WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS* Catherine M. Otto, MD, FACC, FAHA, Co-Chair Rick A. Nishimura, MD, MACC, FAHA, Co-Chair Robert O. Bonow, MD, MS, MACC, FAHA Blase A. Carabello, MD, FACC, FAHA John P. Erwin III, MD, FACC, FAHA Federico Gentile, MD, FACC Hani Jneid, MD, FACC, FAHA Eric V. Krieger, MD, FACC Michael Mack, MD, MACC Christopher McLeod, MBCHB, PhD, FAHA Patrick T. O Gara, MD, MACC, FAHA Vera H. Rigolin, MD, FACC, FAHA Thoralf M. Sundt III, MD, FACC, FAHA Annemarie Thompson, MD Christopher Toly 2020 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American Heart Association, Inc. ACC/AHA CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines Circulation https://www.ahajournals.org/journal/circ Developed in collaboration with and endorsed by the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Society of Echocardiography, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons ACC/AHA Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines Members, see page *Writing committee members are required to recuse themselves from voting on sections to which their specific relationships with industry may apply; see Appendix 1 for detailed information. ACC/AHA Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines Liaison. The American Heart Association requests that this document be cited as follows: Otto CM, Nishimura RA, Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Erwin JP 3rd, Gentile F, Jneid H, Krieger EV, Mack M, McLeod C, O Gara PT, Rigolin VH, Sundt TM 3rd, Thompson A, Toly C. 2020 ACC/AHA guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2021;143:e72-e227. 