The recently-formed British Heart Valve Society aims to enlarge knowledge and understanding in order to improve the management of valve disease. A feature will be the involvement of all disciplines with an interest in valve disease to enlarge research ideas but also to help address clinical or organisational problems. This approach was evident in the Society’s first training day Valve disease: the forgotten epidemic but will also be carried out through educational events, collaborative research and articles focusing on points of concern.
Genetics of valve disease
The value of cross-fertilisation from specialisations outside clinical cardiol
