title: Lasker Award to heart valve pioneers.
abstract: This year, the Lasker Foundation recognizes Albert Starr and Alain Carpentier for their development of effective treatments for valvular heart disease. Their innovative work is a model of interdisciplinary basic and clinical research and has benefited millions of people.
authors: Departments of Genetics and Internal Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT, 06536 USA. richard.lifton@yale.edu
authors: Richard P
authors: RP
authors: Lifton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history; D001705:Bioprosthesis / Q000266:history; D005582:Foundations; D005602:France; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000266:history; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design / Q000266:history; D012042:Registries; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States