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Clinical Practice Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation: collaborative efforts among the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the European Society of Cardiology

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Two new versions of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation from the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the European Society of Cardiological Evaluation are pleased to announce.
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This editorial refers to ‘2014 ESC/ESA Guidelines on non-cardiac surgery: cardiovascular assessment and management’[†][1], by The Joint Task Force on non-cardiac surgery: cardiovascular assessment and management of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA), on page 2383. The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) are pleased to announce the publication of two new versions of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation from our respective organizations.1–3 These revisions were begun independently, dictated both by emerging, new information regarding the topic and the controversy … [1]: #fn-2

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