RECENT PROGRESS IN MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
CONTENTS THE MITRAL VALVE: A BRIEF HISTORY ANATOMICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEFT ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVAR COMPLEX HOW SHOULD WE DESCRIBE THE MITRAL VALVE AND ITS COMPONENT PARTS? THE ANATOMY OF THE MITRAL VALVE THE SURGICAL UTILITY OF A DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC SCIENCES PERTAINING TO THE MITRAL VALVE THE ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM THE ATRIOVENTRICULAR COMPLEX: FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION MITRAL VALVE PATHOLOGY MORPHOGENETIC ASPECTS OF MITRAL VALVE DEVELOPMENT 10 GENETICS OF MITRAL VALVE DISEASE 11 GENETICS AND GENETIC COUNSELLING RELEVANT TO MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE 12 ASSESSMENT OF MITRAL VALVE FUNCTION: THE VALVE AND THE VENTRICLE 13 ARRHYTHMIAS IN MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE 14 THE ORGANISATION OF SPECIALIST VALVE CARE PROVISION