Clinical Guidelines & Scientific Statements
Please note: Only guidelines and scientific statements that provide sex and/or gender analyses or recommendations are included.
Here is a summary of guidelines and scientific statements related to the diagnosis and treatment of:
Coronary Artery Disease
- **NEW** Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance Clinical Practice Update on Myocardial Infarction With No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (MINOCA)
- AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain (2021)
- ESC Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Coronary Syndromes (2019)
- Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Current State of the Science: A Scientific Statement From the AHA (2018)
- Acute Myocardial Infarction in Women: A Scientific Statement From the AHA (2016)
- CCS Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Stable Ischemic Heart Disease (2014)
- Role of Noninvasive Testing in the Clinical Evaluation of Women With Suspected Ischemic Heart Disease: A Consensus Statement From the AHA (2014)
- ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Report of the ACCF/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines (2013)
- Effectiveness-based Guidelines for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women—2011 Update: A Guideline From the AHA (2011)
- ACCF/AHA Guideline for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Executive Summary (2011)
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Adjunctive Pharmacotherapy in Women: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association (2005)
Heart Failure
- ESC Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure: Developed by the Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure of the ESC With the Special Contribution of the HFA of the ESC (2021)
- CCS/CHFS Heart Failure Guidelines Update: Defining a New Pharmacologic Standard of Care for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (2021) – (digoxin)
- How to Diagnose Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: The HFA-PEFF Diagnostic Algorithm: A Consensus Recommendation From the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) (2019)
- Sex Differences in Cardiac Arrhythmia: A Consensus Document of the EHRA, Endorsed by the HRS and APHRS (2018)
- Comprehensive Update of the CCS Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure (2017)
Cardio-Obstetrics
- Canadian Cardiovascular Society: Clinical Practice Update on Cardiovascular Management of the Pregnant Patient (2021)
- Canadian Cardiovascular Society: Diagnosis and Management of HF: Update 2010. HF in ethnic minority populations, HF and pregnancy, disease management and quality improvement/assurance programs
- Hypertension Canada’s 2018 Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension in Pregnancy
- ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines: Cardiovascular Diseases during Pregnancy (Management of) Guidelines (2018)
- Canadian Stroke Best Practices: Acute Stroke Management During Pregnancy
- Canadian Stroke Best Practices: Prevention of Recurrent Stroke in Pregnancy