Recommendation ID
NG208/04
Question

Monitoring after an intervention: What is the most clinically and cost‑effective timing, nature and frequency of follow up for different types of valve interventions, including repair and replacement with tissue or mechanical valves?

Any explanatory notes
(if applicable)

For a short explanation of why the committee made the recommendation for research, see rationale on monitoring after an intervention.

Full details of the evidence and the committee's discussion are in evidence review K: monitoring in people with repaired or replaced heart valves.


Source guidance details

Comes from guidance
Heart valve disease presenting in adults: investigation and management
Number
NG208
Date issued
November 2021

Other details

Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? No  
Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register?   No  
Last Reviewed 30/11/2021