• The Cleveland Clinic’s “Valve Disease Overview and Treatment Guide” is a free download that provides detailed descriptions and illustrations of specific types of valve repair.

• Edwards Lifesciences, the manufacturer of the Sapien valve used for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), offers a site for patients with detailed information on treating aortic stenosis.

http://www.yourheartvalve.com/treatmentoptions/Pages/TreatmentOptions.aspx and http://newheartvalve.com/treatment-options#sthash.SlNtNmRf.I8lgAUtS.dpbs

• The American Heart Association offers a handy wallet card to carry with you that notifies emergency medical personnel that you have a heart condition that puts you at risk for a serious infection called endocarditis and that you need antibiotics prior to certain medical procedures.

http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@hcm/documents/downloadable/ucm_307644.pdf

• The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides a useful overview of valve disease and its treatment, as well as links to clinical trials.