2021 Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain was released in October 2021 and discussed in multiple sessions during AHA21. It was a collaboration between cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, cardiac intensivists, epidemiologists, and emergency medicine specialists. The team has focused on a symptom rather than a disease, making this approach unique. In the U.S, … Read more
“2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease” was co-published in the Circulation and in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology on December 17th, 2020. In this article, I will provide the recommendations and updates from these guidelines particularly the new changes compared to the older valvular disease guideline statement from … Read more
The newest ACC/AHA guidelines were just published and is exclusively discusses the primary prevention of CVDs and excludes the care of patients with known atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases as they are classified as “secondary prevention.”1 Here are the most important messages from the 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.1 Promotion of … Read more