Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease The Task Force on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology
Alec Vahanian,Helmut Baumgartner,Jeroen J. Bax,Butchart Eg,Robert Dion,Gerasimos Filippatos,Frank A. Flachskampf,Roger Hall,Bernard Iung,Jarosław D. Kasprzak,Patrick Nataf,Pilar Tornos,Lucia Torracca,Arnold Wenink,Silvia G. Priori,Jean-Jacques Blanc,Andrzej Budaj,John Camm,Veronica Dean,Jaap W. Deckers,Kenneth Dickstein,John Lekakis,Keith McGregor,Marco Metra,João Morais,Ady Osterspey,Juan Tamargo,José Luis Zamorano,Annalisa Angelini,Manuel J. Antunes,Miguel Ángel García Fernández,Christa Gohlke-Baerwolf,Gilbert Habib,John J.V. McMurray,Catherine M Otto,Luc Pierard,José L. Pomar,Bernard Prendergast,Raphael Rosenhek,Miguel Sousa Uva +39 more
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Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents aim to present management recommendations based on all of the relevant evidence on a particular subject in order to help physicians select the best possible management strategies for the individual patient suffering from a specific condition, taking into account the impact on outcome and also the risk–benefit ratio of a particular diagnostic or therapeutic procedure.Abstract:
Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents aim to present management recommendations based on all of the relevant evidence on a particular subject in order to help physicians select the best possible management strategies for the individual patient suffering from a specific condition, taking into account the impact on outcome and also the risk–benefit ratio of a particular diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. Numerous studies have demonstrated that patient outcomes improve when guideline recommendations, based on the rigorous assessment of evidence-based research, are applied in clinical practice.
A great number of Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents have been issued in recent years by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and also by other organizations or related societies. The profusion of documents can put at stake the authority and credibility of guidelines, particularly if discrepancies appear between different documents on the same issue, as this can lead to confusion in the minds of physicians. In order to avoid these pitfalls, the ESC and other organizations have issued recommendations for formulating and issuing Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents. The ESC recommendations for guidelines production can be found on the ESC website.1 It is beyond the scope of this preamble to recall all but the basic rules.
In brief, the ESC appoints experts in the field to carry out a comprehensive review of the literature, with a view to making a critical evaluation of the use of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and assessing the risk–benefit ratio of the therapies recommended for management and/or prevention of a given condition. Estimates of expected health outcomes are included, where data exist. The strength of evidence for or against particular procedures or treatments is weighed according to predefined scales for grading recommendations and levels of evidence, as outlined in what follows.
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TL;DR: Estimates of expected health outcomes for larger societies are included, where data exist, and the level of evidence and the strength of recommendation of particular treatment options are weighed and graded according to pre-defined scales.
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2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease
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TL;DR: The medical profession should play a central role in evaluating evidence related to drugs, devices, and procedures for detection, management, and prevention of disease.
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Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation
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TL;DR: Guidelines summarize and evaluate all currently available evidence on a particular issue with the aim of assisting physicians in selecting the best management strategy for an individual patient suffering from a given condition, taking into account the impact on outcome, as well as the risk–benefit ratio of particular diagnostic or therapeutic means.
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