The Task Force for the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) copublished the 2017 guidelines for the management of valvular disease in the European Heart Journal and in the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. In this comprehensive paper, there are many new and strong classes of recommendations since the previous 2012 guidelines.
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2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the Management of Valvular Heart Disease
Submitted by: Marco Nardini
Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery & European Heart Journal
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Author(s): Volkmar Falk, Helmut Baumgartner, Jeroen J. Bax, Michele De Bonis, Christian Hamm, Per Johan Holm, Bernard Lung, Patrizio Lancellotti, Emmanuel Lansac, Daniel Rodriguez Mun~oz, Raphael Rosenhek, Johan Sjögren, Pilar Tornos Mas, Alec Vahanian, Thomas Walther, Olaf Wendler, Stephan Windecker, Jose Luis Zamorano, ESC Scientific Document Group
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Interesting that the recommendation on operating on aortic stenosis with reduced ( read poor) contractility is now strengthened. This will affect of LVAD and also increase the pool of high risk referrals for SAVR/TAVI..