Mark A. Hlatky

Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure Report of the American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure)

It is becoming more apparent each day that despite a strong national commitment to excellence in health care, the resources and personnel are finite. It is, therefore, appropriate that the medical profession examine the impact of developing technology and new therapeutic modalities on the practice of cardiology. Such analysis, carefully conducted, could potentially have an impact on the cost of medical care without diminishing the effectiveness of that care. To this end, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association in 1980 established a Task Force on Assessment of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiovascular Procedures (now the ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines) with the following charge: The task force of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association shall develop guidelines relative to the role of new therapeutic approaches and of specific noninvasive and invasive procedures in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease. The task force shall address, when appropriate, the contribution, uniqueness, sensitivity, specificity, indications, contraindications and cost-effectiveness of such diagnostic procedures and therapeutic modalities. The task force shall emphasize the role and values of the developed guidelines as an educational resource. The task force shall include a chair and eight members, four representatives from the American Heart Association and four representatives from the American College of Cardiology. The task force may select ad hoc members as needed upon the approval of the presidents of both organizations. Recommendations of the Task Force are forwarded to the President of each organization. The members of the task force are Melvin D. Cheitlin, MD, Kim A. Eagle, MD, Timothy J. Gardner, MD, Arthur Garson, Jr, MD, MPH, Raymond J. Gibbons, MD, Richard P. Lewis, MD, Robert A. O’Rourke, MD, Thomas J. Ryan, MD, and James L. Ritchie, MD, Chair. The Committee to Develop Guidelines on the Evaluation …

American College of Cardiology/Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Standards: A report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents

This document has been developed as a Clinical Expert Consensus Document (CECD), combining the resources of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCA&I). It is intended to provide a perspective on the current state of cardiac

ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities: executive summary.

Practice Guideline: Executive Summary ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices) Developed in Collaboration With the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and Society of Thoracic Surgeons