PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Buckley, Rita
ED  - Chukwuemeka, Andrew
TI  - Recent Developments in Valve Surgery
DP  - 2011 Oct 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 10--11
VI  - 11
IP  - 9
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/9/10.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/9/10.full
AB  - Surgical valve replacement or repair is the gold standard treatment of severe valvular heart disease and severe symptomatic valve stenosis [Guidoin R et al. Ann NY Acad Sci 2010]. This article discusses recent developments and challenges in the field of surgery for valvular disease.