title: Charles P. Bailey and Dwight E. Harken--the dawn of the modern era of mitral valve surgery.
abstract: The modern era of mitral valve surgery began in the 1940s. I acknowledge the important contributions of two of our country's outstanding pioneers, Charles P. Bailey and Dwight E. Harken. Their trials and tribulations should encourage future generations of cardiac surgeons to proceed with further developments in this field.
authors.affiliation: Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Lavin
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D014481:United States