Cardiology     

Clinical Practice Guidelines:   

Professional Organizations - Guidelines

• Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guideline Programs
• Clinical Practice Guidelines (European Society of Cardiology)
• Clinical Practice Guidelines (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)
• Practice Guidelines & Quality Standards (American College of Cardiology)

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pharmacists

• Hypertension guidelines for pharmacists: 2009 update
• The Use of Antiplatelet Therapy in the Outpatient Setting: Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines Executive Summary (PUBMED)
• 2012 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

Specific Conditions   

• Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Arrhythmias
• Dyslipidemia
• Heart Failure
• Hypertension
• Metabolic Syndrome
• Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Primary Prevention
• Secondary Prevention
• Thromboembolism

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Acute Coronary Syndromes   

• ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non–ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
• 2009 Focused Updates: ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (Updating the 2004 Guideline and 2007 Focused Update) and ACC/AHA/SCAI Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Updating the 2005 Guideline and 2007 Focused Update) (PDF)
  
• AHA/ACC Guidelines for Secondary Prevention for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2006 Update
• 2007 Chronic Angina Focused Update of the ACC/AHA 2002 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Chronic Stable Angina (PDF)
  

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• Systematic reviews in which drug therapy for Myocardial Ischemia is a major concept.
• Practice Guidelines in which drug therapy for Myocardial Ischemia is a major concept.

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Arrhythmias    

• Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference: Atrial Fibrillation 2004 Executive Summary (PDF)
• ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death - Full Text
• Fuster V, Rydén LE, Cannom DS et al. ACC/AHA/ESC 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. Europace. 2006 Sep;8(9):651-745.
• Blomström-Lundqvist C, Scheinman MM, Aliot EM et al. ACC/AHA/ESC 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 (writing committee to develop guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular arrhythmias) developed in collaboration with NASPE-Heart Rhythm Society. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003 Oct 15;42(8):1493-531. Review.
  

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Dyslipidemia    

• J Genest, R McPherson, J Frohlich, et al. 2009 Canadian
  Cardiovascular Society/Canadian guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of dyslipidemia and prevention of cardiovascular disease in the adult – 2009 recommendations. Can J Cardiol 2009;25(10): 567-579. 
• McPherson R, Frohlich J, Fodor G et al. Canadian Cardiovascular Society position statement--recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of dyslipidemia and prevention of cardiovascular disease. Can J Cardiol. 2006 Sep;22(11):913-27.
• Dyslipidemia in Adults with Diabetes (Canadian Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Committee)
• Genest et al. Recommendations for the management of dyslipidemia and the prevention of cardiovascular disease: 2003 update CMAJ 169 (9): 921.
• U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP). Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (ATP III) 
• National Cholesterol Education Program

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Heart Failure    

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):85-105.
• 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

• Task Force for Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure 2008 of European Society of Cardiology, Dickstein K, Cohen-Solal A, Filippatos G et al for the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines.  ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008: The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure 2008 of the European Society of Cardiology. Developed in collaboration with the Heart Failure Association of the ESC (HFA) and endorsed by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).  Eur Heart J. 2008 Oct;29(19):2388-442. Epub 2008 Sep 17.

United States

• 2009 Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2005 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in Adults (PDF)
  

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Hypertension    

• 2010 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations: An annual update. Can Fam Physician. 2010 Jul;56(7):649-653.
  
• 2008 Canadian Hypertension Education Program Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension by Pharmacists 
• The 2009 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part I--Blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk
• The 2010 Canadian Hypertension Education Program
  recommendations for the management of hypertension: part 2 - therapy
  
• Dietary Approaches to Prevent and Treat Hypertension: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association
• New British Guidelines: Analysis of Latest Trial Data Points to New Guidelines and Restructured Hypertension Therapy (Registration required) 
• NICE Guidance Documents: Hypertension - Management in Adults in Primary Care

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Metabolic Syndrome    

• 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 and 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.
  

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Peripheral Vascular Disease     

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

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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.

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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. 
• AHA/ACC Guidelines for Secondary Prevention for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2006 Update: Endorsed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

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Thromboembolism    

• Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy, 8th Ed: ACCP Guidelines
• Resource on Venous Thromboembolism (Center for Outcomes Research)
• The Thrombosis Interest Group of Canada

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Emerging Information:   

• Cardiology Resource Centers (Medscape, registration required)
• Clinical Trial Results
• EvidenceUpdates (BMJ Group/McMaster Plus, register and choose specialty area)
• TheHeart.Org (Registration required)

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Patient Decision Aids:    

• Patient Decision Aids (National Prescribing Centre)
• Patient Decision Aids (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)

Professional Organizations:   

• American College of Cardiology
• American College of Chest Physicians
• American Society of Hypertension, Inc.
• American Heart Association
• Canadian Cardiovascular Society
• Canadian Hypertension Society
• European Society of Cardiology
• Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
• International Society of Hypertension
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

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Trends and Risk Factors:   

Canada

• Statistics (Heart & Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia)

United Kingdom

• British Heart Foundation Statistics Website
  

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Recommended texts are linked to publishers' or book sellers' websites for further   ordering information:

• AHA Guidelines and Scientific Statements Handbook (Fuster/American Heart Association, 2009) - $
  
• Cardiovascular Risk Management (Hobbs & Arroll, 2009) - $
  
• Critical Pathways in Cardiovascular Medicine (Cannon & O'Gara, 2nd ed. 2006) - $
• Drugs for the Heart (Opie & Gersh, 7th ed. 2009) - $
  
• Hurst's the Heart (Fuster et al. 12th ed. 2008) - $
  
• Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension (Kaplan & Victor, 10th ed. 2009) - $
• Management of Complex Cardiovascular Problems: The Evidence-Based Medicine Approach (Nguyen et al. 3rd ed. 2007) - $
  
• Managing Oral Anticoagulation Therapy: Clinical and Operational Guidelines (Ansell et al. 3rd ed. 2009) - $
• Management Strategies in Antithrombotic Therapy (Askari et al. 2007) - $
  
•  Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach (DiPiro et al. 7th ed. 2008) - see Section 2: Cardiovascular Disorders - $
• Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach (DiPiro et al. 8th ed. 2011)
• PSAP-VI: Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment Program: Cardiology (American College of Clinical Pharmacy) - $
• Quick Reference to Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy (Cheng, 2002) - $
• Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine (Topol, 3rd ed. 2007) - $
• Textbook of Interventional Cardiovascular Pharmacology (Kipshidze et al. 2007) - $
  
• Vascular Medicine: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease (Creager et al. 2006) - $

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