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Guidelines aim to present all the relevant evidence on a particular clinical issue in order to help physicians to weigh the benefits and risks of a particular diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. They should be helpful in everyday clinical medical decision-making.

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2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension

Landmark clinical Guidelines introduced at Europe’s biggest blood pressure conference in Milan: Lifestyle factors, lack of awareness by both patients and physicians, hesitancy in initiating and intensifying drug treatment, and healthcare structural deficiencies are amongst the reasons for the increasing problem of high blood pressure in Europe, according to new joint Guidelines issued by the ESH and ESC. Read more | Access the Guidelines

Evaluation of the impact of the joint ESC - EASD Guidelines on the prevention of CVD in diabetic patients.

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Management of Valvular Heart Disease: Essential messages are now available!

The essential messages from ESC/EACTS Guidelines on the management of Valvular Heart Disease now available! Read the take home messages and the gaps in evidence.

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Summary of Valvular Heart disease

The importance of a collaborative approach between cardiologists and cardiac surgeons (the ‘heart team’) in the management of patients with valvular heart disease (VHD) has led to the production of a joint document by the European Society of Cardiology and the European Association for Cardio- Thoracic Surgery.
Now also available A short education card developed for the GPs that will help on passing on the guidelines’ messages.

CVD Prevention & Atrial Fibrillation Pocket Guidelines now available for mobiles

CVD Prevention 2012 & Atrial Fibrillation 2012 Pocket Guidelines are now available for iPhone(R) /iPod touch(R), Smartphone, Androids.

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35 ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

Date	Title	Topic
2013	Arterial Hypertension (Management of)	Hypertension
2012	Third Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction	Myocardial Disease
2012	Valvular Heart Disease (Management of)	Valvular Heart Diseases
2012	Atrial Fibrillation (Management of) 2010 and Focused Update (2012)	Atrial Fibrillation
2012	Acute Myocardial Infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation (Management of)	Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
2012	Acute and Chronic Heart Failure	Heart Failure (HF)
2012	CVD Prevention in clinical practice (European Guidelines on)	Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management
2011	Dyslipidaemias (Management of)	Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management
2011	Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation (Management of)	Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
2011	Cardiovascular Diseases during Pregnancy (Management of)	Pregnancy and Heart Disease
2011	Peripheral Artery Diseases (Diagnosis and Treatment of)	Peripheral Arterial Diseases
2010	Myocardial Revascularisation (Guidelines for)	Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
2010	Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease (Management of)	Congenital Heart Disease
2010	Device Therapy in Heart Failure (Focused Update)	Heart Failure (HF)
2009	Infective Endocarditis (Guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of)	Infective Endocarditis
2009	Syncope (Guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of)	Syncope
2009	Pre-operative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Perioperative Cardiac Management in Non-Cardiac Surgery	The Cardiac Consult
2009	Pulmonary Hypertension (Guidelines on Diagnosis and Treatment of)	Pulmonary Hypertension
2008	Acute Pulmonary Embolism (Diagnosis and Management of)	Thromboembolic Venous Disease
2007	Cardiac Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy	Arrhythmias
2007	Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases	Diabetic heart disease
2007	The Role of Endomyocardial Biopsy in the Management of Cardiovascular Disease	Myocardial Disease
2006	Stable Angina Pectoris (Management of)	Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)
2006	Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death (ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With)	Arrhythmias
2004	Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors in Cardiovascular Disease (Expert Consensus Document on)	Clinical pharmacology
2004	B-Adrenergic Receptor Blockers (Expert Consensus Document on)	Clinical pharmacology
2004	Pericardial Diseases (Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of)	Pericardial Disease
2004	Antiplatelet Agents (Expert Consensus Document on the Use of)	Clinical pharmacology
2003	Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (Clinical Expert Consensus Document on)	Myocardial Disease
2003	Supraventricular Arrhythmias (ACC/AHA/ESC Guidelines for the Management of Patients with)	Arrhythmias
2003	Medical Practice Guidelines: Separating science from economics
2003	Estimation of ten-year risk of fatal cardiovascular disease in Europe: the SCORE project	Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management
2002	Chest Pain (Management of)	Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
2002	Neonatal Electrocardiogram (Guidelines for the interpretation of the)	Congenital Heart Disease
2001	Aortic Dissection (Diagnosis and Management of)	Diseases of the Aorta and Trauma to the Aorta and Heart