ESC Pocket Guidelines VHD 2017

Valvular Heart Disease

Table of Contents

• ESC Classes of recommendations and levels of evidence
• Introduction
• General comments  
  • Patient evaluation
  • Risk stratification
  • Special considerations in elderly patients
  • Endocarditis prophylaxis
  • Prophylaxis for rheumatic fever
  • Concept of the Heart Team and heart valve centres
  • Management of associated conditions
• Aortic regurgitation
  • Evaluation
  • Indications for intervention
  • Medical therapy
  • Serial testing
  • Special patient populations
• Aortic stenosis
  
  • Evaluation
  • Indications for intervention
  • Medical therapy
  • Serial testing
  • Special patient populations
• Mitral regurgitation
  
  • Primary mitral regurgitation
  • Secondary mitral regurgitation
• Mitral stenosis
  • Evaluation
  • Indications for intervention
  • Medical therapy
  • Serial testing
  • Special patient populations
• Tricuspid regurgitation
  
  • Evaluation
  • Indications for intervention
• Tricuspid stenosis
  • Evaluation
  • indications for intervention
  • Medical therapy
• Combined and multiple valve diseases
• Prosthetic valves
  
  • Choice of prosthetic valve
  • Management after valve intervention
• Management during noncardiac surgery
  
  • Preoperative evaluation
  • Specific valve lesions
  • Perioperative monitoring
• Management during pregnancy
  • Native Valve disease
  • Prosthetic valves