2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the Management of Valvular Heart Disease
The Task Force for the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) copublished the 2017 guidelines for the management of valvular disease in the European Heart Journal and in the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. In this comprehensive paper, there are many new and strong classes of recommendations since the previous 2012 guidelines.
Interesting that the recommendation on operating on aortic stenosis with reduced ( read poor) contractility is now strengthened. This will affect of LVAD and also increase the pool of high risk referrals for SAVR/TAVI..