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Series of recent cardiovascular prevention guidelines and advisories, from the American Heart Association (AHA).

Evidence-based practical guidance on the use of the new generation of anticoagulants, focusing on managing the acute event and on initiating or resuming anticoagulation for secondary prevention. [2016]

Report of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines and The Obesity Society (TOS). [2014]

Report of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines. [2014]

Systematic evidence review from a MultiSociety Panel and the Cholesterol Expert Panel (CEP), 2018 update. Covers all dyslipidemias, and both primary and secondary prevention, as well as safety recommendations.

Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. [2020]

Update to the 2018 guidelines for the early management of acute ischemic stroke, clarifying prior recommendations and revised with new clinical trial data, from The American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA). [2019]

Online journal that critically appraises the evidence in the cardiovascular research. Subscription required for full text, but abstracts accessible for free.

Peer-reviewed quarterly journal on evidence-based critical pathways for the management of patients with cardiac disorders. (Full-text by subscription, abstracts free)

American Academy of Neurology practice parameter on stroke prevention in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). [2014]

Updated report of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) on the management of atrial fibrillation. [2019]

Statement by the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) and the International Society of Hypertension (ISH). [2013]

Of all the recently released guidelines on hypertension, those from the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC-8) have met with the greatest debate.This review summarizes these new guidelines, their limitations, and the central issues surrounding them. [2015]

Brings evidence against the JNC-8 guidelines' relaxation of the treatment of hypertension in the context of patients 60 years or older, and in those with metabolic syndrome. [2014]

Evidence-based guidelines on lipid control from the European Society of Cardiology. Slideset included. [2011]

Evidence-based guidelines on atherosclerotic disease from the European Society of Cardiology. [2011]

Evidence-based heart failure guidelines from the European Society of Cardiology. [2012]

Review examines the unprecedented high rates of obesity, and the distribution of major cardiovascular disease risk factors, in a high risk population of obese African Americans, and calls for urgent earlier intervention through lifestyle modification to stop this epidemic. [2015]

This scientific statement emphasizes the importance of dietary patterns beyond individual foods or nutrients, underscores the critical role of nutrition early in life, presents elements of heart-healthy dietary patterns, and highlights structural challenges that impede adherence to heart-healthy dietary patterns. [2021]

European Society of Cardiology guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention.

Evidence-based recommendations for the reduction of risk of a first stroke, from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. [2011]

Provides thresholds and goals and nine specific recommendations for initiating and modifying pharmacotherapy for adult patients with hypertension. From the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8). [2014]