title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery, NYU Medical Center, 530 First Ave, Suite 9-V, New York, NY 10016, USA. alfred.culliford@med.nyu.edu
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Culliford
mesh_terms: D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D016019:Survival Analysis