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 …

The atria provide an important contribution to cardiac function. 1, 2 Besides their impact on
ventricular filling, they serve as a volume reservoir, host pacemaker cells and important parts …

The “Guidelines on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease” were initially published as
the “Guidelines on Non-pharmacological Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease” in 2002 …

The atria provide an important contribution to cardiac function. 1, 2 Besides their impact on
ventricular filling, they serve as a volume reservoir, host pacemaker cells and important parts …

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a complex valve lesion that can pose significant management
challenges. This expert consensus decision pathway emphasizes that recognition of MR …

The author examines the ability of left atrial size and function to predict cardiovascular
outcomes. Data are sufficient to recommend evaluation of left atrial volume in certain …

The rapid technological developments of the past decade and the changes in
echocardiographic practice brought about by these developments have resulted in the need …

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 …

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a complex valve lesion that can pose significant management
challenges for the cardiovascular clinician. This Expert Consensus Document emphasizes …

Background—MitraClip has been shown to reduce mitral regurgitation (MR) severity safely
but to a lesser degree than surgery. No data exist on the magnitude of MR reduction …