Health professionals are encouraged to take the ESC/EACTS Guidelines fully into account
when exercising their clinical judgment, as well as in the determination and the …

Echocardiography is the key tool for the diagnosis and evaluation of aortic stenosis.
Because clinical decision-making is based on the echocardiographic assessment of its …

Recenzenci dokumentu: Marco Roffi, koordynator recenzji ze strony CPG (Szwajcaria),
Ottavio Alfieri1, koordynator recenzji ze strony EACTS (Włochy), Stefan Agewall (Norwegia) …

The “Guidelines on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease” were initially published as
the “Guidelines on Non-pharmacological Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease” in 2002 …

Health professionals are encouraged to take the ESC/EACTS Guidelines fully into account
when exercising their clinical judgment, as well as in the determination and the …

Calcific aortic stenosis (AS) is the most prevalent heart valve disorder in developed
countries. It is characterized by progressive fibro-calcific remodelling and thickening of the …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive review was conducted on literature published through November 2012, and other …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature death for women in
Canada. 1 Although it has long been recognized that estrogen impacts vascular responses …

Background: The optimal timing of intervention in patients with asymptomatic severe aortic
stenosis (AS) remains controversial. Objectives: This multicenter study sought to test and …

Background: Aortic valve calcification (AVC) load measures lesion severity in aortic stenosis
(AS) and is useful for diagnostic purposes. Whether AVC predicts survival after diagnosis …