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The Patients Association have published the ‘six key principles of patient partnership’, a concept which aims to solidify the importance of patient partnership in all aspects of healthcare. The objective of the Association is to ensure the patient voice is represented on all levels of decision making, shaping health and care decisions including national guidelines […]
Comment on: Messas et al. Treatment of severe symptomatic aortic valve stenosis using non-invasive ultrasound therapy: a cohort study. Lancet. Nov 13, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(23)01518-0 The title of this study published November 2023 in The Lancet is enough to turn heads in the sphere of heart valve disease….but what is it and what does it […]
2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of endocarditis | European Heart Journal | Oxford Academic (oup.com) The new ESC guidelines on the management of endocarditis were published this month in the European Heart Journal. These replace the previous iteration of the guidelines published in 2015 and provide important updates including an increasing recognition of the […]
We were based for the day in the beautiful Dorchester Library on the first floor of the RCP pic.twitter.com/SW6HoGrY7d — BHVS (@BrHeartValveSoc) October 13, 2023 Next, Prof @EnochAkowuah1 informed us about the proposed NAVIGATE Bicuspid RCT, which aims to compare surgery vs TAVI in patients with bicuspid aortic valves pic.twitter.com/9WFfOhzu4S — BHVS (@BrHeartValveSoc) October 13, […]
A new publication co-authored by past-presidents of BHVS highlights the inequalities facing women, ethnic minorities and patients in areas of high deprivation in terms of access to aortic valve replacement (AVR) for aortic stenosis in England.
Statements issued by the BHVS Statements issued by the BHVS, sometimes as a Joint Statement with other professional medical societies, in response to important issues concerning patients with heart valve disease. Statement on the NICE Guideline on Heart Valve Disease BHVS has produced a formal response to the publication of the NICE guideline 208 on […]
Syllabus for heart valve disease This BHVS document describes the nationally agreed core syllabus for heart valve disease and will contribute to the definition of subspecialism in valve disease.
How to set up a Valve Clinic guide This guide is to help and support healthcare professionals who are interested in setting up a valve clinic. The guide describes 10 steps in establishing a valve clinic (Box 1). These recommendations are based on the personal experience of the authors that have been involved in setting […]
