Cardiology

• Focused Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation (2018)

• Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference: Atrial Fibrillation (2004) (PDF)

• Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society in Collaboration With the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (2019)

• ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death (2006)

• Guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation: full text: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on practice guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2001 guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation) developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Rhythm Society.(2006)

• Guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular arrhythmias - executive summary. A report of the American college of cardiology/American heart association task force on practice guidelines and the European society of cardiology committee for practice guidelines (2003)

Canadian Guidelines:

• Canadian Cardiovascular Society: Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation (2018)
• Canadian Cardiovascular Society: Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation Focused Update (2018)
  
• Thombosis Canada: Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation (2017)

Other Guidelines:

• NICE Pathway: Heart Rhythm Conditions (UK, 2018)
• NICE Pathway: Atrial Fibrillation (UK, 2019)
• NICE Guideline: Atrial Fibrillation (UK, 2014)
• American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, & Heart Rhythm Society: Focused Update: Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (US, 2019)

• Hypertension guidelines for pharmacists: 2009 update
• The Use of Antiplatelet Therapy in the Outpatient Setting: Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines Executive Summary (PUBMED)
• 2014 CHEP Recommendations (Canadian Hypertension Society)
• 2008 Canadian Hypertension Education Program Guidelines for the management of hypertension by pharmacists
• Guidelines for the management of dyslipidemia and prevention of cardiovascular disease by pharmacists

Canadian Guidelines:

• Canadian Cardiovascular Society: The CCS Comprehensive Update of the Management of Heart Failure (2017)
• Canadian Cardiovascular Society: Heart Failure Companion (2016)
  

Other Guidelines:

• NICE Pathway: Acute Heart Failure (UK, 2019)
• NICE Pathway: Chronic Heart Failure (UK, 2019)
• NICE Guideline: Acute Heart Failure (UK, 2014)
• NICE Guideline: Chronic Heart Failure (UK, 2018)
• American Heart Association & American College of Cardiology: Management of Heart Failure (US, 2013)

Canadian Guidelines:

• Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidemia for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in the Adult (2016)

Other Guidelines:

• NICE Pathway: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (UK, 2019)
• NICE Guideline: Lipid modification (UK, 2016)
• American College of Cardiology: Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol (US, 2018)
  
• American Heart Association & American College of Cardiology: Lifestyle Management to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk (US, 2013)

• Canada
  • Howlett JG, McKelvie RS, Costigan J for the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. The 2010 Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines for the diagnosis and management of heart failure update: Heart failure in ethnic minority populations, heart failure and pregnancy, disease management, and quality improvement/assurance programs. Can J Cardiol. 2010 Apr;26(4):185-202. Review.
• • Howlett JG, McKelvie RS, Arnold JM et al for the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference guidelines on heart failure, update 2009: diagnosis and management of right-sided heart failure, myocarditis, device therapy and recent important clinical trials. Can J Cardiol. 2009 Feb;25(2):86-105.
  • Malcom J, Arnold O, Howlett JG et al for the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference guidelines on heart failure - 2008 update: best practices for the transition of care of heart failure patients, and the recognition, investigation and treatment of cardiomyopathies. Can J Cardiol. 2008 Jan;24(1):21-40.
  • Arnold JM, Howlett JG, Dorian P et al. Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference recommendations on heart failure update 2007: Prevention, management during intercurrent illness or acute decompensation, and use of biomarkers. Can J Cardiol. 2007 Jan;23(1):21-45.
• Europe
  • Acute and Chronic Heart Failure. ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines
• United States
  • 2009 Focused Update Incorporated Intothe ACC/AHA 2005 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in Adults (PDF).

Canadian Guidelines:

• Canadian Hypertension Education Progream (CHEP):Recommendations for Blood Pressure Measurement, Diagnosis, Assessment of Risk, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension (2016)

Other Guidelines:

• NICE Pathway: Hypertension (UK, 2019)
• American Society of Hypertension: Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults (US, 2014)
• NICE Guideline: Hypertension in Adults: Diagnosis & Management (UK, 2019)

• ACC/AHA 2005 Practice Guidelines for the management of patients with peripheral arterial disease.

Primary Prevention

• Redberg RF, Benjamin EJ, Bittner V et al. ACCF/AHA 2009 performance measures for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Performance Measures for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease) developed in collaboration with the American Academy of Family Physicians; American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation; and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association: endorsed by the American College of Preventive Medicine, American College of Sports Medicine, and Society for Women's Health Research. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Sep 29;54(14):1364-405. PubMed PMID: 19778679.

Secondary Prevention

• Becker RC, Meade TW, Berger PB et al. The primary and secondary prevention of coronary artery disease: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition).Chest. 2008 Jun;133(6 Suppl):776S-814S.

• Alberti KG, Eckel RH, Grundy SM et al. Harmonizing the metabolic syndrome: a joint interim statement of the International Diabetes Federation Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; American Heart Association; World Heart Federation; International Atherosclerosis Society; and International Association for the Study of Obesity. Circulation. 2009 Oct 20; 120(16):1640-5. Epub 2009 Oct 5.
• Graham I, Atar D, Borch-Johnsen K et al. European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: full text. Fourth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (constituted by representatives of nine societies adn by invited experts). Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2007 Sep;14 Suppl 2:S1-113.
• Graham I, Atar D, Borch-Johnsen K et al. European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: executive summary. Fourth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (constituted by representatives of nine societies and by invited experts). Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2007 Sep;14 Suppl 2:E1-40.

Canadian Guidelines:

• Thrombosis Canada: Deep Vein Thombosis Treatment (2019)
• Thrombosis Canada: Deep Vein Thrombosis Diagnosis (2015)
• Thrombosis Canada: Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (2015)

Other Guidelines:

• NICE Pathway: Venous Thromboembolism (UK, 2015)
• American Heart Association: Management of Pulmonary Embolism, Iliofemoral Deep Vein Thrombosis, and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (US, 2011)
• NICE Guideline: Venous Thromboembolism (UK, 2015)