On-X Life Technologies, Inc. (On-X LTI) was formerly
Medical Carbon Research Institute (MCRI).
Helpful Links
Support
http://www.valvereplacement.com/ ValveReplacement.com “… support site for those of us who have had, and will have our lives affected by valve replacement surgery.” Don’t overlook this highly recommended site. It’s a real-world perspective from people who have been there.
http://www.mendedhearts.org/ The Mended Hearts, inc. “… offering the gift of hope and encouragement to heart patients, their families and caregivers .”
http://www.heartsupport.com/ Heart Support of America “… provides direct financial assistance to heart disease victims and their families that do not have the resources…”
Information Resources
Texas Heart Institute: A comprehensive site for heart information
http://www.tmc.edu/thi/his.html General heart information
http://www.tmc.edu/thi/valvedis.html Heart valve disease section
The Franklin Institute Online: online museum with an interesting heart section
http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/biosci.html The Heart: An Online Exploration
http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/TOC.biosci.html Heart table of contents
http://www.sts.org/doc/8747 Society of Thoracic Surgeons patient information page
http://www.coumadin.com/ Coumadin: The most commonly prescribed anticoagulant drug.
http://medlineplus.gov/ MedlinePlus
Journals
Journal of the American Medical Association http://jama.ama-assn.org/
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - www.mosby.com/jtcvs
The Lancet - http://www.thelancet.com/journal British medical journal.
The New England Journal of Medicine - http://www.nejm.org/
http://journals.elsevierhealth.com/ directory of journals
On-X Competitors’ Sites
ATS: http://www.atsmedical.com/
Carbomedics: http://www.carbomedics.com/
Edwards: http://www.edwards.com/
Medtronic: http://www.medtronic.com/
St. Jude Medical: http://www.sjm.com/