Society for Heart Valve Disease (SHVD)

The objectives of the Society are to undertake, promote, support and encourage research, and the education of the public, in the causes of heart valve disease, the prevention of, and the treatment of heart valve disease or any related cardiac disease, illness or condition.

The mission of the Society is to advance the practice, science and art of treating heart valve disease, through a multi-disciplinary approach with the ultimate aim of reducing the global burden of the disease.

The Society holds a biennial meeting at which oral and poster presentations on all aspects of valve biology, pathology, treatment and surgery are presented.