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: Lipid disorders in adults" and "Society guideline links: Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease".)
International
●World Health Organization (WHO): HEARTS – Technical package for cardiovascular disease management in primary health care: Risk-based CVD management (2020)
Canada
●Canadian Cardiovascular Harmonized National Guideline Endeavour (C-CHANGE): Guideline for the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease in primary care, update (2022)
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't order annual electrocardiograms (ECGs) for low-risk patients without symptoms (2017)
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't perform annual stress cardiac imaging or advanced non-invasive imaging as part of routine follow-up in asymptomatic patients (2017)
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't perform echocardiography as routine follow-up for mild, asymptomatic native valve disease in adult patients with no change in signs or symptoms (2017)
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't perform stress cardiac imaging or advanced non-invasive imaging in the initial evaluation of patients without cardiac symptoms unless high-risk markers are present (2017)
United States
●American Diabetes Association (ADA): Standards of care in diabetes (2023)
•Cardiovascular disease and risk management
●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on asymptomatic patient at risk for coronary artery disease, update (2021)
●American Heart Association (AHA): Scientific statement on novel prediction equations for absolute risk assessment of total cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic health (2023)
●AHA: Scientific statement on rapid diet assessment screening tools for cardiovascular disease risk reduction across healthcare settings (2020)
●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendations statement on cardiovascular disease – Risk assessment with nontraditional risk factors (2018)
●USPSTF: Final recommendations statement on cardiovascular disease risk – Screening with electrocardiography (2018)
●USPSTF: Final recommendations statement on peripheral artery disease and cardiovascular disease – Screening and risk assessment with the ankle-brachial index (2018)
●American Heart Association (AHA): Scientific statement on the importance of assessing cardiorespiratory fitness in clinical practice – A case for fitness as a clinical vital sign (2016)
●AHA: Scientific statement on the identification of obesity and cardiovascular risk in ethnically and racially diverse populations (2015)
●AHA: Scientific statement on the social determinants of risk and outcomes for cardiovascular disease (2015)
●AHA: Scientific statement on cardiovascular disease risk factors in youth with diabetes mellitus (2014)
●AHA/ACC: Guideline on lifestyle management to reduce cardiovascular risk (2013)
●American College of Cardiology (ACC)/AHA: Guideline on the assessment of cardiovascular risk (2013)
●AHA: Scientific statement on criteria for evaluation of novel markers of cardiovascular risk (2009)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on cardiovascular disease – Risk assessment and reduction, including lipid modification (2023)
●NICE: Quality standard on cardiovascular risk assessment and lipid modification (2015, updated 2023)
Australia–New Zealand
●Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP): Guidelines for Preventive Activities in General Practice – Assessment of absolute cardiovascular risk (2016, updated 2018)
●Choosing Wisely Australia: Don't commence therapy for hypertension or hyperlipidaemia without first assessing the absolute risk of a cardiovascular event (2015)
●Choosing Wisely Australia: Don't screen asymptomatic, low-risk patients (<10% absolute 5-year CV risk) using ECG, stress test, coronary artery calcium score, or carotid artery ultrasound (2015)
