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Cumulative mortality of valvular heart disease (VHD). Kaplan-Meier survival curves for all cause (A) and cardiovascular (B) mortality associated with all VHD, and (separately) aortic, mitral, and tricuspid VHD. Models were adjusted for age, sex, systolic blood pressure, obesity, smoking, dyslipidaemia, diabetes, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure and valvular interventions. AVD, aortic valve disease; MVD, mitral valve disease; TR, tricuspid regurgitation.
