A POSITIVE IMPACT ON PATIENT CARE

Over the past 12 months the Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee has worked in collaboration with organisations around the world to develop expert documents and rigorously review and appraise the latest guidelines on areas such as Coronary Artery Revascularisation, providing recommendations to support the delivery of high-quality patient care.

Working jointly with LACES, ASCVTS, AATS, and STS, we issued a position statement regarding the VARC-3 Definitions for Aortic Valve Clinical Research. Our statement identified areas of concern in the VARC-3 document and proposed a way forward to further improve the proposed definitions, including the development of a new set of definitions. This represented the first joint position statement bringing together the five major international surgical associations.

We also responded to the 2021 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Coronary Artery Revascularisation guidelines, calling for greater involvement of the whole heart team in the development of the guidelines.

EACTS Statement regarding 2021 AHA/ACC/SCAI Coronary Artery Revascularization Guidelines

Joint Surgical Associations Position Statement regarding VARC-3 Definitions

Consensus Statement on Optimal Management of Patients with CAT