title: The Year in Cardiology 2012: echocardiography.
abstract: This brief review focuses on recent developments in the role of echocardiography for illuminating the pathophysiology of cardiac valve disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals of South Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, UK. simon.ray@uhsm.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ray
mesh_terms: D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000639:trends*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*