2008 focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart dis

GUIDELINE TITLE
2008 focused update incorporated into the 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).

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE(S)
Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Chatterjee K, de Leon AC Jr, Faxon DP, Freed MD, Gaasch WH, Lytle BW, Nishimura RA, O'Gara PT, O'Rourke RA, Otto CM, Shah PM, Shanewise JS, American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. 2008 focused update incorporated into the 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 [Trunc]. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 Sep 23;52(13):e1-142. [1067 references] PubMed

GUIDELINE STATUS
This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Chatterjee K, de Leon AC Jr, Faxon DP, Freed MD, Gaasch WH, Lytle BW, Nishimura RA, O'Gara PT, O'Rourke RA, Otto CM, Shah PM, Shanewise JS. ACC/AHA 2006 guideline 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 [trunc]. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 Aug;48(3):e1-148.

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2008 focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart dis