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: Cardiac valve disease" and "Society guideline links: Aortic dissection and other acute aortic syndromes".)
Canada
●CCS: Position statement on the management of thoracic aortic disease (2014)
United States
Europe
●ESC: Clinical practice guidelines for the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy (2018)
●ESC: Clinical practice guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases (2014)
Australia–New Zealand
Japan
●[In Japanese] JCS/JATS/JSVS/JSCS: Guideline on the management of valvular heart disease (2020)