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2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI guideline for the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on clinical practice guidelines[2]

Published by:American Heart Association; American College of Cardiology

Last published:2025

2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI guideline for the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes[2]

Published by:American Heart Association; American College of Cardiology

Last published:2025

2023 ESC guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes[5]

Published by:European Society of Cardiology

Last published:2023

European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS) expert consensus statement on the state of genetic testing for cardiac diseases[111]

Published by:European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS)

Last published:2022

Non-invasive imaging in coronary syndromes[84]

Published by:European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging; American Society of Echocardiography

Last published:2022

2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR guideline for the evaluation and diagnosis of chest pain[7]

Published by:American Heart Association; American College of Cardiology; American Society of Echocardiography; American College of Chest Physicians; Society for Academic Emergency Medicine; Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography; Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Last published:2021

2021 ACC/AHA/SCAI guideline for coronary artery revascularization[97]

Published by:American College of Cardiology; American Heart Association; Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions

Last published:2021

Acute coronary syndromes[86]

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK)

Last published:2020

Guidelines on myocardial revascularization[89]

Published by:European Society of Cardiology; European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Last published:2018

2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA guideline on the management of blood cholesterol[163]

Published by:American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

Last published:2018

Fourth universal definition of myocardial infarction[4]

Published by:European Society of Cardiology; American College of Cardiology Foundation; American Heart Association; World Heart Federation

Last published:2018

2017 AHA/ACC clinical performance and quality measures for adults with ST-elevation and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction[213]

Published by:American Heart Association; American College of Cardiology

Last published:2017

ACC/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/STS 2016 appropriate use criteria for coronary revascularization in patients with acute coronary syndromes[214]

Published by:American College of Cardiology; American Association for Thoracic Surgery; American Heart Association; American Society of Echocardiography; American Society of Nuclear Cardiology; Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions; Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography; Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Last published:2016

Recent-onset chest pain of suspected cardiac origin: assessment and diagnosis[79]

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK)

Last published:2016

Depression as a risk factor for poor prognosis among patients with acute coronary syndrome[63]

Published by:American Heart Association

Last published:2014

2012 ACCF/AHA/HRS focused update of the 2008 guidelines for device-based therapy of cardiac rhythm abnormalities[215]

Published by:American College of Cardiology Foundation; American Heart Association; Heart Rhythm Society

Last published:2012

AHA/ACCF secondary prevention and risk reduction therapy for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease: 2011 update[216]

Published by:American Heart Association; American College of Cardiology Foundation

Last published:2011

Prevention of premature discontinuation of dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary artery stents[217]

Published by:American College of Cardiology; American Heart Association; Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions; American College of Surgeons; American Dental Association; American College of Chest Physicians

Last published:2007

Cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease[160]

Published by:American Heart Association; American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Last published:2005

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