These Guidelines represent the third time that the ESC and EACTS have brought together
cardiologists and cardiac surgeons in a joint Task Force to review the ever-increasing body …

Surgery is essential for global cancer care in all resource settings. Of the 15· 2 million new
cases of cancer in 2015, over 80% of cases will need surgery, some several times. By 2030 …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive review was conducted on literature published through March 1, 2020. Searches …

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

Background Despite improvements in multidisciplinary management, patients with biliary
tract cancer have a poor outcome. Only 20% of patients are eligible for surgical resection …

always refer to the full text version, which is freely available on the ESC and EACTS
websites. The National Societies of the ESC are encouraged to endorse, translate, and …

Traditional health-care systems suffer from new challenges associated with the constant
increase in the number of patients. In order to address this issue, and to increase the …

Objective To examine the effect of surgeon sex on postoperative outcomes of patients
undergoing common surgical procedures. Design Population based, retrospective, matched …

Zachęca się pracowników opieki zdrowotnej, aby w pełni uwzględniali te wytyczne
ESC/EACTS, gdy dokonują oceny klinicznej, a także kiedy określają i realizują medyczne …

Background Clinical outcomes after many complex surgical procedures vary widely across
hospitals and surgeons. Although it has been assumed that the proficiency of the operating …