title: Continued expansion of the Heart Team concept.
abstract: The concept of a multidisciplinary Heart Team approach to treating cardiovascular disease has garnered increasing interest in recent years. This team-based approach has been a cornerstone of practice in other medical fields, such as oncology and solid organ transplantation. Advances in technology and new therapeutic strategies now offer multiple treatment options to patients with complex coronary artery or valvular heart disease, making therapeutic decision-making more challenging. There is a growing literature that use of a Heart Team for management of these complex cardiovascular diseases has demonstrated great merit. While the composition and implementation of Heart Team will vary, this multidisciplinary team-based approach will become the standard of care in cardiovascular medicine in the future.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Yawkey Building, Suite 5700, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Passeri
authors.forename: Serguei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Melnitchouk
authors.forename: Igor F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Palacios
authors.forename: Thoralf M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Sundt
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: Heart Team; aortic stenosis; coronary artery disease; decision-making; multidisciplinary team; percutaneous coronary intervention; transcatheter aortic valve replacement