Guidelines Publication Schedule

ESC Guidelines and documents planned for 2026

• Heart Failure
  Chairpersons: Marianna Adamo and Lars Køber
• Cardiac rehabilitation
  Chairpersons: Maria Bäck, Dominique Hansen and Matthias Wilhelm 
• Chronic kidney disease in cardiovascular disease
  Chairpersons: Kevin Damman and William Herrington

• 5th Universal definition of myocardial infarction
  Chairpersons: Nicholas Mills, Kristin Newby, Sarah Zaman

ESC Guidelines and documents planned for 2025

• Cardiovascular disease during pregnancy (Guidelines)
  Chairpersons: Julie De Backer and Kristina Hermann Haugaa
• Cardiovascular disease and mental health (Consensus Statement)
  Chairpersons: Hector Bueno and Christi Deaton
• Myocarditis and pericarditis (Guidelines)
  Chairpersons: Massimo Imazio and Jeanette Schulz-Menger
• Valvular heart disease (Joint Guidelines with EACTS)
  Chairpersons: Fabien Praz and Michael A. Borger
• Focused update of the 2019 dyslipidaemias guidelines
  Chairpersons: François Mach, Konstantinos Koskinas and Jeanine Roeters Van Lennep

ESC Guidelines published in 2024

• Elevated blood pressure and hypertension
  Chairpersons: John William McEvoy and Rhian Touyz
• Atrial fibrillation
  Chairpersons: Isabelle C. Van Gelder and Dipak Kotecha 
• Chronic coronary syndromes
  Chairpersons: Felicita Andreotti and Christiaan Vrints
• Peripheral arterial and aortic diseases
  Chairpersons: Lucia Mazzolai and José Rodriguez Palomares

ESC Guidelines and documents published in 2023

• Acute coronary syndromes
  Chairpersons: Robert Byrne and Borja Ibanez
• Cardiomyopathies
  Chairpersons: Elena Arbelo and Juan Pablo Kaski
• Cardiovascular disease and diabetes
  Chairpersons: Nikolaus Marx and Massimo Federici
• Endocarditis
  Chairpersons: Victoria Delgado and Michael Borger
• Focused update of the 2021 heart failure guidelines
  Chairpersons: Theresa McDonagh and Marco Metra

ESC Guidelines and documents published in 2022

• Ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death
  Chairpersons: Katja Zeppenfeld and Jacob Tfelt-Hansen
• Cardiovascular assessment and management of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery
  Chairpersons: Sigrun Halvorsen and Julinda Mehilli
• Cardio-oncology
  Chairpersons: Alexander Lyon and Teresa Lopez-Fernandez
• Pulmonary hypertension
  Chairpersons: Stephan Rosenkranz and Marion Delcroix

ESC Guidelines and documents published in 2021

• Cardiac pacing
  Chairpersons: Jens Cosedis Nielsen and Michael Glikson
• Valvular heart disease
  Chairpersons: Alec Vahanian and Friedhelm Beyersdorf
• CVD prevention
  Chairpersons: Francois Mach and Frank Visseren
• Heart failure
  Chairpersons: Theresa McDonagh and Marco Metra

ESC Guidelines and documents published in 2020

• Non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes
  Chairpersons: Jean-Philippe Collet and Holger Thiele
• Atrial fibrillation
  Chairpersons: Tatiana Potpara and Gerhard Hindricks
• Adult congenital heart disease (previously grown-up congenital heart disease)
  Chairpersons: Helmut Baumgartner and Julie De Backer
• Sports cardiology and physical activity in patients with cardiovascular disease
  Chairpersons: Antonio Pelliccia and Sanjay Sharma

ESC Guidelines and documents published in 2019

• Diabetes, pre-diabetes and cardiovascular disease
  Chairpersons: Francesco Consentino and Peter Grant
• Acute pulmonary embolism
  Chairpersons: Stavros Konstantinides and Guy Meyer
• Supraventricular tachycardia
  Chairpersons: Josep Brugada and Demosthenes Katritsis
• Chronic coronary syndromes (previously Stable Coronary Artery Disease)
  Chairpersons: William Wijns and Juhani Knuuti
• Dyslipidaemias
  Chairpersons: Colin Baigent, Francois Mach and Alberico Catapano

ESC Guidelines and documents published in 2018

• Syncope
  Chairpersons: Michele Brignole and Angel Moya
• Fourth universal definition of MI and myocardial Injury
  Chairpersons: Kristian Thygesen, Joseph Alpert and Harvey White
• Myocardial revascularization
  Chairpersons: Franz Joseph Neumann and Miguel Sousa Uva
• CVD during pregnancy
  Chairpersons: Vera Regitz-Zagrosek and Jolien Roos-Hesselink
• Arterial hypertension
  Chairpersons: Bryan Williams and Giuseppe Mancia

ESC Guidelines and documents published in 2017

• AMI-STEMI
  Chairpersons: Stefan James and Borja Ibanez
• Focused update on dual anti-platelet therapy
  Chairperson: Marco Valgimigli
• Peripheral arterial disease
  Chairpersons: Victor Aboyans and Jean-Baptiste Ricco
• Valvular heart disease
  Chairpersons: Helmut Baumgartner and Volkmar Falk

ESC Guidelines and documents published in 2016

• Cardio-oncology (Position Paper)
  Chairpersons: Jose Luis Zamorano and Patrizio Lancellotti
• CVD prevention
  Chairpersons: Massimo Piepoli and Arno W. Hoes
• Atrial fibrillation
  Chairpersons: Paulus Kirchhof and Stefano Benussi
• Heart failure
  Chairpersons: Piotr Ponikowski and Adriaan Voors