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 …

Current management of valvular heart disease (VHD) seeks to optimize long-term outcome
by timely intervention. Recommendations for treatment of patients with symptoms due to …

Valvular heart diseases have long been considered to be similar in men and women and
across races/ethnicities. Recently, studies have demonstrated major differences between …

Aortic regurgitation (AR) is a common valvular pathology. Multimodality noninvasive
cardiovascular imaging is routinely used to assess the mechanism of AR, degree, and its …

Background: Isolated tricuspid regurgitation (TR) remains a management dilemma with poor
outcomes. Echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) are valuable …

Objectives Geometric ring annuloplasty has shown promise during bicuspid aortic valve
repair for aortic insufficiency. This study examined early outcomes of bicuspid aortic valve …

Reparative operations for insufficient cardiac valves constitute the surgical procedures of
choice when pathoanatomies permit. At present, mitral and tricuspid repair techniques are …

Background Unicuspid aortic valves (Sievers type 2 bicuspid) are characterized by major
fusion and clefting of the right-left coronary commissure, and minor fusion of the right …

Objectives The aims of this study were to characterize the interplay between mixed aortic
valve disease (MAVD) phenotypes (defined by concomitant severities of aortic stenosis and …