The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 8 , Pages 664-673, August 2008

Valvular Heart Disease: A Century of Progress

The Griffith Center, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.

Abstract 

The 20th century witnessed amazing advances in the diagnosis and treatment of valvular heart disease. The advances and our hopes for future progress are described.

Keywords: Cardiac catheterization, Doppler echocardiography, Percutaneous catheter intervention, Valve surgery

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 Dr Rahimtoola has received honoraria for educational lectures from the American College of Cardiology Foundation (Washington, DC); American College of Physicians (Philadelphia, Pa); University of California Los Angeles; University of California Irvine; Cornell University (New York, NY); Creighton University (Omaha, Neb); Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pa); Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, Calif); Harvard Medical School (Boston, Mass); University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee Campus, Wis); University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii); Cardiologists Association of Hong Kong, China; ATS (New York, NY); St Jude Medical (St Paul, Minn); Carbomedics (Austin, Tex); Merck (Whitehouse Station, NJ); Pfizer (New York, NY); and Edwards Life Sciences (Irvine, Calif).

PII: S0002-9343(08)00294-5

doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.03.027

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 8 , Pages 664-673, August 2008

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