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surgery for Valvular Heart Disease Modulation of Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling and Extracellular Matrix Production in Myxomatous Mitral Valves by Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers Arnar Geirsson, MD;? Mansher Singh, MD;? Rahmat Ali, MD; Hussain Abbas, MD;? Wei Li, MD;? Juan A. Sanchez, MD;? Sabet Hashim, MD;? George Tellides, MD, DPhil +Author Affiliations From the Department of Surgery (A.G., M.S., R.A., W.L., S.H., G.T.) and the Interdepartmental Program in Vascular Biology and Therapeutics (A.G., M.S., R.A., W.L., G.T.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; the Veteran