2025 ESC Clinical Consensus Statement on mental health and cardiovascular disease

Developed under the auspices of the ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee

29 Aug 2025

This clinical consensus statement on mental health and cardiovascular disease highlights the multidirectional relationship between mental health, cardiovascular health and cardiovascular disease and its impact on cardiovascular risk and prognosis. Consensus statements from a multidisciplinary task force provide advice on assessment and management of mental health conditions in people at risk for and living with cardiovascular disease, as well as for persons with severe mental illness and other specific subgroups. Changes to practice are advocated to integrate mental health into person-centred care of patients with cardiovascular disease and more research to understand better how to improve assessment and management of mental and cardiovascular health together.

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Topic(s):

Coronary Artery Disease (Chronic)

Cardio-Oncology

Acute Cardiac Care

Atrial Fibrillation

Cardiovascular Disease in Women

Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD)

Valvular Heart Disease

Chronic Heart Failure

Acute Heart Failure

Arrhythmias and Device Therapy

Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly

Acute Coronary Syndromes

Endorsed by cardiac societies

Armenian Cardiologists Association , Austrian Society of Cardiology , Belgian Society of Cardiology , Croatian Cardiac Society , Czech Society of Cardiology , Estonian Society of Cardiology , French Society of Cardiology , German Cardiac Society , Georgian Society of Cardiology , Hungarian Society of Cardiology , Irish Cardiac Society , Italian Federation of Cardiology , Association of Cardiologists of Kazakhstan , Kosovo Society of Cardiology , Kyrgyz Society of Cardiology , Latvian Society of Cardiology , Luxembourg Society of Cardiology , Maltese Cardiac Society , National Society of Cardiology of North Macedonia , Polish Cardiac Society , Romanian Society of Cardiology , San Marino Society of Cardiology , Cardiology Society of Serbia , Slovak Society of Cardiology