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The British Heart Valve Society calls for a rapid access treatment pathway for severe symptomatic heart valve [...]
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Guidelines and Statements Treatments for heart valve disease
Explore which hospitals in the UK havespecialised heart valve services Find your nearest hospital specialised [...]
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Results BHVS Elections 2024-2026 Thank you to all members who submitted their votes for the [...]
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Advancing the access to cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment among women with cardiovascular disease: a joint [...]
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The British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) and partners are delighted to share updated resources designed [...]
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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 […]
Management of echocardiography requests for the detection and follow-up of Heart Valve Disease
The British Heart Valve Society Guideline The first EuroHeart Valve survey in 2003 showed significant limitations in the care of patients with heart valve disease throughout Europe. Since then there have been 7 sets of international guidelines and a large volume of published studies about heart valve disease but limitations still exist at all steps […]
Communication and culture top the list of barriers to be overcome by patients and the professionals treating them before shared decision-making (SDM) can work in practice, according to flash polls conducted by the Patients Association during its event ‘Shared decision-making: a reality for everyone?’
Our BHVS annual conference dedicated a case study to the psychological drivers that may make SDM difficult. Council’s lay representative Patricia Khan attended both virtual events and offers her own perspective on some of the discussions.
