2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure: The Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Developed with the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC.

ACC/AHA
: American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association
ACCF/AHA
: American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association
ACE
: angiotensin-converting enzyme
ACEI
: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor
ACS
: acute coronary syndrome
AF
: atrial fibrillation

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2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2012 : The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure 2012 of the European Society of Cardiology. Developed in collaboration with the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC

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ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2012: The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure 2012 of the European Society of Cardiology. Developed in collaboration with the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC.

The Task Force for the management of atrial fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)  

Developed with the special contribution of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the ESC  

Endorsed by the European Stroke Organisation (ESO)

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2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS

ALAT
: alanine aminotransferase
ASAT
: aspartate aminotransferase
APAH
: associated pulmonary arterial hypertension
BAS
: balloon atrial septostomy
BMPR2
: bone morphogenetic protein receptor 2
BNP
: brain natriuretic peptide
BPA
: balloon pulmonary angioplasty
BREATHE
: Bosentan

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2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension: The Joint Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS): Endorsed by: Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC), International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT).

ACE
: angiotensin-converting enzyme
AF
: atrial fibrillation
aPTT
: activated partial thromboplastin time
AR
: aortic regurgitation
ARB
: angiotensin receptor blockers
AS
: aortic stenosis
AVR
: aortic valve replacement
BNP
: B-type natriuretic peptide
BSA
: body surface area
CABG
: coronary artery bypass grafting
CAD
: coronary artery disease
CMR
: cardiac magnetic resonance
CPG
: Committee for Practice Guidelines
CRT
: cardiac resynchronization therapy
CT
: computed tomography
EACTS
: European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
ECG
: electrocardiogram
EF
: ejection fraction
EROA
: effective regurgitant orifice area
ESC
: European Society of Cardiology
EVEREST
: (Endovascular Valve Edge-to-Edge REpair STudy)
HF
: heart failure
INR
: international normalized ratio
LA
: left atrial
LMWH
: low molecular weight heparin
LV
: left ventricular
LVEF
: left ventricular ejection fraction
LVEDD
: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter
LVESD
: left ventricular end-systolic diameter
MR
: mitral regurgitation
MS
: mitral stenosis
MSCT
: multi-slice computed tomography
NYHA
: New York Heart Association
PISA
: proximal isovelocity surface area
PMC
: percutaneous mitral commissurotomy
PVL
: paravalvular leak
RV
: right ventricular
rtPA
: recombinant tissue plasminogen activator
SVD
: structural valve deterioration
STS
: Society of Thoracic Surgeons
TAPSE
: tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion
TAVI
: transcatheter aortic valve implantation
TOE
: transoesophageal echocardiography
TR
: tricuspid regurgitation
TS
: tricuspid stenosis
TTE
: transthoracic echocardiography
UFH
: unfractionated heparin
VHD
: valvular heart disease
3DE
: three-dimensional echocardiography

Guidelines summarize and evaluate all evidence available, at the time of the writing process, on a particular issue with the aim of assisting physicians in selecting the best management strategies for an individual patient with a given condition, taking into account the impact on outcome, as well …

Arturo Evangelista

Papers

Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease (version 2012)