Expert consensus document on angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors in cardiovascular diseaseThe Task Force on ACE-inhibitors of the European Society of Cardiology
Autor: | Christian Torp-Pedersen, Jose Lopez-Sendon, Philippe Lechat, Michal Tendera, Finn Waagstein, Jan Kjekshus, Henry J. Dargie, Karl Swedberg, Aldo P. Maggioni, John J.V. McMurray, Juan Tamargo |
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Rok vydání: | 2004 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Dose-Response Relationship Drug Heart Diseases biology Task force business.industry Garcia Expert consensus Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors biology.organism_classification Death Sudden Cardiac Cardiovascular Diseases Internal medicine Hypertension medicine Cardiology Humans Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
Zdroj: | European Heart Journal. 25:1454-1470 |
ISSN: | 0195-668X |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ehj.2004.06.003 |
Popis: | ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (CPG), Silvia G. Priori (Chairperson) (Italy), Maria Angeles Alonso Garcia (Spain), Jean-Jacques Blanc (France), Andrzej Budaj (Poland), Martin Cowie (UK), Veronica Dean (France), Jaap Deckers (The Netherlands), Enrique Fernandez Burgos (Spain), John Lekakis (Greece), Bertil Lindahl (Sweden), Gianfranco Mazzotta (Italy), Keith McGregor (France), Joao Morais (Portugal), Ali Oto (Turkey), Otto A. Smiseth (Norway) Document Reviewers, Maria Angeles Alonso Garcia (CPG Review Coordinator) (Spain), Diego Ardissino (Italy), Cristina Avendano (Spain), Carina Blomstrom-Lundqvist (Sweden), Denis Clement (Belgium), Helmut Drexler (Germany), Roberto Ferrari (Italy), Keith A. Fox (UK), Desmond Julian (UK), Peter Kearney (Ireland), Werner Klein (Austria), Lars Kober (Denmark), Giuseppe Mancia (Italy), Markku Nieminen (Finland), Witold Ruzyllo (Poland), Maarten Simoons (The Netherlands) Kristian Thygesen (Denmark), Gianni Tognoni (Italy), Isabella Tritto (Italy), Lars Wallentin (Sweden) Guidelines and Expert Consensus documents aim to present all the relevant evidence on a particular issue in order to help physicians to weigh the benefits and risks of a particular diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. They should be helpful in everyday clinical decision-making. A great number of Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents have been issued in recent years by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and by different organisations and other related societies. This profusion can put at stake the authority and validity of guidelines, which can only be guaranteed if they have been developed by an unquestionable decision-making process. This is one of the reasons why the ESC and others have issued recommendations for formulating and issuing Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents. In spite of the fact that standards for issuing good quality Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents are well defined, recent surveys of Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents published in peer-reviewed journals between 1985 and 1998 have shown that methodological standards were not complied with in the vast majority of cases. It … |
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