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2012 ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS expert consensus document on transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Developed in collabration with the American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Heart Failure Society of America, Mended Hearts, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

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Abbreviations and Acronyms

AR
aortic regurgitation
AS
aortic stenosis
AVA
aortic valve area
AVR
aortic valve replacement
CAD
coronary artery disease
CMR
cardiac magnetic resonance
COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CT
computed tomography
EF
ejection fraction
EOA
effective orifice area
EuroSCORE
European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation
LV
left ventricular
LVOT
left ventricular outflow pact
MDCT
multidetector computed tomography
NCDR
National Cardiovascular Data Registry
PARTNER
Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valve trial
PH
pulmonary hypertension
RV
right ventricular
SOURCE
SAPIEN Aortic Biosprosthesis European Outcome registry
STS
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
TAVR
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
TEE
transesophageal echocardiogram
TTE
transthoracic echocardiography
VARC
Valve Academic Research Consortium

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Author Recusals: Writing committee members are required to recuse themselves from voting on sections to which their specific relationship with industry and other entities may apply; see Appendix 1 for recusal information.

This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) Board of Trustees, American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Council, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Board of Directors, Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Board of Directors in January 2012 and endorsed by the governing bodies of the American Heart Association (AHA) Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee, American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), Mended Hearts, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA), Society of Cardiac Computed Tomography (SCCT), and the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) in January 2012. For the purpose of complete transparency, disclosure information for the ACCF Board of Trustees, the board of the convening organization of this document, is available at: http://www.cardiosource.org/ACC/About-ACC/Leadership/Officers-and-Trustees.aspx. ACCF board members with relevant relationships with industry to the document may review and comment on the document but may not vote on approval.

The American College of Cardiology Foundation requests that this document be cited as follows: Holmes DR Jr, Mack MJ, Kaul S, Agnihotri A, Alexander KP, Bailey SR, Calhoon JH, Carabello BA, Desai MY, Edwards FH, Francis GS, Gardner TJ, Kappetein AP, Linderbaum JA, Mukherjee C, Mukherjee D, Otto CM, Ruiz CE, Sacco RL, Smith D, Thomas JD. 2012 ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS expert consensus document on transcatheter aortic valve replacement. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;144:e29-84.

This article has been copublished in Anesthesia and Analgesia, the Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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