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 …

731 F. Beyersdorf and A. Vahanian et al./European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
guidelines, which is freely available via the ESC and EACTS website and hosted on the EHJ …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive review was conducted on literature published through March 1, 2020. Searches …

Abstract The True Infection Rate (TIR) in the whole population of each country and the
Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are unknown although …

Background The current standard of care for the treatment of patients with primary mitral
regurgitation (MR) is surgical mitral valve repair. Transcatheter edge‐to‐edge repair with the …

Degenerative mitral regurgitation is a major threat to public health and affects at least 24
million people worldwide, with an estimated 0.88 million disability-adjusted life years and …

Background Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is one of the most common forms of cardiac valve
disease and affects 2% to 3% of the population. Previous imaging reports have indicated …

There has been rapid progress in transcatheter therapies for mitral regurgitation. These
developments have elevated the need for the imager to have a core understanding of the …

Floppy mitral valve/mitral valve prolapse (FMV/MVP) is a common valvular abnormality
affecting 2% to 3% of the general population. It occurs in a heterogeneous group of patients …

Objective Transapical off-pump beating-heart neochord implantation (NC) has shown
encouraging early results in patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation. The aim of this …