The year in cardiology 2017: valvular heart disease.

Letter of Editor-in-Chief

Dear Colleagues,   As Editor-In-Chief of Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine (JCTM), it is my pleasure to introduce this official quarterly publication of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, which is an international, peer-reviewed, and English language journal. Our aim is to publish high quality integrating clinical and experimental research in the following fields: Respiratory medici...

The prevalence of common cardiovascular diseases among 17-year-old Israeli conscripts.

BACKGROUND There are only few reports on the prevalence of common cardiovascular disorders among adolescents. The previous studies focused on specific diseases, and screened relatively small samples. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to define the prevalence of different common cardiovascular disorders among 17-year-old Israeli conscripts. A comparison between the morbidity patterns of fema...

What is new in ACC/AHA 2017 focused update of valvular heart disease guidelines

Comprehensive update on the new indications for transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the latest 2017 European guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease

New European guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease-supported by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Association of CardioThoracic Surgery (EACTS)-were recently published. Although these guidelines are very comprehensive, these typically are not very inviting to read. In this document, we aimed to distil all the information about transcatheter aortic valve repl...

2017 Focused Update for Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Summary of New Recommendations

V alvular heart disease (VHD) is present in 2.5% of the general US population, with prevalence increasing to 11.7% to 13.3% in those aged >75 years. Valve-disease– related deaths account for 1.9% of total US mortality. Of these, aortic and mitral valvular disease represent 99% of identified pathology and mortality. Valve surgeries account for 120 000 procedures per year in the United States. Th...