ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease) - Developed in collaboration with the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Robert O. Bonow, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair; Blase A. Carabello, MD, FACC, FAHA; Kanu Chatterjee, MB, FACC; Antonio C. de Leon, Jr, MD, FACC, FAHA; David P. Faxon, MD, FACC, FAHA; Michael D. Freed, MD, FACC, FAHA; William H. Gaasch, MD, FACC, FAHA; Bruce Whitney Lytle, MD, FACC; Rick A. Nishimura, MD, FACC, FAHA; Patrick T. O’Gara, MD, FACC, FAHA; Robert A. O’Rourke, MD, MACC, FAHA; Catherine M. Otto, MD, FACC, FAHA; Pravin M. Shah, MD, MACC, FAHA; Jack S. Shanewise, MD*