2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 77; no. 4; pp. 450 - 500
• Main Authors: Otto, Catherine M., Nishimura, Rick A., Bonow, Robert O., Carabello, Blase A., Erwin, John P., Gentile, Federico, Jneid, Hani, Krieger, Eric V., Mack, Michael, McLeod, Christopher, O’Gara, Patrick T., Rigolin, Vera H., Sundt, Thoralf M., Thompson, Annemarie, Toly, Christopher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 02.02.2021
• Subjects: ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guidelines; anticoagulation therapy; aortic regurgitation; aortic stenosis; bicuspid aortic valve; cardiac surgery; Cardiovascular; infective endocarditis; Internal Medicine; mitral regurgitation; mitral stenosis; mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair; prosthetic valve; pulmonic regurgitation; pulmonic stenosis; transcatheter aortic valve replacement or implantation; tricuspid regurgitation; tricuspid stenosis; valvular heart disease; ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guidelines; transcatheter aortic valve replacement or implantation; mitral regurgitation; pulmonic stenosis; prosthetic valve; anticoagulation therapy; tricuspid regurgitation; aortic regurgitation; aortic stenosis; infective endocarditis; bicuspid aortic valve; mitral stenosis; pulmonic regurgitation; mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair; cardiac surgery; valvular heart disease; tricuspid stenosis; AHA Scientific Statements

This executive summary of the valvular heart disease guideline provides recommendations for clinicians to diagnose and manage valvular heart disease as well as supporting documentation to encourage their use. A comprehensive literature search was conducted from January 1, 2010, to March 1, 2020, enc...