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ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease

A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on practice guidelines (Committee on management of patients with valvular heart disease)1,2

Robert O. Bonow, MD, FACC, Chair, Committee Member, Blase Carabello, MD, FACC, Committee Member, Antonio C. de Leon, Jr., MD, FACC, Committee Member, L. Henry Edmunds, Jr., MD, FACC, Committee Member, Bradley J. Fedderly, MD, FAAFP, Committee Member, Michael D. Freed, MD, FACC, Committee Member, William H. Gaasch, MD, FACC, Committee Member, Charles R. McKay, MD, FACC, Committee Member, Rick A. Nishimura, MD, FACC, Committee Member, Patrick T. O’Gara, MD, FACC, Committee Member, Robert A. O’Rourke, MD, FACC, Committee Member, Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola, MD, FACC, Committee Member, James L. Ritchie, MD, FACC, Chair, Task Force Member, Melvin D. Cheitlin, MD, FACC, Task Force Member, Kim A. Eagle, MD, FACC, Task Force Member, Timothy J. Gardner, MD, FACC, Task Force Member, Arthur Garson, Jr., MD, MPH, FACC, Task Force Member, Raymond J. Gibbons, MD, FACC, Task Force Member, Robert A. O’Rourke, MD, FACC, Task Force Member, Richard O. Russell, MD, FACC, Task Force Member, Thomas J. Ryan, MD, FACC, Task Force Member and Sidney C. Smith, Jr., MD, FACC, Task Force Member

Abbreviations and Acronyms
  AR = aortic regurgitation
  AS = aortic stenosis
  AVR = aortic valve replacement
  CAD = coronary artery disease
  ECG = electrocardiogram
  LV = left ventricular
  MR = mitral regurgitation
  MS = mitral stenosis
  MVP = mitral valve prolapse
  MVR = mitral valve replacement
  NYHA = New York Heart Association
  TR = tricuspid regurgitation


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1 When citing this document, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association recommend that the following format be used: Bonow RO, Carabello B, de Leon AC Jr, Edmunds LH Jr, Fedderly BJ, Freed MD, Gaasch WH, McKay CR, Nishimura RA, O’Gara PT, O’Rourke RA, Rahimtoola SH. ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease). J Am Coll Cardiol. 1998;32:1486–588. Back

2 Address for reprints: A single reprint of this document (the complete Guidelines) is available by calling 800-253-4636 (US only) or writing the American College of Cardiology, Educational Services, 9111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-1699. Ask for reprint No. 71-0153. To obtain a reprint of the shorter version (Executive Summary and Summary of Recommendations) published in the November 3 issue of Circulation, ask for reprint No. 71-0154. To purchase additional reprints, specify version and reprint number: up to 999 copies, call 800-611-6083 (US only) or fax 413-665-2671; 1000 or more copies, call 214-706-1466, fax 214-691-6342, or E-mail pubauth@heart.org Back




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