Authors: Antonio Pelliccia, Sanjay Sharma, Sabiha Gati, Maria Bäck, Mats Börjesson, Stefano Caselli, Jean-Philippe Collet, Domenico Corrado, Jonathan A Drezner, Martin Halle, Dominique Hansen, Hein Heidbuchel, Jonathan Myers, Josef Niebauer, Michael Papadakis, Massimo Francesco Piepoli, Eva Prescott, Jolien W Roos-Hesselink, A Graham Stuart, Rod S Taylor, Paul D Thompson, Monica Tiberi, Luc Vanhees, Matthias Wilhelm, ESC Scientific Document Group
Summary: Guidelines summarize and evaluate available evidence with the aim of assisting health professionals in proposing the best management strategies for an individual patient with a given condition. Guidelines and their recommendations should facilitate decision making of health professionals in their daily practice. However, the final decisions concerning an individual patient must be made by the responsible health professional(s) in consultation with the patient and caregiver as appropriate.
Source: European Heart Journal, 2020