2020 ACC/AHA guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Aug;162(2):e183-e353. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.04.002. Epub 2021 May 8.
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Keywords: ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guidelines; anticoagulation therapy; aortic regurgitation; aortic stenosis; bicuspid aortic valve; cardiac surgery; guidelines; infective endocarditis; mitral regurgitation; mitral stenosis; mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair; prosthetic valve; pulmonic regurgitation; pulmonic stenosis; transcatheter aortic valve replacement or implantation; tricuspid regurgitation; tricuspid stenosis; valvular heart disease.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Consensus
  • Evidence-Based Medicine / standards
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Valve Diseases / physiopathology
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis / standards
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / standards*
  • Heart Valves / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Valves / physiopathology
  • Heart Valves / surgery*
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Recovery of Function
  • Risk Factors
  • Treatment Outcome