Tremendous advances in the understanding and treatment of structural heart valve disease have been made in the past decade, including widespread utilization of minimally-invasive surgical procedures and the invention and evolution of numerous interventional techniques. These innovations will become the norm in therapy for valvular disease in the future.
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Mohr, F. Current perspectives on treatment of valvular heart disease. Nat Rev Cardiol 11, 637–638 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2014.138
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