The 2013 ESC Guidelines provide recommendations for the management of stable coronary artery disease based on available evidence, emphasizing the role of individual clinical judgement.
Provides the 2013 European Society of Cardiology recommendations for the management of stable coronary artery disease.
The ESC Guidelines represent the views of the ESC and were arrived at after careful consideration of the available evidence at the time they were written. Health professionals encouraged to take them fully into account when exercising their clinical judgement. The Guidelines do not, however, override the individual responsibility of health professionals make appropriate decisions in the circumstances of the individual patients, in consultation with that patient and where appropriate and necessary the patient’s guardian or carer. It also the health professional’s responsibility to verify the rules and regulations applicable to drugs and devices at the time of prescription.
“Before there is any discussion about revascularization, patients should receive optimal medical therapy. The decision on the type of revascularization should then be based on a discussion between the surgeon and the cardiologist in the heart team. Moreover, revascularization should only be considered in patients with evidence”
Montalescot et al. (2013) conducted a review in stable coronary artery disease. ESC Guidelines was evaluated. The 2013 ESC Guidelines provide recommendations for the management of stable coronary artery disease based on available evidence, emphasizing the role of individual clinical judgement.