2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary

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Outcomes After Surgical Treatment of Native and Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis

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A randomized double-blind study of epicardial left atrial cryoablation for permanent atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery: the SWEDish Multicentre Atrial Fibrillation study (SWEDMAF)

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Impact of Aortic Stenosis on Postoperative Outcomes After Noncardiac Surgeries

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Clinical and Echocardiographic Impact of Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation Repair at the Time of Mitral Valve Replacement

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Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Determination of Functional Capacity in Mitral Regurgitation

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A case for early surgery in native left-sided endocarditis complicated by heart failure: Results in 203 patients

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How Safely and for How Long Can Warfarin Therapy Be Withheld in Prosthetic Heart Valve Patients Hospitalized With a Major Hemorrhage?

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Use of Low Molecular Weight Heparin in Pregnant Women With Mechanical Heart Valves

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Use of a Simple Criteria Set for Guiding Echocardiography in Nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

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