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Guidelines in review: Comparison of ESC and ACC/AHA guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with stable coronary artery disease

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In 2012, the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and the American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines jointly with the American College of Physicians, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons produced a set of recommendations intended to assist physicians in the diagnosis and management of patients with stable ischemic heart disease. Two years later, a focused update on the 2012 guidelines was published. A year before this update, The Task Force on the management of stable coronary artery disease (CAD) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) issued a guideline on the management of stable CAD. This document brings together European and American recommendations that include the use of stress testing and non-invasive imaging for the diagnosis and management of patients with known or suspected stable CAD.

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Abbreviations

CABG:

Coronary artery bypass grafting

CAC:

Coronary artery calcium

CAD:

Coronary artery disease

CCTA:

Coronary computed tomographic angiography

LVEF:

Left ventricular ejection fraction

LOE:

Level of evidence

MPI:

Myocardial perfusion imaging

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

NSER:

No specific equivalent recommendation

PCI:

Percutaneous coronary intervention

PTP:

Pre-test probability

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  1. St Thomas’ Hospital, King’s College London, London, UK

    Jubin Joseph MRCP & Eliana Reyes MD, PhD

  2. Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Alejandro Velasco MD & Fadi G. Hage MD, FASNC

  3. Section of Cardiology, Birmingham Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Fadi G. Hage MD, FASNC

  4. Nuclear Medicine Department, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Sydney Street, London, SW3 6NP, UK

    Eliana Reyes MD, PhD

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Joseph, J., Velasco, A., Hage, F.G. et al. Guidelines in review: Comparison of ESC and ACC/AHA guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with stable coronary artery disease. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 25, 509–515 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-017-1055-0

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