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Valvular heart disease

• Original article: Watchful observation versus early aortic valve replacement for symptomatic patients with normal flow, low-gradient severe aortic stenosis (23 June, 2015)

  Duk-Hyun Kang, Jeong Yoon Jang, Sung-Ji Park, Dae-Hee Kim, Sung-Cheol Yun, Jong-Min Song, Seung Woo Park, Cheol-Hyun Chung, Jae-Kwan Song, Jae-Won Lee
• Original article: Prognostic utility of novel biomarkers of cardiovascular stress in patients with aortic stenosis undergoing valve replacement (2 June, 2015)

  Brian R Lindman, Jared G Breyley, Joel D Schilling, Anna M Vatterott, Alan Zajarias, Hersh S Maniar, Ralph J Damiano, Marc R Moon, Jennifer S Lawton, Brian F Gage, Marc A Sintek, Alejandro Aquino, Christopher L Holley, Neil M Patel, Cassandra Lawler, John M Lasala, Eric Novak
• Original article: Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in 4720 asymptomatic scholars from South Africa and Ethiopia (15 June, 2015)

  Mark E Engel, Abraham Haileamlak, Liesl Zühlke, Carolina E Lemmer, Simpiwe Nkepu, Marnie van de Wall, Wandimu Daniel, Maylene Shung King, Bongani M Mayosi
• Original article: Clinical impact and evolution of mitral regurgitation following transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a meta-analysis (9 June, 2015)

  Luis Nombela-Franco, Hélène Eltchaninoff, Ralf Zahn, Luca Testa, Martin B Leon, Ramiro Trillo-Nouche, Augusto D´Onofrio, Craig R Smith, John Webb, Sabine Bleiziffer, Benedetta De Chiara, Martine Gilard, Corrado Tamburino, Francesco Bedogni, Marco Barbanti, Stefano Salizzoni, Bruno García del Blanco, Manel Sabaté, Antonella Moreo, Cristina Fernández, Henrique Barbosa Ribeiro, Ignacio Amat-Santos, Marina Urena, Ricardo Allende, Eulogio García, Carlos Macaya, Eric Dumont, Philippe Pibarot, Josep Rodés-Cabau