Guidelines
Screening for carotid artery stenosis: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement
To summarize US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations & supporting scientific evidence on screening carotid artery stenosis & update the...
ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and care for noncardiac surgery
To provide clinical risk profile that the patient, primary physician, nonphysician caregivers, anesthesiologist and surgeon can use in making...
ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina/non ST-Elevation myocardial infarction
To address the diagnosis and management of patients with unstable angina and the closely related condition of non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction....
Heart failure in adults
To optimize the phrmacologic treatment of adult patients with heart failure and to improve the use of diagnostic testing in order to identify and...
2007 guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension
To provide guidelines that have been prepared on the basis of available evidence on issues deserving recommendations & with the consideration that...
Guidelines for the management of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in adults. 2007 update: a guideline from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Council, High Blood Pressure Research Council, and the Quality of Care and Outcomes in Research Interdisciplinary Working Group
To present current and comprehensive recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of acute spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. TARGET...
Prevention of secondary disease: lipid screening and cardiovascular risk
To provide recommendations for prevention and management of dyslipidemia in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. TARGET POPULATION:...
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy for the treatment of heart failure
To assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of cardiac resynchronisation therapy for people with heart failure and evidence of dyssynchrony by...
Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with acute heart failure syndromes
To focus on critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected heart failure....
Coronary heart disease (CHD): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Evidence-Based Medicine Guidelines collect, summarize, and update the core clinical knowledge essential in general practice. The guidelines also...
Drug therapy of high-risk lipid abnormalities in children and adolescents: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, and Obesity in Youth Committee, Council of Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, with the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing
To examine new evidence on the association of lipid abnormalities with early atherosclerosis and highlight results of clinical trials with statin...
Guidelines for the early management of adults with ischemic stroke. A guideline from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Council, Clinical Cardiology Council, Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention Council, and the Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease and Quality of Care Outcomes in Research Interdisciplinary Working Groups
Guidelines for the Early Management of Adults With Ischemic Stroke. A Guideline From the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association Stroke Council, Clinical Cardiology Council, Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention Council, and the Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease and Quality of Care Outcomes in Research Interdisciplinary Working Groups
To provide recommendations to be used by physicians who provide acute stroke care within the first hours to time of initial diagnosis, treatment and...
Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women: 2007 update
To present the most current evidence-based clinical recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women >20 years of age with...
Recommendations and considerations related to preparticipation screening for cardiovascular abnormalities in competitive athletes: 2007 update. A scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism: endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
Preparticipation cardiovascular screening including medical history, family history and physical examination, prophylactic prevention of cardiac...
Recommendations for the standardization and interpretation of the electrocardiogram. Part I: the electrocardiogram and its technology. A scientific statement from the American Heart Association Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology; the American College of Cardiology Foundation; and the Heart Rhythm Society. Endorsed by the International Society for Computerized Electrocardiology
To examine the relation of the resting ECG to its technology, foster understanding of how modern ECG is derived and displayed & establish standards...
Use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs: an update for clinicians. A scientific statement from the American Heart Association
To provide updated recommendation for the use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in patients with known cardiovascular disease or risk...
Acute coronary syndromes. A national clinical guideline
To provide evidence-based recommendations on the in-hospital management of patients with an acute coronary syndrome, as well as the duration of...
Atrial fibrillation
To increase the percentage of patients age 18 years and older who are diagnosed with A Fib. To improve the consistency of anticoagulation in patients...
Cardiac arrhythmias in coronary heart disease. A national clinical guideline
To provide evidence-based recommendations for the management of cardiac arrest and the arrhythmias associated with acute coronary syndromes, chronic...
Cardiac stress test supplement
To aid the clinician in selecting the type of stress test for an individual patient in a specific clinical situation for all patients needing a...
