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Publication Date	Title	Core Syllabus Topic
2007	Non-ST-segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes (Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of) Available documents :	Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
2007	Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (European Guidelines on) Available documents :	Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management
2007	Management of Arterial Hypertension Available documents :	Hypertension
2007	Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction Available documents :	Myocardial Disease
2007	Cardiac Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Available documents :	Arrhythmias
2007	The Role of Endomyocardial Biopsy in the Management of Cardiovascular Disease Available documents :	Myocardial Disease
2007	Diabetes, Pre-diabetes, and Cardiovascular Diseases Available documents :	Diabetic heart disease
2007	Valvular Heart Disease (Management of) Available documents :	Valvular Heart Diseases
2006	Atrial Fibrillation (Management of) Available documents :	Atrial Fibrillation
2006	Stable Angina Pectoris (Management of) Available documents :	Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)
2006	Sudden Cardiac Death (Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death (ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With) Available documents :	Sudden Cardiac Death and Resuscitation
2006	Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death (ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With) Available documents :	Arrhythmias
2005	Acute Heart Failure (Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of) Available documents :	Heart Failure (HF)
2005	Chronic Heart Failure (Diagnosis and Treatment of)- Executive Summary and Full Text Available documents :	Heart Failure (HF)
2005	Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (Guidelines for) Available documents :	Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
2004	Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors in Cardiovascular Disease (Expert Consensus Document on) Available documents :	Clinical pharmacology
2004	Antiplatelet Agents (Expert Consensus Document on the Use of) Available documents :	Clinical pharmacology
2004	B-Adrenergic Receptor Blockers (Expert Consensus Document on) Available documents :	Clinical pharmacology
2004	Infective Endocarditis (Guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of) Available documents :	Infective Endocarditis
2004	Pericardial Diseases (Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of) Available documents :	Pericardial Disease
2004	Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (Guidelines on Diagnosis and Treatment of) Available documents :	Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
2004	Syncope (Guidelines on Diagnosis and Treatment of) - Update 2004 Available documents :	Syncope
2003	Acute Myocardial Infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation (Management of) Available documents :	Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
2003	Cardiovascular Diseases during Pregnancy (Expert Consensus Document on Management of) Available documents :	Pregnancy and Heart Disease
2003	Estimation of ten-year risk of fatal cardiovascular disease in Europe: the SCORE project Available documents :	Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management
2003	Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease (Management of) Available documents :	Congenital Heart Disease
2003	Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (Clinical Expert Consensus Document on) Available documents :	Myocardial Disease
2003	Medical Practice Guidelines: Separating science from economics Available documents :	Other
2003	Supraventricular Arrhythmias (ACC/AHA/ESC Guidelines for the Management of Patients with) Available documents :	Arrhythmias
2002	Chest Pain (Management of) Available documents :	Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
2002	Neonatal Electrocardiogram (Guidelines for the interpretation of the) Available documents :	Congenital Heart Disease
2001	Aortic Dissection (Diagnosis and Management of) Available documents :	Diseases of the Aorta and Trauma to the Aorta and Heart
2000	Acute Pulmonary Embolism (Diagnosis and Management of) Available documents :	Thromboembolic Venous Disease

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