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Comprehensive update on the new indications for transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the latest 2017 European guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease
  1. Tasalak Thonghong,
  2. Ole De Backer and
  3. Lars Søndergaard
  1. Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
  1. Correspondence to Dr Ole De Backer; ole.debacker{at}gmail.com

Abstract

New European guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease—supported by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Association of CardioThoracic Surgery (EACTS)—were recently published. Although these guidelines are very comprehensive, these typically are not very inviting to read. In this document, we aimed to distil all the information about transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in the new 2017 ESC/EACTS guidelines to the essential and give additional comments on the position of TAVR in 2017.

  • aortic valve disease
  • percutaneous valve therapy
  • cardiac surgery

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  • Funding This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests None declared.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.