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“There is a knowledge explosion in medicine today, which can overwhelm the clinician. This is particularly true in the area of valvular heart disease, in which multiple investigational trials are being rapidly performed and released, so that it becomes extremely difficult for an individual clinician to keep up with optimal treatments for each specific patient. The Valvular Heart Disease Guideline brings together experts in the field who review all the data and arrive at a consensus opinion for best treatment, outlined in the class recommendations.”
Otto et al. (Thu,) studied this question.