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- COVID-19
- General Cardiology
- Interventional
- Cardiovascular Genetics
- Cardiac Imaging
- Paediatric and Adult Congenital
- Heart Rhythm/Electrophysiology
- Nursing
POSITION STATEMENTS AND PRACTICE GUIDELINES
COVID-19
- Guidance on Myocarditis and Pericarditis after mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines (update Jan 2024)
- NHFA_ACRA Cardiac Rehabilitation Telehealth (Dec 2020)
- Management of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices in Australia During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Living Document Version 3 (11 June 2020)
- Cardiovascular Nursing Care Statement Exec Summary (27 May 2020)
- Cardiovascular Nursing Care Consensus Statement (27 May 2020)
- COVID-19 Paediatric and Congenital Council (25 May 2020)
- Evaluation of Patients Presenting with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndromes during COVID-19 Pandemic (21 April 2020)
- Optimising Secondary Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation for Atheroscelerotic CVD during COVID-19 Pandemic (20 April 2020)
- Consensus Statement on Rural and Remote Cardiology during COVID-19 Pandemic (11 April 2020)
- COVID-19 and Acute Heart Failure: screening the critically ill (10 Apr 2020)
- Consensus statement for patients with Genetic Heart Disease and COVID-19 (7 April 2020)
- Echocardiography Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic (30 March 2020)
- Consensus Guidelines for Interventional Cardiology Services Delivery during COVID-19 Pandemic in Aust/NZ (29 March 2020)
- Temporary suspension of all non-urgent elective surgery (29 March 2020)
General Cardiology
- 2024 Australia–New Zealand Expert Consensus Statement on Cardiac Amyloidosis (April 2024)
- SOMANZ Hypertension in Pregnancy Guideline 2023 (Feb 2024)
- A Clinical Guide for Assessment and Prescription of Exercise and Physical Activity in Cardiac Rehabilitation. A CSANZ Position Statement. (July 2023)
- Assessing Fitness to Drive (July 2022)
- Quit Heart Foundation : Smoking and vaping cessation (Oct 2021)
- NHFA: Coronary artery calcium scoring for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (May 2021)
- Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia (3rd Edition) (2020)
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: face-to-face and telehealth delivery options (16 Dec 2020)
- Guidelines for the Prevention, Detection, and Management of Heart Failure in Australia (2018)
- Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring (26 May 2017)
- Australian Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes (2016)
- Sedation for Cardiological Procedures (April 2015)
- Reducing Risk in Heart Disease (updated 2012)
- Psychosocial Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease (NHF website 2013)
Interventional
- Transcatheter Valve Therapies in Australia: Accreditation Standards and Heart Team Opportunities: a CSANZ and ANZSCTS Position Statement (2021)
- Support Facilities for Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) including Guidelines on the Performance of Procedures in Rural Sites (2016)
- Performance of and Support Facilities for a Primary PCI Service (2014)
- Operator and Institutional Requirements for a TAVI program (2014)
- Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterisation Coronary Angiography (2014)
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) (2014)
- Use of antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary stents undergoing non-cardiac surgery (2009)
Cardiovascular Genetics
- Management of People with a Fontan Circulation (2019)
- Diagnosis and Management of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) (2019)
- Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy (2016)
- Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (2016)
- Familial Long QT Syndrome (2016)
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (2016)
- Inherited aortopathies including Marfan Syndrome (2016)
- Brugada Syndrome (2015)
Cardiac Imaging
- 2024 CSANZ Position Statement on Indications, Assessment and Monitoring of Structural and Valvular Heart Disease With Transthoracic Echocardiography in Adults. (2024)
- Updated Position Statement on the Initial Certification and Maintenance of Recognition in Cardiac MRI (July 2024) from previous published 2020
- Training and Performance in Adult Echocardiography (2015)
- Clinical Exercise Stress Testing in Adults (2014)
- Ambulatory ECG Monitoring (2012)
- Sedation in Conjunction with Transoesophageal Echocardiography (2011)
- Noninvasive Coronary Artery Imaging (2010)
Paediatric and Adult Congenital
- Paediatric Cardiac Catheterisation (2020)
- Down Syndrome – Routine Cardiac Assessment of Newborns (2016)
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Recommendations for Standards of Care (2016)
- Paediatric Cardiology – Standards of Practice (2016)
- Paediatric Echocardiography (2016)
- Paediatric Electrocardiograms (2016)
Heart Rhythm/Electrophysiology
- CSANZ Expert Position Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation (2023)
- Follow-Up of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices (2022)
- Australian Clinical Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation (2018)
- Sub-specialty Training in Adult Cardiac Clinical Electrophysiology (2017)
- Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs): Selection, Implantation and Follow Up (2017)
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (2016)
- Prevention of Accidental Exposure to High Voltage Electric Shocks During the preparation for Burial of Deceased Persons with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) (2014)