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2019 Guidelines on Chronic Coronary Syndromes

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a pathological process characterized by atherosclerotic plaque accumulation in the epicardial arteries, whether obstructive or non-obstructive. This process can be modified by lifestyle adjustments, pharmacological therapies, and invasive interventions designed to achieve disease stabilization or regression. The disease can have long, stable periods but can also become unstable at any time, typically due to an acute atherothrombotic event caused by plaque rupture or erosion. However, the disease is chronic, most often progressive, and hence serious, even in clinically apparently silent periods. The dynamic nature of the CAD process results in various clinical presentations, which can be conveniently categorized as either acute coronary syndromes (ACS) or chronic coronary syndromes (CCS). The Guidelines presented refer to the management of patients with CCS.

Coronary Artery Disease (Chronic)
CV Surgery - Coronary Arteries
Guidelines version available to download
Full text
Published in 2019
Reference doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehz425
Corrigendum
Published in 2019
Reference doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehz825
Web addenda
Published in 2019
Reference CCS
Related materials
Published in 2019
Reference Questions & Answers 2019 CCS Guidelines
Pocket guidelines
Published in 2019
Reference 
App
Published in 2019
Reference Pocket Guidelines App
Slide-set
Published in 2019
Reference 2019 Slides on CCS
Declarations of interest
Endorsed by cardiac societies
Austrian Society of Cardiology , Belgian Society of Cardiology , Belorussian Scientific Society of Cardiologists , Association of Cardiologists of Bosnia & Herzegovina , Bulgarian Society of Cardiology , Croatian Cardiac Society , Czech Society of Cardiology , French Society of Cardiology , German Cardiac Society , Hellenic Society of Cardiology , Hungarian Society of Cardiology , Kosovo Society of Cardiology , Kyrgyz Society of Cardiology , Italian Federation of Cardiology , Latvian Society of Cardiology , Lebanese Society of Cardiology , Lithuanian Society of Cardiology , Luxembourg Society of Cardiology , Maltese Cardiac Society , Polish Cardiac Society , Portuguese Society of Cardiology , Romanian Society of Cardiology , Russian Society of Cardiology , Cardiology Society of Serbia , Slovak Society of Cardiology , Slovenian Society of Cardiology , Spanish Society of Cardiology , Turkish Society of Cardiology , Ukrainian Association of Cardiology
Previous version available to download
Full text
Published in 2013
Reference Eur Heart J 2013;34:2949–3003 - doi:10.1093/eurheartj/eht296
Related materials
Published in 2013
Reference Web Addenda
Corrigendum
Published in 2014
Reference Corrigendum SCAD

 

 

 
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