These Guidelines represent the third time that the ESC and EACTS have brought together
cardiologists and cardiac surgeons in a joint Task Force to review the ever-increasing body …

Background: Revascularization is often performed in patients with stable ischemic heart
disease. However, whether revascularization reduces death and other cardiovascular …

always refer to the full text version, which is freely available on the ESC and EACTS
websites. The National Societies of the ESC are encouraged to endorse, translate, and …

Background The instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) is an index used to assess the severity
of coronary-artery stenosis. The index has been tested against fractional flow reserve (FFR) …

This consensus document is the second of two reports summarizing the views of an expert
panel organized by the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions …

Background: Coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) is a reliable modality to
detect coronary artery disease. However, CTA generally overestimates stenosis severity …

Aims Stenting an angiographically intermediate but functionally non-significant stenosis is
controversial. Nevertheless, it has been questioned if deferral of a functionally non …

Aims The value of elective coronary revascularisation plus medical therapy over medical
therapy alone in managing stable patients with coronary artery disease is debated. We …

Background The preferred initial treatment for patients with stable coronary artery disease is
the best available medical therapy. We hypothesized that in patients with functionally …

These guidelines are intended to apply to adult patients with stable known or suspected
ischemic heart disease (IHD), including those with new-onset chest pain (ie, low-risk …