2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

28 Aug 2021

Decision-making in VHD involves accurate diagnosis, timing of intervention, risk assessment and, based on these, selection of the most suitable type of intervention. These guidelines focus on acquired VHD, are oriented towards management, and do not deal with endocarditis, congenital valve disease (including pulmonary valve disease), or recommendations concerning sports cardiology and exercise in patients with cardiovascular disease, as separate guidelines have been published by the ESC on these topics.

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Topic(s):

Valvular Heart Disease

Endorsed by cardiac societies

Austrian Society of Cardiology , Belgian Society of Cardiology , Bulgarian Society of Cardiology , Croatian Cardiac Society , Czech Society of Cardiology , Estonian Society of Cardiology , German Cardiac Society , Hungarian Society of Cardiology , Italian Federation of Cardiology , National Society of Cardiology of North Macedonia , Polish Cardiac Society , Portuguese Society of Cardiology , Romanian Society of Cardiology , Russian Society of Cardiology* , San Marino Society of Cardiology , Cardiology Society of Serbia , Slovak Society of Cardiology , Spanish Society of Cardiology , Tunisian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery , Turkish Society of Cardiology

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Full text

https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab395

Corrigendum

Published on 18 February 2022

https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac051

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