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Pocket Guidelines on Valvular Heart Disease

ESC Pocket Guidelines

CV Surgery - Valves
Valvular Heart Disease
Non-coronary Cardiac Intervention

Publication Date: 2025

Chairperson: Fabien Praz and Michael A.Borger

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Table of Content

  • Introduction
  • The Heart Team and Heart Valve Centre
  • Imaging of patients with valvular heart disease
  • Clinical evaluation of patients with valvular heart disease
  • Management of conditions associated with valvular heart disease
    • Diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease
    • Atrial fibrillation
  • Aortic regurgitation
    • Evaluation
    • Indications for intervention
  • Aortic stenosis
    • Evaluation
    • Indication for intervention
    • Treatment options
  • Mitral regurgitation
    • Primary mitral regurgitation
    • Secondary mitral regurgitation
  • Mitral stenosis
    • Rheumatic mitral stenosis
    • Degenerative mitral stenosis with mitral annular calcification
  • Tricuspid regurgitation
    • Evaluation
    • Indications for intervention
  • Tricuspid stenosis
  • Multiple and mixed valvular heart disease
    • Evaluation
    • Indications for intervention
  • Management of patients with prosthetic valves or valve repair
    • Choice of prosthetic valve
    • Antithrombotic therapy in patients with treated valvular heart disease
    • Management of prosthetic valve dysfunction and complications
  • Management during non-cardiac surgery
  • Management of valvular heart disease during pregnancy