2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for management of valvular heart disease- Aortic stenosis - Video

Published On 2021-12-20T11:30:00+05:30 | Updated On 22 Dec 2021 5:16 PM IST

Overview

Medical Dialogues interacts with Dr O P Yadava, a Cardiothoracic surgeon who has given his expert insights on the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery guidelines.

Aortic stenosis (AS) is a common valvular heart disease, with an estimated overall prevalence of 3% in adults over 75 years. Aortic stenosis is the most frequent, single, native left-sided valve disease comprising of 43%. Aortic stenosis is the most common primary valve lesion requiring surgery or transcatheter intervention and its prevalence is rising rapidly as a consequence of the ageing population.

Now, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery guidelines have covered the evaluation parameters, the diagnostic workup involved, the indications for intervention- be it either TAVI or the Surgical AVR procedure and about the medical therapy.

Speakers

Dr. Nandita Mohan

BDS, MDS( Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry)

Dr. Nandita Mohan is a practicing pediatric dentist with more than 5 years of clinical work experience. Along with this, she is equally interested in keeping herself up to date about the latest developments in the field of medicine and dentistry which is the driving force for her to be in association with Medical Dialogues. She also has her name attached with many publications; both national and international. She has pursued her BDS from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore and later went to enter her dream specialty (MDS) in the Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry from Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences. Through all the years of experience, her core interest in learning something new has never stopped. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751

Dr O P Yadava

CTVS

Dr O P Yadava M.B.B.S., M.S., DNB (General Surgery), DNB (Cardiothoracic Surgery), Mnams, FIACS, FICC. He is currently the CEO & Chief Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at National Heart Institute, New Delhi. Dr Yadava is the Chief Editor of Cardiology Today and is a member of the Editorial Boards of various journals, including the Journal of American Medical Association (Indian Edition), the Indian Heart Journal, the Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases (Pakistan), and Hospital Today.

Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli

Dr Kamal Kant Kohli-MBBS, DTCD- a chest specialist with more than 30 years of practice and a flair for writing clinical articles, Dr Kamal Kant Kohli joined Medical Dialogues as a Chief Editor of Medical News. Besides writing articles, as an editor, he proofreads and verifies all the medical content published on Medical Dialogues including those coming from journals, studies,medical conferences,guidelines etc. Email: drkohli@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751