Abbreviations
AATS, American Association for Thoracic Surgery; ACCF, American College of Cardiology
Foundation; AHA, American Heart Association; AR, aortic regurgitation; AS, aortic stenosis;
AVA, aortic valve area; AVR, (open) aortic valve replacement; CABG, coronary artery bypass
graft; CAD, coronary artery disease; CMR, cardiac magnetic resonance; COPD, chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease; CT, computed tomography; EF, ejection fraction; ESC,
European Society of Cardiology; LV, left ventricle; MR, mitral regurgitation; PH, Pulmonary
Hypertension; SCAI, Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions; STS, Society of
Thoracic Surgeons; TAVR, transcatheter aortic valve replacement; TEE, transesophageal
echocardiography; TR, tricuspid regurgitation
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