… The major findings of each working group are presented in this Executive Summary of the
conference proceedings. The complete conference report with references is available online …

… Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control … to heart disease,
stroke, and other cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and presents them in its Heart Disease …

… Thus, in the US population between 35 and 74 years of age, heart disease has declined
by 26% since 1980, although it is now the major cause of death after age 75 years. In the …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence-based. Unlike
other ACC/AHA practice guidelines, there is not a large body of peer-reviewed published …

… The executive summary and recommendations are published in the August 1, 2006 issue of
the … Copies of the full text and the executive summary are available from both organizations. …

… population of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) has increased… forms of heart failure,
and their cardiac disease can be … The present executive summary is a brief overview of the …

… heart disease (CHD) that was published in 1994.These guidelines were revised in 1998 and
2003 by the second and third Joint Task Forces.A strength of the guidelines is that, from the …

… (see ACC/AHA guidelines on management of patients with valvular heart disease) ( 8 ) or
congenital malformations, and we have not included recommendations for the treatment of …

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

… The reader is encouraged to consult the full-text guideline 4 for additional guidance and
details about valvular heart disease (VHD), since the executive summary contains only the …