Sections
Conditions: Blood Pressure | Acute Heart Failure | Arrhythmias | Acute Coronary Syndrome | Aortic Conditions | Valvular Conditions | Perioperative Management | Myocarditis | Vascular Compression Syndromes
Monitoring: General | Haemodynamic Monitoring
Therapies: Intravenous Fluids | ECMO | Beta Blockade
Blood Pressure
Hypertensive Crisis
Acute Heart Failure
General
General
- Kokorin. Acute heart failure – an EFIM guideline critical appraisal and adaptation for internists. Eur J Intern Med 2024;epublished March 6th
- Park. Korean Society of Heart Failure Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure: Management of the Underlying Etiologies and Comorbidities of Heart Failure. Korean Circ J 2023;53(7):425-451
- Korean Society of Heart Failure. Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure: Advanced and Acute Heart Failure. Korean Circ J 2023;53(7):452-471
- Acute Heart Failure and Valvular Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement of the Heart Failure Association (HFA), the Association for Acute Cardi-Vascular Care (ACVC) and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) of the ESC. Eur J Heart Fail 2023;epublished May 23rd
- SCAI SHOCK Stage Classification Expert Consensus Update: A Review and Incorporation of Validation Studies. J Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2022;1(1):100008
General
- 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation 2022;epublished April 1st
- The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation/Heart Failure Society of America Guideline on Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support. J Heart Lung Transplant 2022;epublished February 6th
- McDonagh. 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure. Eur Heart J 2021;epublished August 27th
Monitoring
Therapy
Drug Therapy
- Sindone. Consensus statement on the current pharmacological prevention and management of heart failure. Med J Aust 2022;epublished July 31st
- Girardis. Levosimendan in intensive care and emergency medicine: literature update and expert recommendations for optimal efficacy and safety. J Anesth Analg Crit Care 2022;2:4
Ventricular Assist Devices
- Gai. Guidance on the management of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) supported patients for the non-LVAD specialist healthcare provider: executive summary. Eur J Heart Fail 2021;epublished August 18th
- Joint EAPCI/ACVC expert consensus document on percutaneous ventricular assist devices. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care 2021;epublished May 31st
Cardiac Surgery
Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Dong. Clinical application and management of temporary mechanical circulatory support: A clinical consensus. Chin Med J 2023;epublished December 26th
- The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation/Heart Failure Society of America Guideline on Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support. J Heart Lung Transplant 2022;epublished February 6th
- The 2023 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for Mechanical Circulatory Support: A 10- Year Update. J Heart Lung Transplant 2023;epublished May 25th
Arrhythmias
Atrial Fibrillation
- 2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation 2023;epublished November 30th
- New-onset atrial fibrillation in critically ill adult patients—an SSAI clinical practice guideline. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2023;epublished May 24th
- Atrial Fibrillation Occurring During Acute Hospitalization: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2023;epublished March 13th
Acute Coronary Syndrome
General
- 2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation 2025;epublished February 27th
- 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes: Developed by the task force on the management of acute coronary syndromes of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care 2023;epublished September 22nd
- 2023 Focused Update of the 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure. Eur Heart J 2023;epublished August 25th
Revascularisation
- 2021 ACC/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Coronary Artery Revascularization: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation 2021;epublished December 9th
- 2021 Korean Society of Myocardial Infarction Expert Consensus Document on Revascularization for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Korean Circ J 2021;51(4):289-307
Mechanical Complications
Cardiogenic Shock
- Invasive Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2021;epublished March 4th
- Werdan. Infarction-Related Cardiogenic Shock— Diagnosis, Monitoring and Therapy. A German-Austrian S3 guideline. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2021;118:88-95
Classification
Stent Thrombosis
Aortic Conditions
Valvular Conditions
General
- Transcatheter interventions for left-sided valvular heart disease complicated by cardiogenic shock: a consensus statement from the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) in collaboration with the Association for Acute Cardiovascular (ACVC) and the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Surgery. EuroIntervention 2023;epublished August 25th
- 2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease: Developed by the Task Force for the management of valvular heart disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Eur Heart J 2021;epublished August 28th
Infective Endocarditis
- McDonald. Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Infective Endocarditis in Adults. A WikiGuidelines Group Consensus Statement. JAMA Netw Open 2023;6(7):e2326366
- Management of Infective Endocarditis in People Who Inject Drugs: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2022;epublished August 31st
Perioperative Management
Myocardial Infarction
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Miscellaneous Conditions
Vascular Compression Syndromes
General Monitoring
Haemodynamic Monitoring
Echocardiography
- Use of bedside echocardiography in the care of critically ill patients - a joint consensus document of the Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira, Associação Brasileira de Medicina de Emergência, and Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Hospitalar. Part 1 - Competence in bedside echocardiography. Crit Care Sci 2023;35(1):2–10
- Clinical indications and triaging for adult transthoracic echocardiography: a consensus statement by the British Society of Echocardiography in collaboration with British Heart Valve Society. Echo Res Pract 2022;9:5
- Criteria, Processes, and Determination of Competence in Basic Critical Care Echocardiography Training: A Delphi Process Consensus Statement by the Learning Ultrasound in Critical Care (LUCC) Initiative. Chest 2022;161(2):492-503
Intravenous Fluids
ECMO
General
- Step by step daily management of short-term mechanical circulatory support for cardiogenic shock in adults in the intensive cardiac care unit: a clinical consensus statement of the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care of the European Society of Cardiology SC, the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, the European branch of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization, and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care 2023;epublished June 14th
- Assmann. Use of extracorporeal circulation (ECLS/ECMO) for cardiac and circulatory failure -A clinical practice Guideline Level 3. ESC Heart Fail 2022 Feb;9(1):506-518
- 2021 ELSO Adult and Pediatric Anticoagulation Guidelines. ASAIO Journal 2022;epublished January 19th
Perioperative
- Lin. Perioperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pediatric congenital heart disease: Chinese expert consensus. World J Pediatr 2022;epublished November 22nd
- Intraoperative Management of Adult Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: An Expert Consensus Statement From the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists—Part I, Technical Aspects of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Anesth Analg 2021;eoublished September 24th
- Intraoperative Management of Adult Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: An Expert Consensus Statement From the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists—Part II, Intraoperative Management and Troubleshooting. Anesth Analg 2021;epublished September 24th
Transplantation
- The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation/Heart Failure Society of America Guideline on Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support. J Heart Lung Transplant 2022;epublished February 6th
- The 2023 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for Mechanical Circulatory Support: A 10- Year Update. J Heart Lung Transplant 2023;epublished May 25th
Miscellaneous Therapies
Last updated March 5th, 2025