EHS publications on Valvular Heart Disease

Results are published in the European Heart Journal :

• A prospective survey of patients with valvular heart disease in Europe: The Euro Heart Survey on Valvular Heart Disease. Iung B, Baron G, Butchart EG, Delahaye F, Gohlke-Bärwolf C, Levang OW, Tornos P, Vanoverschelde J, Vermeer F,  Boersma E, Ravaud P, Vahanian A. Eur Heart J 2003;24:1231-1243.
• Decision-making in elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis: why are so many denied surgery ? Bernard Iung, Agnès Cachier, Gabriel Baron, David Messika-Zeitoun, François Delahaye, Pilar Tornos, Christa Gohlke-Bärwolf, Philippe Ravaud, and Alec Vahanian. Eur Heart J 2005;26:2714-20.
• What are the characteristics of patients with severe, symptomatic, mitral regurgitation who are denied surgery? Eur Heart J. 2007 Jun;28(11):1358-65.
• A selection of slides by Prof. Alec Vahanian, chairman of the Euro Heart Survey on Valvular Heart Disease, including interesting results.
  Download here (PDF 378 Kb).

Other Journals:

• Infective endocarditis in Europe: lessons from the Euro Heart Survey. Tornos P, Iung B, Permanyer-Miralda G, Baron G, Delahaye F, Gohlke-Barwolf C, Butchart EG, Ravaud P, Vahanian . Heart 2005;91:571-5.
• Actual management of patients with asymptomatic aortic valve disease: how practice fits with guidelines.Am Heart J. 2007 Apr;153(4):696-703.