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The ESC Pocket Guidelines are a concise summary of the fundamental recommendations made in the parent guidelines documents.

These quick reference guides condense the most important content of full guideline documents into easily accessible pocket formats. Pocket guidelines are highly appreciated by medical professionals and have become an important guidelines dissemination tool.

2024 Pocket Guidelines titles

Atrial Fibrillation
Elevated Blood Pressure and Hypertension
Chronic Coronary Syndromes (CCS)
Peripheral Arterial and Aortic Diseases (PAAD)

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Full List of Pocket Guidelines

Date

Title

Topic(s)

Date: 2024

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Atrial Fibrillation

Topic(s): Arrhythmias, General; Antiarrhythmic Pharmacotherapy; Atrial Fibrillation; Anticoagulants; Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy; Invasive Imaging and Functional Assessment; Stroke; Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy; Arrhythmias and Device Therapy
Date: 2024

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Chronic Coronary Syndromes

Topic(s): Coronary Artery Disease (Chronic); CV Surgery - Coronary Arteries
Date: 2024

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Peripheral Arterial and Aortic Diseases (PAAD)

Topic(s): Prevention; Peripheral Vascular and Cerebrovascular Disease; Clinical; Pathophysiology and Mechanisms; Peripheral Artery Disease; Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome; Diagnostic Methods; Treatment; Non-coronary Cardiac Intervention
Date: 2024

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Elevated Blood Pressure and Hypertension

Topic(s): Chronic Nursing Care; Treatment; Prevention; Hypertension; Clinical; Pathophysiology and Mechanisms; Risk Factors and Prevention; Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome; Diagnostic Methods
Date: 2023

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Endocarditis

Topic(s): Cardiovascular Surgery; Infective Endocarditis; Imaging; Valvular Heart Disease; Device Complications and Lead Extraction
Date: 2023

Title: Pocket Guidelines on CVD and Diabetes

Topic(s): Diabetes and the Heart; Chronic Nursing Care; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 2023

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Cardiomyopathies

Topic(s): Cardiovascular Surgery; Myocardial Disease; Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology; Device Therapy; Interventional Cardiology; Clinical; Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD); Chronic Heart Failure
Date: 2023

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)

Topic(s): Imaging; Acute Cardiac Care; Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy; Acute Coronary Syndromes
Date: 2022

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Pulmonary Hypertension

Topic(s): Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology; Valvular, Myocardial, Pericardial, Pulmonary, Congenital Heart Disease; Pulmonary Hypertension; Valvular Heart Disease; Chronic Heart Failure; Pulmonary Circulation, Pulmonary Embolism, Right Heart Failure
Date: 2022

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Non-Cardiac Surgery: Cardiovascular Assessment and Management

Topic(s): Risk Factors and Prevention; Non-cardiac Surgery\Pre-surgical Assessment
Date: 2022

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Cardio-oncology

Topic(s): Cardio-Oncology; Valvular, Myocardial, Pericardial, Pulmonary, Congenital Heart Disease
Date: 2022

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death

Topic(s): Cardiac Arrest; Acute Cardiac Care; Device Therapy; Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD); Chronic Heart Failure; Treatment; Arrhythmias and Device Therapy
Date: 2021

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Valvular Heart Disease

Topic(s): CV Surgery - Valves; Valvular Heart Disease; Non-coronary Cardiac Intervention
Date: 2021

Title: Pocket Guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

Topic(s): Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT); Chronic Heart Failure; Acute Heart Failure; Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy; Cardiovascular Nursing; Heart Failure
Date: 2021

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice

Topic(s): Cardiovascular Disease in Primary Care; Preventive Cardiology; Lipids; Cardiovascular Nursing
Date: 2021

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Cardiac Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Topic(s): Device Therapy; Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT); Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD); Antibradycardia Pacing; Chronic Heart Failure; Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD); Device Complications and Lead Extraction; Treatment; Arrhythmias and Device Therapy
Date: 2020

Title: Pocket Guidelines on the Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Topic(s): Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology; Pediatric Cardiology; Adult Congenital Heart Disease; CV Surgery - Congenital Heart Disease
Date: 2020

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Sports Cardiology

Topic(s): Arrhythmias, General; Antiarrhythmic Pharmacotherapy; Atrial Fibrillation; Anticoagulants; Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy; Invasive Imaging and Functional Assessment; Stroke; Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy; Arrhythmias and Device Therapy
Date: 2019

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Dyslipidaemias

Topic(s): Coronary Artery Disease (Chronic); Treatment; Cardiovascular Disease in Primary Care; Rehabilitation and Sports Cardiology; Basic Science; Hypertension; Lipids; Risk Factors and Prevention; Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy
Date: 2019

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Supraventricular Tachycardia

Topic(s):
Date: 2019

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Topic(s): Pulmonary Embolism; Acute Cardiac Care; Valvular, Myocardial, Pericardial, Pulmonary, Congenital Heart Disease; Pulmonary Hypertension; Venous Thromboembolism; Pulmonary Circulation, Pulmonary Embolism, Right Heart Failure
Date: 2018

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Myocardial Revascularization

Topic(s): Coronary Artery Disease (Chronic); Cardiovascular Surgery; Acute Coronary Syndromes
Date: 2018

Title: Pocket Guidelines on the Management of Cardiovascular Disease during Pregnancy

Topic(s): Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology; Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease; Non-cardiac Surgery\Pre-surgical Assessment
Date: 2018

Title: Pocket Guidelines on the Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction

Topic(s): Electrocardiography; Cardiovascular Surgery; Imaging; Acute Cardiac Care; Interventional Cardiology; Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly; Acute Coronary Syndromes
Date: 2018

Title: Pocket Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Syncope

Topic(s): Syncope and Bradycardia; Arrhythmias and Device Therapy; Treatment
Date: 2015

Title: Pocket Guidelines on Pericardial Disease

Topic(s): Cardio-Oncology; Imaging; Invasive Imaging and Functional Assessment; Pericardial Disease; Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy