Guidelines
Each entry analyzes one clinical guideline or consensus statement behind cardiovascular care — what it recommends, why it matters, and how much weight it deserves. We rate every source for evidence strength and clinical significance.
32 analyses
2022 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Nonstatin Therapies for LDL-C Lowering
ACC, 2022 · Consensus statement
ACC/AHA Guidelines for Exercise Testing
ACC/AHA, 1997 · Clinical practice guideline
2018 Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol
AHA/ACC, 2018 · Clinical practice guideline
2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
AHA/ACC, 2019 · Clinical practice guideline
2025 AHA/ACC Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Chronic Coronary Disease
AHA/ACC, 2025 · Performance measures
ASNC Task Force on Women and Heart Disease: Perfusion Imaging in Women
ASNC Women Task Force, 2003 · Consensus statement
PET Myocardial Glucose Metabolism and Perfusion Imaging: Part 1 — Data Acquisition and Patient Preparation
Bacharach et al., 2003 · Clinical practice guideline
Lipoprotein Management in Patients with Cardiometabolic Risk
Brunzell et al., 2008 · Consensus statement
Apolipoprotein B and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: AACC Position Statement
Contois et al., 2009 · Position statement
Shared Decision-Making and Cardiovascular Health
Dennison Himmelfarb et al., 2023 · Scientific statement
Plant Sterols and Plant Stanols in the Management of Dyslipidaemia and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
EAS Consensus Panel, 2014 · Consensus statement
2016 European Guidelines on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice
ESC CVD Prevention, 2016 · Clinical practice guideline
2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidaemias
ESC/EAS, 2019 · Clinical practice guideline
Low-Density Lipoproteins Cause Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease — EAS Consensus Statement
Ference et al., 2017 · Consensus statement
Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century
IOM, 2001 · Consensus report
A Focused Update to the 2019 NLA Scientific Statement on Lipoprotein(a) in Clinical Practice
Koschinsky et al., 2024 · Scientific statement update
Lipoprotein(a) in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Aortic Stenosis — EAS Consensus Statement
Kronenberg et al., 2022 · Consensus statement
Psychological Health, Well-Being, and the Mind–Heart–Body Connection
Levine et al., 2021 · Scientific statement
Use of Risk Assessment Tools to Guide Decision-Making in the Primary Prevention of ASCVD
Lloyd-Jones et al., 2018 · Special report
Life's Essential 8: Updating the AHA's Construct of Cardiovascular Health
Lloyd-Jones et al., 2022 · Presidential advisory
An Assessment by the Statin Muscle Safety Task Force: 2014 Update
NLA Muscle Safety Task Force, 2014 · Expert consensus statement
NLA Scientific Statement on Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring to Guide Preventive Strategies
NLA, 2021 · Scientific statement
Role of Apolipoprotein B in the Clinical Management of Cardiovascular Risk in Adults
NLA, 2024 · Expert clinical consensus
Lipoprotein(a) as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor: Current Status — EAS Consensus
Nordestgaard et al., 2010 · Consensus statement
Markers of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease: Application to Clinical and Public Health Practice
Pearson et al., 2003 · Scientific statement
Lipoprotein(a): A Genetically Determined, Causal, and Prevalent Risk Factor for ASCVD
Reyes-Soffer et al., 2022 · Scientific statement
Clinical Indications for Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring in Asymptomatic Patients
SCCT CAC Consensus, 2017 · Expert consensus statement
CAC-DRS: Coronary Artery Calcium Data and Reporting System
SCCT CAC-DRS, 2018 · Expert consensus statement
PET Myocardial Perfusion and Glucose Metabolism Imaging: Part 2 — Interpretation and Reporting
Schelbert et al., 2003 · Practice guideline
Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease With Nontraditional Risk Factors: USPSTF Recommendation Statement
USPSTF, 2018 · Recommendation statement
2021 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on ASCVD Risk Reduction in Persistent Hypertriglyceridemia
Virani et al., 2021 · Consensus statement
Lipid Measurements in the Management of Cardiovascular Diseases: Practical Recommendations
Wilson et al., 2021 · Scientific statement