral heart valve disease, including mitral stenosis, regurgitation and prolapse.
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The latest in heart valve engineering
Medline Plus
The latest advances in tissue engineering bring us closer to biologically-matched replacement valves to treat congenital heart valve disease in children.
Mending the littlest hearts
Science Museum
A quick slide show about fetal surgery for congenital heart valve disease, with some embedded videos of an interview with a specialist.
Valve replacement versus repair
Mount Sinai Hospital
In this twenty-minute presentation, a cardiac surgeon argues that valve repair is better than replacement for treatment of mitral heart valve disease.
All about heart valves
Medline Plus
An interactive tutorial for valvular heart disease patients, which includes an overview of heart anatomy, valve disease, and corrective surgery along with possible complications.

