Treatment Guidelines

December 12, 2022

Published on December 12, the American Heart Association's scientific statement on diagnosis and management of acute coronary syndromes in older adults provides a review of several important topics including physiological changes, the influence of common geriatric syndromes, and age-appropriate and guideline-concordant recommendations for this patient population.

December 08, 2022

Published on December 8, the AHA's scientific statement aims to combat medical misinformation by offering clinicians an overview of the contemporary knowledge base surrounding complementary and alternative medicine in patients with heart failure.

November 03, 2022

Released on Nov. 2, the 2022 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Disease were created to be used concurrently with guidance published in 2020 and to replace previous guidance published in 2010 and 2015.

October 20, 2022

Announced on October 19, the American Heart Association's Cardiogenic Shock Registry powered by Get With The Guidelines was created with the intent of providing researchers with access to real-time data related to care and outcomes of patients with cardiogenic shock in the US to help improve management.

August 27, 2022

Our cardiology month in review spotlights the most popular content from the past month. The top content from August 2022 includes new antithrombotic guidance from CHEST, USPSTF recommendation statement on statin use in primary prevention, and coverage of ESC 22, including DELIVER, TIME, and other late-breaking data.

August 23, 2022

The USPSTF released a new recommendation statement on August 23 outlining the organization's stance on use of statins for primary prevention based on current available evidence, with recommendations made for those 40-75, 75 and older, and based on 10-year CVD risk.

July 26, 2022

On July 26, the US Preventive Services Task Force released an updated recommendation statement outlining the organization's stance on behavioral counseling aimed at improving diet and physical activity in adults without cardiovascular risk factors, which was awarded a level C recommendation and is consistent with their 2017 recommendations on the topic.

May 28, 2022

Our cardiology month in review spotlights the most popular content from the past month. This month's top articles include news from DELIVER, new guidelines for ICH and PFO, and a juxtaposition of international heart failure guidelines.

May 17, 2022

Published on May 17, the 2022 AHA/ASA guidelines for the management of intracerebral hemorrhage were created with the intent of replacing 2015 guidance with updated evidence-based recommendations.

May 04, 2022

In this episode of Don't Miss a Beat, hosts Drs. Greene and Vaduganathan break down the new ACC/AHA/HFSA heart failure guidelines debuted at ACC.22 and compare the recommendations against those made in the European Society of Cardiology's 2021 heart failure guidelines.