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 …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in American women. Since 1984,
the annual cardiovascular disease mortality rate has remained greater for women than men; …

Aim The guideline for coronary artery revascularization replaces the 2011 coronary artery
bypass graft surgery and the 2011 and 2015 percutaneous coronary intervention guidelines …

Abstract Aims The Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC), founded in 2010, was
intended to (i) identify appropriate clinical endpoints and (ii) standardize definitions of these …

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 …

Surveys and registries are needed to verify that real-life daily practice is in keeping with what
is recommended in the guidelines, thus completing the loop between clinical research …

The current manuscript is an update of the original Practical Guide, published in June 2013
[Heidbuchel H, Verhamme P, Alings M, Antz M, Hacke W, Oldgren J, et al. European Heart …

Background It is unclear whether radial compared with femoral access improves outcomes
in unselected patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management …

The recommendations listed in this CPG are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive evidence review was conducted through October 2012, and other selected …

1.1. Methodology and Evidence Review The recommendations listed in this document are,
whenever possible, evidence based. The current document constitutes a full revision and …