Recent advances in valvular heart disease

Valvular heart disease is one of the most dynamic and exciting fields in cardiovascular medicine, with significant developments in investigation and management over recent years. In this review, we cover some of the most exciting areas, including the potential for treatment strategies aimed at halti...

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Autores principales: Rayner, Jenny, Prendergast, Bernard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Faculty of 1000 Ltd 2013
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3734928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23967382
http://dx.doi.org/10.12703/P5-31
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description Valvular heart disease is one of the most dynamic and exciting fields in cardiovascular medicine, with significant developments in investigation and management over recent years. In this review, we cover some of the most exciting areas, including the potential for treatment strategies aimed at halting the progression of early aortic stenosis, the use of positron emission tomography in assessing disease activity, novel percutaneous strategies for treating valve disease and new directions in the prevention and management of infective endocarditis.
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spelling pubmed-37349282013-08-21 Recent advances in valvular heart disease Rayner, Jenny Prendergast, Bernard F1000Prime Rep Review Article Valvular heart disease is one of the most dynamic and exciting fields in cardiovascular medicine, with significant developments in investigation and management over recent years. In this review, we cover some of the most exciting areas, including the potential for treatment strategies aimed at halting the progression of early aortic stenosis, the use of positron emission tomography in assessing disease activity, novel percutaneous strategies for treating valve disease and new directions in the prevention and management of infective endocarditis. Faculty of 1000 Ltd 2013-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3734928/ /pubmed/23967382 http://dx.doi.org/10.12703/P5-31 Text en © 2013 Faculty of 1000 Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use this work for commercial purposes
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