Society guideline links: Inherited arrhythmia syndromes

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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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Arrhythmias in adults" and "Society guideline links: Ventricular arrhythmias".)

International

●European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS): Expert consensus statement on the state of genetic testing for cardiac diseases (2022)

●HRS: Expert consensus statement on evaluation, risk stratification, and management of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (2019)

●HRS/EHRA/APHRS/LAHRS: Expert consensus statement on catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias (2019)

●American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology (ACC)/HRS: 2017 guideline for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death (published 2018)

●HRS/EHRA/APHRS: Expert consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of patients with inherited primary arrhythmia syndromes (2013)

Canada

●Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS)/Canadian Heart Rhythm Society (CHRS): Society position statement on recommendations for the use of genetic testing in the clinical evaluation of inherited cardiac arrhythmias associated with sudden cardiac death (2011)

United States

●American Heart Association (AHA): Scientific statement on genetic testing for inherited cardiovascular diseases (2020)

●AHA/American College of Cardiology (ACC)/HRS: 2017 guideline for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death (published 2018)

●ACC/AHA/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS): Guideline for the evaluation and management of patients with syncope (2017)

●AHA: Science advisory on wearable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy for the prevention of sudden cardiac death (2016)

●AHA: Scientific statement on electrocardiographic early repolarization (2016)

●AHA/ACC: Scientific statement on eligibility and disqualification recommendations for competitive athletes with cardiovascular abnormalities – Arrhythmias and conduction defects (2015)

●American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF)/HRS/AHA/American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)/Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA)/Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)/Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT)/Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR): Appropriate use criteria for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy (2013)

Europe

●European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS): Expert consensus statement on the state of genetic testing for cardiac diseases (2022)

●European Society of Cardiology (ESC): Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death (2022)

●EHRA: Consensus document on the management of asymptomatic arrhythmias (2019)

●HRS/EHRA/APHRS/LAHRS: Expert consensus statement on catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias (2019)

●EHRA, Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC), and ESC: Position paper on arrhythmias in congenital heart disease (2018)

●ESC: Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope (2018)

●EHRA and the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR): Position paper on pre-participation cardiovascular evaluation for athletic participants to prevent sudden death (2017)

●HRS/EHRA/APHRS: Expert consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of patients with inherited primary arrhythmia syndromes (2013)

●EHRA: A position paper on management of patients with palpitations (2011)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Clinical guideline on transient loss of consciousness ('blackouts') in over 16s (2010, updated 2023)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator insertion for preventing sudden cardiac death (2017)

●NICE: Quality standard on transient loss of consciousness ('blackouts') in over 16s (2014)

●Heart Rhythm UK: Position statement on clinical indications for implantable cardioverter defibrillators in adult patients with familial sudden cardiac death syndromes (2010)

Australia–New Zealand

●Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) and New Zealand Resuscitation Council: Guideline 11.9 – Managing acute dysrhythmias

●Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ): Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) (2016)

●CSANZ: Position statement on the diagnosis and management of familial long QT syndrome, update (2016)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japanese Circulation Society (JCS)/Japanese Heart Rhythm Society (JHRS): Guideline on diagnosis and risk assessment of arrhythmia (2022)

●[In Japanese] JCS/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)