The focus of the “2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular
Heart Disease” 9, 10 (2014 VHD guideline) was the diagnosis and management of adult …

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

Guidelines (Task Force) directs this effort by developing, updating, and revising practice
guidelines for cardiovascular diseases and procedures. Experts in the subject under …

Material de distribuição exclusiva à classe médica. Os Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
não se responsabilizam pelo acesso indevido a seu conteúdo e que contrarie a …

The ACC and the AHA have long been involved in the joint development of practice
guidelines designed to assist healthcare providers in the management of selected …

The ACC and the AHA have long been involved in the joint development of practice
guidelines designed to assist healthcare providers in the management of selected …

Background Mitral valve repair has been suggested as providing a better postoperative
outcome than valve replacement for mitral regurgitation, but this impression has been …

Objectives: This study was designed to assess effects of mitral valve annuloplasty (MVA) on
mortality in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR) and left ventricular (LV) systolic …

dysfunction, decreasing the leaflet closing force, 22 as opposed to PM wall tethering.
Conceivably, however, the acute PM wall displacement in that study was insufficient to …

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) have
long been involved in the joint development of practice guidelines designed to assist …