Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately.

●(See "Society guideline links: Aortic and other peripheral aneurysms".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Cardiac valve disease".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Intestinal ischemia".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Acute extremity ischemia".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Bicuspid aortic valve".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Adult with chest pain in the emergency department".)

International

●Society for Cardiovascular Pathology (SCVP) and Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology (AECVP): Consensus statement on surgical pathology of the aorta – II. Noninflammatory degenerative diseases: Nomenclature and diagnostic criteria (2016)

●SCVP and AECVP: Consensus statement on surgical pathology of the aorta – I. Inflammatory diseases (2015)

Canada

●Diagnosing acute aortic syndrome: A Canadian clinical practice guideline (2020)

●Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS)/Canadian Society of Cardiac Surgeons (CSCS)/Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery (CSVS): Joint position statement on open and endovascular surgery for thoracic aortic disease (2016)

●CCS: Position statement on the management of thoracic aortic disease (2014)

United States

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on nontraumatic aortic disease (2021)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on suspected acute aortic syndrome (2021)

●American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA): Guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease (2020)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on thoracic aorta interventional planning and follow-up (2017)

●American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): Clinical policy – Critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients with suspected acute nontraumatic thoracic aortic dissection (2015)

●AHA/ACC: Eligibility and disqualification recommendations for competitive athletes with cardiovascular abnormalities – Task force 7: Aortic diseases, including Marfan syndrome (2015)

●American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI): Guidelines and standards for the multimodality imaging of diseases of the thoracic aorta in adults (2015)

●Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS): Aortic valve and ascending aorta guidelines for management and quality measures (2013)

●American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF)/ASE/AHA/American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC)/Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)/Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)/Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT)/Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR): Appropriate use criteria for echocardiography (2011)

●ACCF/AHA/American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)/ACR/American Stroke Association (ASA)/Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA)/SCAI/Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)/STS/Society for Vascular Medicine (SVM): Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with thoracic aortic disease (2010)

●AHA: Scientific statement for the surgical management of descending thoracic aortic disease – Open and endovascular approaches (2010)

●STS: Expert consensus document on the treatment of descending thoracic aortic disease using endovascular stent-grafts (2008)

Europe

●European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS): An expert consensus document on current options and recommendations for the treatment of thoracic aortic pathologies involving the aortic arch (2019)

●European Society of Cardiology (ESC): Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy (2018)

●ESVS: Clinical practice guidelines for the management of descending thoracic aorta diseases (2017)

●Society for Cardiovascular Pathology (SCVP) and Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology (AECVP): Consensus statement on surgical pathology of the aorta – II. Noninflammatory degenerative diseases: Nomenclature and diagnostic criteria (2016)

●American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI): Guidelines and standards for the multimodality imaging of diseases of the thoracic aorta in adults (2015)

●SCVP and AECVP: Consensus statement on surgical pathology of the aorta – I. Inflammatory diseases (2015)

●ESC: Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases – Document covering acute and chronic aortic diseases of the thoracic and abdominal aorta of the adult (2014)

●Interdisciplinary expert consensus document on management of type B aortic dissection (2013)

●European Association of Echocardiography (EAE): Recommendations for clinical practice of echocardiography in aortic diseases (2010)

●Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE): Standard of practice for the endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms and type B dissections (2009)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Medical technologies guidance on the E-vita open plus for treating complex aneurysms and dissections of the thoracic aorta (2013, updated 2018)

●British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (BSCI)/British Society of Cardiovascular CT (BSCCT): Recommendations for accurate CT diagnosis of suspected acute aortic syndrome (AAS) (2016)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on endovascular stent-graft placement in thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections (2005)

Australia-New Zealand

●Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ): Update on the diagnosis and management of inherited aortopathies, including Marfan syndrome (2016)

Japan

●Japanese Circulation Society (JCS): Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection – Digest version (2011)