Growing importance of valvular heart disease in the elderly

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; ; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518053, China.

Editorial

Yan Chen et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;8(12):E1701-E1703.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.12.23.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; ; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518053, China.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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