European survey on valvular heart disease clinical experience from the European Society of Cardiology council on valvular heart disease.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The aim of this survey is to analyze how current recommendations on valvular heart disease (VHD) management have been adopted. Identifying potential discrepancies between recommendations and everyday clinical practice would enable us to better understand and address the remaining challenges in this controversial and complex field.

Methods and results

A total of 33 questions, distributed via email to all European Society of Cardiology (ESC) affiliated countries through the newsletter of the ESC council on VHD, were answered by 689 respondents, mainly from tertiary care settings. The results of this survey showed that VHD patients are mostly managed by tertiary care centres, where multi-disciplinary heart teams are frequently a reality. Cardiac computed tomography (CT) is

SUBMITTER: Sannino A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9562836 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature