Resources for Healthcare Professionals

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The Target: Aortic Stenosis quality improvement program is to enhance the patient experience from symptom onset to appropriate diagnosis and follow-through, to timely treatment and disease management. 

Heart Valve Disease Guidelines (website)

Resources for your patient:

• Aortic Stenosis patient education (website)
• AS Fact Sheet (pdf)
• What is Aortic Stenosis? (pdf)
• Aortic Stenosis Symptom Tracker (pdf)
• Why do I need Heart Valve Surgery? (pdf)
• What is TAVI/TAVR? (pdf)

Professional Resources

• Top Things to Know: 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease
• Executive Summary
• Perspective to 2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease
• Slide Set (PDF)
• VHD pocket guideline (for purchase)
• AHA News: New guidelines call for less use of surgery to treat heart valve disease
• News Release: Updated guideline for heart valve disease spotlights less invasive treatments