title: Aortic valve and ascending aorta guidelines for management and quality measures: executive summary.
abstract: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines are intended to assist physicians and other health care providers in clinical decision making by describing a range of generally acceptable approaches for the diagnosis, management, or prevention of specific diseases or conditions. These guidelines should not be considered inclusive of all proper methods of care or exclusive of other methods of care reasonably directed at obtaining the same results. Moreover, these guidelines are subject to change over time, without notice. The ultimate judgment regarding the care of a particular patient must be made by the physician in light of the individual circumstances presented by the patient.
authors.affiliation: The Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Desk F-25 CT Surgery, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. svenssl@ccf.org
authors.forename: Lars G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Svensson
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Robert O
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authors.lastname: Bonow
authors.forename: Nicholas T
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authors.lastname: Kouchoukos
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authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Patrick T
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authors.lastname: O'Gara
authors.forename: David M
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authors.lastname: Shahian
authors.forename: Hartzell V
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authors.lastname: Schaff
authors.forename: Cary W
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authors.lastname: Akins
authors.forename: Joseph
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authors.lastname: Bavaria
authors.forename: Eugene H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Blackstone
authors.forename: Tirone E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: Nimesh D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Todd M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Dewey
authors.forename: Richard S
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authors.lastname: D'Agostino
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authors.lastname: Gleason
authors.forename: Katherine B
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authors.lastname: Harrington
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authors.lastname: Kodali
authors.forename: Samir
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authors.lastname: Kapadia
authors.forename: Martin B
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authors.lastname: Leon
authors.forename: Brian
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authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Bruce W
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authors.lastname: Lytle
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authors.lastname: Mack
authors.forename: T Brett
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authors.lastname: Reece
authors.forename: George R
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authors.lastname: Roselli
authors.forename: Craig R
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authors.forename: Vinod H
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authors.lastname: Thourani
authors.forename: E Murat
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authors.lastname: Tuzcu
authors.forename: John
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authors.lastname: Webb
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mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000592:standards*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards*