Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:
●(See "Society guideline links: Syncope".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Supraventricular arrhythmias".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Ventricular arrhythmias".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Inherited arrhythmia syndromes".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Catheter ablation of arrhythmias".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Basic and advanced cardiac life support in children".)
International
●International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR): International consensus on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care science with treatment recommendations – Pediatric life support (2022)
●Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), and Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC): Expert consensus statement on the indications and management of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices in pediatric patients (2021)
●AHA/ACC/HRS: Guideline for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death (2017)
●ACC/American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)/AHA/American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)/HRS/Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)/Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT)/Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance(SCMR)/Society of Pediatric Echocardiography (SOPE): Appropriate use criteria for initial transthoracic echocardiography in outpatient pediatric cardiology (2014)
●PACES/HRS: Expert consensus statement on the evaluation and management of ventricular arrhythmias in the child with a structurally normal heart (2014)
●HRS/European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS): Expert consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of patients with inherited primary arrhythmia syndromes (2013)
●PACES/HRS: Expert consensus statement on the management of the asymptomatic young patient with a Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW, ventricular preexcitation) electrocardiographic pattern (2012)
●ACC/AHA/HRS: Focused update of the 2008 guidelines for device-based therapy of cardiac rhythm abnormalities (2012)
Canada
●Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS)/Canadian Heart Rhythm Society (CHRS): Joint position paper on recommendations for the use of genetic testing in the clinical evaluation of inherited cardiac arrhythmias associated with sudden cardiac death (2011)
United States
●Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), and Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC): Expert consensus statement on the indications and management of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices in pediatric patients (2021)
●AHA: Guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care – Pediatric basic and advanced life support (2020)
●AHA: Scientific statement on genetic testing for inherited cardiovascular diseases (2020)
●AHA: Scientific statement on cardiomyopathy in children – Classification and diagnosis (2019)
●AHA: Scientific statement on practice standards for electrocardiographic monitoring in hospital settings, update (2017)
●AHA/American College of Cardiology (ACC)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS): Guideline for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death (2017)
●AHA/ACC: Scientific statements on eligibility and disqualification recommendations for competitive athletes with cardiovascular abnormalities (2015)
●ACC/American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)/AHA/American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)/HRS/Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)/Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT)/Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance(SCMR)/Society of Pediatric Echocardiography (SOPE): Appropriate use criteria for initial transthoracic echocardiography in outpatient pediatric cardiology (2014)
●ACC/AHA/HRS: Focused update of the 2008 guidelines for device-based therapy of cardiac rhythm abnormalities (2012)
●AHA: Scientific statement on recommendations for physical activity and recreational sports participation for young patients with genetic cardiovascular diseases (2004)
Europe
●European Society of Cardiology (ESC): Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death (2022)
●ESC: Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy (2021)
●Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), and Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC): Expert consensus statement on the indications and management of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices in pediatric patients (2021)
●European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA): Consensus document on management of asymptomatic arrhythmias (2019)
●ESC with AEPC: Guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardia (2019)
●European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), AEPC, and ESC: Position paper on arrhythmias in congenital heart disease (2018)
●EHRA: Consensus document on the management of supraventricular arrhythmias (2016)
●EHRA and AEPC: Joint consensus statement on pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapy for arrhythmias in the pediatric population (2013)
●Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/EHRA/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS): Expert consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of patients with inherited primary arrhythmia syndromes (2013)
United Kingdom
●Resuscitation Council UK (RC): Paediatric advanced life support guidelines (2021)
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): interventional procedures guidance on subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator insertion for preventing sudden cardiac death (2017)
Australia–New Zealand
●Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ): Position statement on the diagnosis and management of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, update (2019)
●Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) and New Zealand Resuscitation Council (NZRC): Guideline flowchart for the sequential management of life-threatening arrhythmias in infants and children (2016)
●ARC and NZRC: Guideline for the management of specific dysrhythmias in paediatric advanced life support (2016)
●CSANZ: Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) (2016)
Japan
●[In Japanese] Japanese Circulation Society (JCS)/Japan Heart Rhythm Society (JHRS): Guideline on pharmacotherapy of cardiac arrhythmias (2020)
●[In Japanese] JCS/JHRS: Guideline on non-pharmacotherapy of cardiac arrhythmias (2019)
