Cardiovascular & Hemodynamics
Preoperative cardiovascular assessment before non-cardiac surgery
AHA
- 2024 AHA/ACC/ACS/ASNC/HRS/SCA/SCCT/SCMR/SVM Guideline for Perioperative Cardiovascular Management for Noncardiac Surgery: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.
- Periprocedural Management and Multidisciplinary Care Pathways for Patients With Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
ESC
ESAIC:
ASA:
- Practice Advisory for the Perioperative Management of Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillators 2020.
- Practice Alert for the Perioperative Management of Patients with Coronary Artery StentsA Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Standards and Practice Parameters.
Hemodynamic Optimization
- Perioperative hemodynamic optimization - Adults including obstetrics, Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine, January 2026, Link
- Perioperative Quality Initiative consensus statement on goal-directed haemodynamic therapy, BJA, September 2025, Link
- Perioperative Quality Initiative consensus statement on goal-directed haemodynamic therapy, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2025, Guidelines, Link
- 2024 EACTS/EACTAIC Guidelines on Patient Blood Management in Adult Cardiac Surgery in Collaboration With EBCP, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, August 2025, Link
Acute Cardiac Events
Specific Diagnostic Tools
- Considerations of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography During Adult Cardiac Surgery: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association, Circulation, 12 June 2025, Link
- Practice Guidelines for Pulmonary Artery Catheterization: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Pulmonary Artery Catheterization.
Anesthesia of patients with congenital heart disease:
Anesthesia for Vascular surgery:
- Management of anaesthesia for transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation: an Italian interdisciplinary consensus statement, BJA, 2 January 2026, Link