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Special Report From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

2012 ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS Expert Consensus Document on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Developed in collaboration with the American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Heart Failure Society of America, Mended Hearts, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

David R. Holmes, Jr., MD, Chair, Writing Committee Member^_*, Michael J. Mack, MD, Vice Chair, Writing Committee Member, Sanjay Kaul, MBBS, Vice Chair, Writing Committee Member^_*, Arvind Agnihotri, MD, Writing Committee Member, Karen P. Alexander, MD, Writing Committee Member^_*, Steven R. Bailey, MD, Writing Committee Member, John H. Calhoon, MD, Writing Committee Member, Blase A. Carabello, MD, Writing Committee Member^_*, Milind Y. Desai, MBBS, Writing Committee Member^||,¶, Fred H. Edwards, MD, Writing Committee Member, Gary S. Francis, MD, Writing Committee Member^#, Timothy J. Gardner, MD, Writing Committee Member, A. Pieter Kappetein, MD, PhD, Writing Committee Member^_**, Jane A. Linderbaum, MS, CNP, Writing Committee Member^_*, Chirojit Mukherjee, MD, Writing Committee Member, Debabrata Mukherjee, MD, Writing Committee Member^_*, Catherine M. Otto, MD, Writing Committee Member^_*, Carlos E. Ruiz, MD, PhD, Writing Committee Member, Ralph L. Sacco, MD, Writing Committee Member, Donnette Smith, Writing Committee Member, James D. Thomas, MD, Writing Committee Member^||||

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This document has been developed as an Expert Consensus Document (ECD) by the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) in collaboration with the American Heart Association (AHA), American Society of Echocardiography, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Heart Failure Society of America, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, and Mended Hearts. ECDs are intended to inform practitioners, payers, and other interested parties of the opinion of ACCF and document cosponsors concerning evolving areas of clinical practice and/or technologies that may be widely available or may be new to the practice community. Topics chosen for coverage by ECDs are so designed because the evidence base, the experience with technology, and/or clinical practice are not considered sufficiently well developed to be evaluated by the formal ACCF/AHA Practice Guidelines process. Often the topic is the subject of considerable ongoing investigation. Thus, the reader should view the ECD as the best attempt of the ACCF and document cosponsors to inform and guide clinical practice in areas where rigorous evidence may not yet be available or evidence to date is not widely applied to clinical practice. When feasible, ECDs include indications or contraindications. Some topics covered by ECDs will be addressed subsequently by the ACCF/AHA Practice Guidelines Committee.

To avoid actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest that may arise as a result of industry relationships or personal interests among the writing committee, all members of the writing committee, as well as peer reviewers of the document, are asked to disclose all current healthcare-related relationships, including those existing 12 months before initiation of the writing effort. The ACCF Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents (TF CECD) reviews these . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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