The Latin American Association of Cardiac and Endovascular Surgery statement regarding the recently released 2020 ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease

Affiliations

• ¹ Centro Cardiovascular Universitario, Montevideo, Uruguay.
• ² Mexican College of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Mexico City, Mexico.
• ³ Universidad CES, Medellin, Colombia.
• ⁴ Colegio Argentino de Cirujanos Cardiovasculares, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• ⁵ Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
• ⁶ University Department of Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany.
• ⁷ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, USA.
• ⁸ University Center Assis Gurgacz, Cascavel, PR, Brazil.