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 …

LRRC4 is a novel relatively specific gene, which displays significant down-regulation in
primary brain tumor biopsies and has the potential to suppress brain tumor growth. In this …

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

Aim This executive summary of the valvular heart disease guideline provides
recommendations for clinicians to diagnose and manage valvular heart disease as well as …

Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that causes a wide range of clinical
infections. It is a leading cause of bacteremia and infective endocarditis as well as …

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 …

Potential Biases Most studies of IE are affected by selection, survival, and referral bias. They
make it difficult to study the natural history of IE in the general population, because treated …

Before the 1970s, 30% to 50% of US children with IE had underlying rheumatic heart
disease. 9 Because the prevalence of rheumatic heart disease has declined in developed …

The content of these European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines has been published
for personal and educational use only. No commercial use is authorized. No part of the ESC …