Review of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines on the management of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias

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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines present a synopsis of extensive internal evidence and technology reviews, with a particular focus on clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness within the NHS in England. This approach has delivered a novel perspective on arrhythmia management, with important distinctions from other policymakers' recommendations. For example, when compared with the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the American Heart Association (AHA)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/American College of Cardiology (ACC) guidelines on atrial fibrillation (AF), NICE advocates unique strategies regarding arrhythmia detection, stroke and bleeding risk stratification, and rhythm control (NICE CG 196). Likewise, for patients at risk of sudden cardiac death, NICE TA314 not only recommends device therapy based on New York Heart Association class and ECG findings, but also incorporates quality-adjusted life year data from analysis of key randomised controlled trials.This review examines the NICE guidelines, together with those from the AHA/HRS/ACC and ESC, on the management of AF and ventricular arrhythmias and highlights the key common features and discrepancies between these important documents.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:110

Enthalten in:

Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 110(2024), 5 vom: 12. Feb., Seite 313-322

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lambiase, Pier D [VerfasserIn]
Maclean, Edd [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atrial Fibrillation
Defibrillators, Implantable
Journal Article
Review
Tachycardia, Ventricular

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/heartjnl-2022-322122

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359879101