JCS/JSCS/JATS/JSVS 2020 Guidelines on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease
Chisato Izumi, Kiyoyuki Eishi, Kyomi Ashihara, Takeshi Arita, Yutaka Otsuji, Takashi Kunihara, Tatsuhiko Komiya, Toshihiko Shibata, Yoshihiro Seo, Masao Daimon, Shuichiro Takanashi, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Satoshi Nakatani, Hiroshi Ninami, Hiroyuki Nishi, Kentaro Hayashida, Hitoshi Yaku, Junichi Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Yukio Abe, Makoto Amaki, Masashi Amano, Kikuko Obase, Minoru Tabata, Takashi Miura, Makoto Miyake, Mitsushige Murata, Nozomi Watanabe, Takashi Akasaka, Yutaka Okita, Takeshi Kimura, Yoshiki Sawa, Kiyoshi Yoshida, on behalf of the Japanese Circulation Society Joint Working Group
Abstract
Should early surgery be conducted for asymptomatic patients with severe AR with an LVEF 50% and an LVESD index >25 mm/m 2 ? Early surgery may be considered for asymptomatic patients with severe AR with an LVEF 50% and an LVESD index >25 mm/m 2 .