The ACC and the AHA have long been involved in the joint development of practice guidelines
designed to assist healthcare providers in the management of selected cardiovascular …

The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines was formed to make recommendations
regarding the diagnosis and treatment of patients with known or suspected cardiovascular …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive review was conducted on literature published through November 2012, and other …

Several excellent guidelines already exist on treating patients who have ventricular
arrhythmias (Table 1). The purpose of this document is to update and combine the previously …

Heart failure (HF) is a major and growing public health problem in the United States.
Approximately 5 million patients in this country have HF, and over 550 000 patients are diagnosed …

Late-breaking clinical trials presented at the 2005 and 2006 annual scientific meetings of
the ACC, AHA, and European Society of Cardiology, as well as selected other data, were …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive review was conducted on literature published through March 1, 2020. Searches …

… The American Heart Association requests that this document be cited as follows: Nishimura
RA, Otto CM, Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Erwin JP 3rd, Fleisher LA, Jneid H, Mack MJ, …

Background—Noninvasive assessment of diastolic filling by Doppler echocardiography
provides important information about left ventricular (LV) status in selected subsets of patients. …

Guidelines (Task Force) directs this effort by developing, updating, and revising practice
guidelines for cardiovascular diseases and procedures. Experts in the subject under …