title: The year in valvular heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Griffith Center, Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA. rahimtoo@usc.edu
authors.forename: Shahbudin H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Rahimtoola
mesh_terms: D003935:Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular; D014943:Global Health; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends