This position paper provides updated evidence-based recommendations for integrating psychosocial factors into cardiological practice, emphasizing the need for psychosocial management in CHD, heart failure, and heart surgery patients.
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Clinicians should now integrate psychosocial assessment into routine cardiac care; extends prior guidance with IA/IB recommendations for CHD and HF.
Ladwig et al. (2014) conducted a review in Coronary heart diseases, heart rhythm diseases, and heart failure. Psychosocial patient management was evaluated. The updated position paper provides class IA and IB recommendations for integrating psychosocial risk factor assessment and patient management into routine cardiological practice.
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