New ACC/AHA valve guidelines: aligning definitions of aortic stenosis severity with treatment recommendations

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

Editorial

Catherine M Otto et al. Heart. 2014 Jun.

. 2014 Jun;100(12):902-4.

doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-305134. Epub 2014 Mar 10.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

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Keywords: Allied Specialities.

Comment in

2014 ACC/AHA valve guidelines: earlier intervention for chronic mitral regurgitation.
Nishimura RA, Otto C. Nishimura RA, et al. Heart. 2014 Jun;100(12):905-7. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-305834. Epub 2014 Mar 31. Heart. 2014. PMID: 24688115 No abstract available.

2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines.
Nishimura RA, Otto CM, Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Erwin JP 3rd, Guyton RA, O'Gara PT, Ruiz CE, Skubas NJ, Sorajja P, Sundt TM 3rd, Thomas JD; American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Nishimura RA, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Jun 10;63(22):e57-185. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.02.536. Epub 2014 Mar 3. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014. PMID: 24603191 No abstract available.