For additional information about heart valve disease, treatment options, valve replacement surgery, and other topics related to your heart and valves, please visit the following websites:

The American Heart Association

www.americanheart.org (search heart valve disease)

CardioSmart (American College of Cardiology)
www.cardiosmart.org (search heart valve disease)

Cleveland Clinic
www.clevelandclinic.org (search heart valve disease)

Coumadin Information

http://www.coumadin.com/patient guide.aspx
 
E-medicine
www.emedicine.medscape.com (search heart valve disease)

Mayo Clinic
www.mayoclinic.org/heart-valve-disease

Quality Assured Services
www.ptinr.com (search home INR monitoring)

Texas Heart Institute
www.texasheartinstitute.org/HIC/Topics/cond/valvedis.cfm

WebMd

www.webmd.com (search heart valve disease)

PubMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health)
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

For information on patient support and advocacy, please visit:

www.medhelp.org (search heart valve disease)

www.mendedhearts.org

www.womenheart.org