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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●(See "Society guideline links: Atrial fibrillation".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Cardiac implantable electronic devices".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Inherited arrhythmia syndromes".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Ventricular arrhythmias".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Supraventricular arrhythmias".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Myocarditis".)
International
●EHRA/HRS/APHRS: Expert consensus on ventricular arrhythmias (2014)
Canada
United States
●HRS/American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA): Expert consensus statement on the perioperative management of patients with implantable defibrillators, pacemakers and arrhythmia monitors – Facilities and patient management (2011, reaffirmed 2018)
●ACC/AHA/HRS: Guideline for the management of adult patients with supraventricular tachycardia (2015)
●EHRA/HRS/APHRS: Expert consensus on ventricular arrhythmias (2014)
Europe
●EHRA, AEPC, and ESC: Position paper on arrhythmias in congenital heart disease (2018)
●EHRA: Consensus document on the management of supraventricular arrhythmias, 2016 (published 2017)
●EHRA and ESC: Consensus document on hypertension and cardiac arrhythmias (2017)
●EHRA/ACCA/EAPCI: Position paper on cardiac arrhythmias in acute coronary syndromes (2014)
●EHRA/HRS/APHRS: Expert consensus on ventricular arrhythmias (2014)
●EHRA: Position paper on the management of patients with palpitations (2011)
United Kingdom
●Resuscitation Council UK (RC): Adult advanced life support guidelines – Peri-arrest arrhythmias (2021)
Australia-New Zealand
●Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC): Guideline on managing acute dysrhythmias (2009)
Japan
●[In Japanese] Japanese Circulation Society (JCS)/Japanese Heart Rhythm Society (JHRS): Guideline on non-pharmacotherapy of cardiac arrhythmias, focused update (2021)
•[In Japanese] JCS: Guideline on non-pharmacotherapy of cardiac arrhythmias (2018)
●[In Japanese] JCS: Guidelines for diagnosis and management of inherited arrhythmias (2017)