Lasker Award to heart valve pioneers.
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.
Lifton
Richard P
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Departments of Genetics and Internal Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT, 06536 USA. richard.lifton@yale.edu
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