title: Foreword.
authors.forename: Hector
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ventura
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D015995:Prevalence; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000150:complications*