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Consensus and Position Papers on Acute Cardiovascular Care

Association for Acute CardioVascular Care (ACVC)

2025

Reperfusion Therapy for ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Low to Middle-Income Countries
2025

Vaccination as a new form of cardiovascular prevention
2025

Diet and nutrition in cardiovascular disease prevention
2025

Heat extremes and cardiovascular diseases
2025

Cardiovascular diseases, prevention, and management of complications in older adults and frail patients treated for elective or post-traumatic hip orthopaedic interventions
2024

Imaging in acute percutaneous mechanical circulatory support in adults
2024

Ventricular septal defect complicating acute myocardial infarction
2024

European practices on antithrombotic management during percutaneous MCS in adults
2024

Management of cardiac emergencies in women
2023

Diagnosis and treatment of right ventricular failure secondary to acutely increased right ventricular afterload (acute cor pulmonale): a clinical consensus statement of the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care of the European Society of Cardiology
2023

Placing patient-reported outcomes at the centre of cardiovascular clinical practice: implications for quality of care and management
2023

Management of short-term MCS for cardiogenic shock in the ICCU
2023

Within and beyond 12-month efficacy and safety of antithrombotic strategies in patients with established coronary artery disease
2023
Quality indicators for post-resuscitation care after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
2022

Acute LDL-C reduction post ACS: strike early and strike strong: from evidence to clinical practice
2022

Management of comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Europe: current treatment practice and adherence to guidelines
2022
Evaluation and management of cancer patients presenting with acute cardiac disease – Part 2
2021

Evaluation and management of cancer patients presenting with acute cardiovascular disease
2021

2020 Update of the quality indicators for acute myocardial infarction: a position paper of the Association for Acute Cardiovascular Care: the study group for quality indicators from the ACVC and the NSTE-ACS guideline group
2021

Composition, structure, and function of heart teams: a joint position paper of the ACVC, EAPCI, EACTS, and EACTA focused on the management of patients with complex coronary artery disease requiring myocardial revascularization
2020

The cardiac arrest centre for the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest due to presumed cardiac cause: aims, function, and structure: Position paper of the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care of the European Society of Cardiology (AVCV), European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI), European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), European Resuscitation Council (ERC), European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM) and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)
2020

Biomarkers of coagulation and fibrinolysis in acute myocardial infarction: a joint position paper of the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care and the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Thrombosis
2020

Atrial fibrillation in acute heart failure: A position statement from the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association and European Heart Rhythm Association of the European Society of Cardiology
2020

Acute Cardiovascular Care Association position statement for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock: A document of the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association of the European Society of Cardiology
2020

Diagnosis and risk stratification of chest pain patients in the emergency department: focus on acute coronary syndromes. A position paper of the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association
2019
Cardiac arrhythmias in the emergency settings of acute coronary syndrome and revascularization
2018

Management of antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome and/or undergoing percutaneous cardiovascular interventions
2018

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection
2017

Intensive Cardiovascular Care Units: An update on their definition, structure, organisation and function
2017

The organization of chest pain units
2016

Quality indicators for acute myocardial infarction
2016
Challenges in secondary prevention after acute myocardial infarction: A call for action
2016
Safe discharge of acute heart failure patients from the emergency department
2016
Will sacubitril-valsartan diminish the clinical utility of B-type natriuretic peptide testing in acute cardiac care?
2015

Pre-hospital management of patients with chest pain and/or dyspnoea of cardiac origin
2015

How to use D-dimer in acute cardiovascular care
2015
Acute heart failure: A call for interdisciplinary care
2014
The use of echocardiography in acute cardiovascular care
2014

EHRA/ACCA/EAPCI: Cardiac arrhythmias in acute coronary syndromes
2014

In search for the Holy Grail: Suggestions for studies to define delta changes to diagnose or exclude acute myocardial infarction
2013

Radial approach in percutaneous cardiovascular interventions