Cardiology guidelines

40 current Cardiology guidelines from national agencies, European societies, and HTA bodies, across 14 source groups. eUvidence anchors Cardiology answers to this guidance; each entry links to the issuing body’s own page.

European societies· 11

• Pulsed field ablation for the interventional treatment of atrial fibrillation: a scientific statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association of the European Society of Cardiology

  EHRA · European Heart Rhythm Association of the European Society of Cardiology · 2026 · consensus statement

• 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of chronic coronary syndromes

  ESC · European Society of Cardiology · 2024

• 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation (developed with EACTS)

  ESC · European Society of Cardiology · 2024

• 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension

  ESC · European Society of Cardiology · 2024

• 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes

  ESC · European Society of Cardiology · 2023

• 2023 Focused Update of the 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

  ESC · European Society of Cardiology · 2023

• 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

  ESC · European Society of Cardiology · 2021

• 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice

  ESC · European Society of Cardiology · 2021

• 2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease

  ESC · European Society of Cardiology · 2021

• Guideline for the pharmacological treatment of hypertension in adults

  WHO · World Health Organization · 2021

• 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk

  ESC · European Society of Cardiology · 2019

Austria· 1

• Austrian Lipid Consensus on the management of metabolic lipid disorders to prevent vascular complications (2016 update)

  AT-LIPID · Joint position statement of eight Austrian medical societies · 2016 · consensus statement

Belgium· 1

• The use of statins in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: an online tool for shared decision-making

  KCE · Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre · 2019 · health technology assessment

Denmark· 1

• Ischaemic Heart and Vascular Disease: Questions and Answers on Prevention, Investigation and Treatment

  DSAM · Dansk Selskab for Almen Medicin · 2022

Finland· 4

• Atrial Fibrillation

  Kaypa hoito · Finnish Medical Society Duodecim and the Finnish Cardiac Society · 2025

• Heart Failure

  Kaypa hoito · Finnish Medical Society Duodecim and the Finnish Cardiac Society · 2023

• Hypertension

  Kaypa hoito · Finnish Medical Society Duodecim and the Finnish Hypertension Society · 2020

• Dyslipidaemias

  Kaypa hoito · Finnish Medical Society Duodecim and the Finnish Society of Internal Medicine · 2020

France· 4

• Care pathway guide - Chronic coronary syndrome

  HAS · Haute Autorite de Sante · 2021 · good practice guide

• Management of arterial hypertension in adults

  HAS · Haute Autorite de Sante · 2016 · good practice guide

• Care pathway guide - Atrial fibrillation

  HAS · Haute Autorite de Sante · 2014 · good practice guide

• Care pathway guide - Heart failure

  HAS · Haute Autorite de Sante · 2014 · good practice guide

Germany· 4

• Atrial Fibrillation (S3 Guideline)

  DGK · Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie – Herz- und Kreislaufforschung · 2025

• Chronic Coronary Artery Disease (National Care Guideline, NVL)

  AWMF · Bundesärztekammer, Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung, AWMF (ÄZQ) · 2024

• Chronic Heart Failure (National Care Guideline, NVL)

  AWMF · Bundesärztekammer, Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung, AWMF (ÄZQ) · 2023

• Hypertension (National Care Guideline, NVL)

  AWMF · Bundesärztekammer, Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung, AWMF (ÄZQ) · 2023

Italy· 1

• Management of cardiac arrest in the out-of-hospital and in-hospital setting

  SNLG · Sistema Nazionale Linee Guida - Istituto Superiore di Sanita · 2026

Netherlands· 5

• Cardiovascular risk management (summary)

  FMS · Federatie Medisch Specialisten · 2024

• Antithrombotic therapy for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation

  FMS · Federatie Medisch Specialisten · 2022

• Acute coronary syndromes, chronic coronary disease and revascularization in atrial fibrillation patients

  FMS · Federatie Medisch Specialisten · 2022

• Diagnosis of angina pectoris

  FMS · Federatie Medisch Specialisten · 2021

• Antithrombotic management in aortic valve disease

  FMS · Federatie Medisch Specialisten · 2016

Norway· 1

• National Clinical Guideline for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

  Helsedir · Norwegian Directorate of Health · 2024

Poland· 2

• Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension in Poland 2024 - Expert Position of the Polish Society of Hypertension / Polish Cardiac Society

  PTNT · Polskie Towarzystwo Nadcisnienia Tetniczego / Polskie Towarzystwo Kardiologiczne · 2024

• PTL/KLRwP/PTK/PTDL/PTD/PTNT guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of lipid disorders in Poland 2021

  PTL · Polskie Towarzystwo Lipidologiczne (with KLRwP, PTK, PTDL, PTD and PTNT) · 2021

Portugal· 3

• Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to the Person with Arterial Hypertension

  DGS · Direção-Geral da Saúde · 2026

• Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to the Person with Arterial Hypertension

  DGS · Direcao-Geral da Saude · 2019

• Therapeutic Approach to Dyslipidaemias in Adults

  DGS · Direcao-Geral da Saude · 2011

Sweden· 1

• National Guidelines for Cardiac Care - Support for Governance and Management

  Socialstyrelsen · National Board of Health and Welfare · 2018

United Kingdom· 1

• Atrial fibrillation: diagnosis and management (NG196)

  NICE · National Institute for Health and Care Excellence · 2021