ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (writing committee to revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease): developed in collaboration with the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists: endorsed by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Circulation. 2006 Aug 1;114(5):e84-231. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.176857.
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Publication types

  • Practice Guideline
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • American Heart Association*
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / classification
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / therapy
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / classification
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / physiopathology
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / therapy
  • Coronary Artery Disease / classification
  • Coronary Artery Disease / physiopathology
  • Coronary Artery Disease / therapy
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / classification
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / physiopathology
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / therapy
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Diseases / classification
  • Heart Valve Diseases / congenital
  • Heart Valve Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / therapy*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
  • Heart Valves / microbiology
  • Heart Valves / pathology
  • Heart Valves / physiopathology
  • Heart Valves / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / classification
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / physiopathology
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / therapy
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / classification
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / physiopathology
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / therapy
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / classification
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / physiopathology
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / therapy
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • United States