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Guidelines

Effectiveness-based guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in women--2011 update: a guideline from the american heart association.
Mosca L, Benjamin EJ, Berra K, et al. Circulation. 2011;123:1243-1262
Racial-ethnic disparities in stroke care: the American experience: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
Cruz-Flores S, Rabinstein A, Biller J, et al. Stroke. 2011;42:2091-2116.
ACCF/ACG/AHA 2010 Expert Consensus Document on the Concomitant Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors and Thienopyridines: A Focused Update of the ACCF/ACG/AHA 2008 Expert Consensus Document on Reducing the Gastrointestinal Risks of Antiplatelet Therapy and NSAID Use.
Abraham NS, Hlatky MA, Antman EM, et al. Circulation. 2010 Nov 8. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
Cardiac risk assessment before the use of stimulant medications in children and youth: A joint position statement by the Canadian Paediatric Society, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, and the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Warren AE, Hamilton RM, Bélanger SA, et al. Can J Cardiol. 2009 ;25:625-630.
ACC/AHA 2005 practice guidelines for the management of patients with peripheral arterial disease (lower extremity, renal, mesenteric, and abdominal aortic)
Hirsch AT, Haskal ZJ, Hertzer NR, et al; American Association for Vascular Surgery; Society for Vascular Surgery; Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions; Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology; Society of Interventional Radiology; ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease; American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Society for Vascular Nursing; TransAtlantic Inter-Society Consensus; Vascular Disease Foundation. Circulation. 2006;113:e463-e465.
AHA/ASA guidelines for prevention of stroke in patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack
Sacco RL, Adams R, Albers G, et al; American Heart Association; American Stroke Association Council on Stroke; Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention; American Academy of Neurology. Stroke. 2006;37:577-617.
AHA/ACC guidelines for secondary prevention for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease: 2006 update
Smith SC Jr, Allen J, Blair SN, et al. Circulation. 2006;113:2363-2372.
TASC II document on the management of peripheral arterial disease
Adam DJ, Bradbury AW. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2007;33:1-2.
ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes
Bassand J-P, Hamm CW, Ardissino D, et al. Eur Heart J. 2007;28:1598-1660.
Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease
Vahanian A, Baumgartner H, Bax J, et al; Task Force on the Management of Valvular Hearth Disease of the European Society of Cardiology; ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines. Eur Heart J. 2007;28:230-268. No abstract available.
ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities
Epstein AE, DiMarco JP, Ellenbogen KA et al. ACC/AHA Task Force Members. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2008;51:1-62.
Valvular and structural heart disease: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition)
Salem DN, O'Gara PT, Madias C, Pauker SG; American College of Chest Physicians. Chest. 2008 Jun;133(6 Suppl):593S-629S.
Antithrombotic therapy for peripheral artery occlusive disease: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition)
Sobel M, Verhaeghe R; American College of Chest Physicians. Chest. 2008;133:815S-843S.
2008 focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease
Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Chatterjee K, et al; American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008;52:e1-e142. No abstract available.
American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation/Heart Rhythm Society scientific statement on noninvasive risk stratification techniques for identifying patients at risk for sudden cardiac death: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology Committee on Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias and Council on Epidemiology and Prevention
Goldberger JJ, Cain ME, Hohnloser SH, et al; American Heart Association; American College of Cardiology Foundation; Heart Rhythm Society. Circulation. 2008;118:1497-1518. No abstract available.
2007 Focused Update of the ACC/AHA 2004 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Antman EM, Hand M, Armstrong PW, et al. Circulation. 2008;117:296-329.
Evidence-based stroke rehabilitation: an expanded guidance document from the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) guidelines for management of ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack 2008
Quinn TJ, Paolucci S, Sivenius J, Walker MF, Toni D, Lees KR; European Stroke Organisation Executive Committee; European Stroke Organisation Writing Committee. J Rehabil Med. 2009;41:99-111.
A review of the evidence for the use of telemedicine within stroke systems of care: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Schwamm LH, Holloway RG, Amarenco P, et al; American Heart Association Stroke Council; Interdisciplinary Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease. Stroke. 2009;40:2616-2634.
Expansion of the time window for treatment of acute ischemic stroke with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator: a science advisory from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Del Zoppo GJ, Saver JL, Jauch EC, Adams HP Jr; American Heart Association Stroke Council. Stroke. 2009;40:2945-2948. No abstract available.
Comprehensive overview of nursing and interdisciplinary care of the acute ischemic stroke patient: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.
Summers D, Leonard A, Wentworth D, et al; American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and the Stroke Council. Stroke. 2009;40:2911-2944. No abstract available.