Key result
Current ESC guidelines lack specific recommendations for older patients with CVD due to limited evidence.
Why the study?
Specific recommendations for older and frail patients with cardiovascular disease are scarce or missing in European Society of Cardiology guidelines, likely due to limited evidence.
Are there specific recommendations for older and frail patients with cardiovascular disease in the current European Society of Cardiology guidelines?
Are there specific recommendations for older and frail patients with cardiovascular disease in the current European Society of Cardiology guidelines?
There is a significant lack of specific recommendations for older and frail patients in current ESC guidelines, indicating a need for more evidence and tailored guidance.
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ESC guidelines lack age-specific recommendations for older CVD patients; leaves open need for dedicated trials to inform future guidance.
Due to population ageing, the number of older and frail patients with cardiovascular disease is increasing. In the current guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology specific recommendations for this older population are missing or scarce, probably due to limited evidence concerning diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease in older patients. Moreover, recommendations on shared decision making, palliative care and advanced care planning are also essential in these guidelines. In this article we evaluate the current European of Society of Cardiology guidelines (2013-2020) to determine whether specific recommendations for older patients have been included.
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Dijk et al. (2022) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease. European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines was evaluated. Specific recommendations for older patients with cardiovascular disease are missing or scarce in the current European Society of Cardiology guidelines, likely due to limited evidence.
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