2014 ACC/AHA/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS focused update of the guideline for the diagnosis and management of patients with stable ischemic heart disease

Authors: Stephan D. Fihn, James C. Blankenship, Karen P. Alexander, John A. Bittl, John G. Byrne, Barbara J. Fletcher, Gregg C. Fonarow, Richard A. Lange, Glenn N. Levine, Thomas M. Maddox, Srihari S. Naidu, E. Magnus Ohman, Peter K. Smith, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Jonathan L. Halperin, Nancy M. Albert, Biykem Bozkurt, Ralph G. Brindis, Lesley H. Curtis, David L. DeMets, Robert A. Guyton, Judith S. Hochman, Richard J. Kovacs, E. Magnus Ohman, Susan J. Pressler, Frank W. Sellke, Win‐Kuang Shen - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 cited by 133

Keeping pace with emerging evidence is an ongoing challenge to timely development of clinical practice guidelines. In an effort to respond promptly to new evidence, the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Task Force) has created a “focused update” process to revise the existing guideline recommendations that are affected by evolving data or opinion. New evidence is reviewed in an ongoing manner to respond quickly to important scientific and treatment trends that could have a major impact on patient outcomes and quality of care.