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The central role of the cardiac imager in heart valve disease

Echo Research & Practice volume 6, pages T15–T21 (2019)Cite this article

Abstract

In this review, we discuss the central role of the imager in the heart team in the successful application of current guidelines for heart valve diseases to daily practice, and for improving patient care through new approaches, new techniques and new strategies for dealing with increasingly complex cases. This is an opportunity to emphasize the importance of having good imagers and the value of continuous learning in a modern heart team. It is essential to employ technological improvements and to appropriately adapt guidelines to the patients we see day to day.

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  1. University of Rennes, CHU Rennes, Inserm, LTSI–UMR, 1099, Rennes, France

    Erwan Donal MD PhD, Elena Galli MD PhD, Amedeo Anselmi MD PhD & Guillaume Leurent MD

  2. The Cardio Vascular Surgical Department, University of Rennes, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France

    Auriane Bidaut MD

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This paper is part of a series on specialist valve clinics. The Guest Editors for this series were Richard P Steeds and John B Chambers

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Donal, E., Galli, E., Anselmi, A. et al. The central role of the cardiac imager in heart valve disease. Echo Res Pract 6, T15–T21 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1530/ERP-19-0046

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