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 …

Valvular heart disease is common and its prevalence is rapidly increasing worldwide.
Effective medical therapies are insufficient and treatment was historically limited to the …

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 …

Introduction Sugary drinks consumption has increased worldwide in recent years and
evidence demonstrating their detrimental impact on cardio-metabolic health is accumulating …

Importance Chronic hemodynamically significant aortic regurgitation (AR) is associated with
excess risk of death, yet data for Asian patients are lacking, and whether Asian patients can …

Abstract Background Although the Asian population is growing globally, data in Asian
subjects regarding differences between bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and tricuspid aortic …

The assessment of valvular pathologies in multiple valvular heart disease by
echocardiography remains challenging. Data on echocardiographic assessment …

Introduction Studies have reported increasing triple valve surgery (TVS, defined as
concomitant aortic, mitral and tricuspid valves surgery) incidence and improved …

Little is known about the natural history of non-significant mitral and tricuspid regurgitation
(MR and TR) following surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for aortic regurgitation …