Recommendations
Major Recommendations
Notes from the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)
- In March 2008, the National Heart Foundation of Australia/Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand released an addendum to their 2006 guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndrome, highlighting evidence "that strengthens the recommendations in the guidelines or provides alternatives to current recommended practice that should be considered based on the circumstances of the individual patient and setting." This new information is presented under the heading "2008 Addendum: Implications of the Findings."
- The National Heart Foundation of Australia/Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand released an additional addendum in August 2011. This addendum "summarises clinical trial evidence published since 2007 that is relevant to the recommendations contained in the Heart Foundation's Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes 2006 and 2007 addendum to the National Heart Foundation of Australia/Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes 2006. These recommendations are directed at the management of patients with spontaneous acute coronary syndromes, rather than those occurring as a result of other conditions (e.g., anaemia or thyrotoxicosis) where management may be directed at the underlying cause. This new information is presented under the heading "2011 Addendum."
- Definitions for the strength of recommendations and levels of evidence for the 2011 addendum are provided at the end of the "Major Recommendations" field.
