title: Guideline evolution: Follow the data, update frequently, provide optimal evidence-based surgical therapy.
authors.affiliation: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif. Electronic address: Rshemin@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Shemin
mesh_terms: D032921:Consensus; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency; D013903:Thoracic Surgery; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures; D014481:United States