title: [Offer early attention and intervention to patients with valvular heart disease].
abstract: As a key feature of the updates, early intervention of valvular heart disease is highlighted in the 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease. This article reviewed the new guideline in regards to the issue of early intervention of diseases such as aortic stenosis, aortic insufficiency, mitral stenosis, mitral insufficiency, tricuspid insufficiency, and infective endocarditis, with discussion on the related topics according to the authors' understanding and practical experience in China. We conclude that valvular heart disease should receive early intervention and attention should also be paid on the progress of disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Institute of Cardiac Surgery of People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853, China. Email: jiangsl301@sina.com.
authors.forename: Shengli
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Institute of Cardiac Surgery of People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853, China.
authors.forename: Chonglei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ren
mesh_terms: D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency; D002681:China; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic