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Guidelines

Guidelines are recommandations on medical topics. They support treatment processes as well as decision-making.

The following guidelines are recommended by the Swiss Society of Angiology. The list is annually updaten by the following board members: Prof. Dr. Marc Husmann and Prof. Dr. Daniel Staub.

Procedural Recommendations

The SSA has formulated criteria for conducting the PTA in an inpatient setting and has developed a checklist for this purpose.

Criteria for Inpatient Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA); Criteria for Inpatient Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA, in German); in accordance with KLV Annex 1a Version as of 01.01.2025

General Guidelines Societies

Guidelines ESVM

Guidelines SVM

Guidelines ESC

Guidelines and Statements AHA :

Guidelines ESVS

Guidelines SVS

Guidelines & Topic Collections

Circulation

JACC Journals

AWMF Guidelines

European Society of Vascular Medicine (ESVM)

Amercian Society of Vascular Medicine (SVM)

European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

American Heart Association AHA

European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS)

American Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)

American College of Chest Physicians

AHA/ASA Journals

Guidelines of the American College of Cardiology

Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF)

ARTERIES

Aorta

Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Abdominal Aorto-Iliac Artery Aneurysms (ESVS 2024)

Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Disease Diagnosis and Management (ACC/AHA 2022)

Practice guidelines on the care of patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (SVS)

Abdominal aortic aneurysm: diagnosis and management NICE guideline (NICE)

S2k-Leitlinie Typ B Aortendissektion (AWFM)

Diagnosing acute aortic syndrome: a Canadian clinical practice guideline

PAVD

Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease Guideline-at-a-Glance (American College of Cardiology 2024)

Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Asymptomatic Lower Limb Peripheral Arterial Disease and Intermittent Claudication (ESVS 2024)

Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Acute Limb Ischaemia (ESVS 2020)

Endovascular revascularization: Management of chronic peripheral artery disease patients with indication for endovascular revascularization (ESVM 2024)

Guidelines on Peripheral Arterial Disease: Guideline on PAD (ESVM 2021)

Global Vascular Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia (ESVS)

Guidelines for the management of peripheral arterial and aortic diseases European heart (ESC 2024)

Exercise Therapy for Chronic Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease: A Clinical Consensus Document of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases in Collaboration with the European Society of Vascular Medicine and the European Society for Vascular Surgery.

The Society for Vascular Surgery clinical practice guidelines on popliteal artery aneurysms (SVS)

S3-Leitlinie Diagnostik, Therapie und Nachsorge der peripheren arteriellen Verschlusskrankheit (AWMF)

First International Consensus on the diagnosis and management of fibromuscular dysplasia (SVM)

Mesenteric Arteries/Veins

Management of the Diseases of Mesenteric Arteries and Veins (ESVS 2023)

Cerebrovascular

Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Atherosclerotic Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease (ESVS 2023)

S3-Leitlinie Diagnostik, Therapie und Nachsorge der extracraniellen Carotisstenose (AMWF 2020)

Guideline for the Primary Prevention of Stroke: A Guideline From the American HeartAssociation/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA 2024)

VEINS

Venous thromboembolism

Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Venous ThrombosisDisease (ESVS 2021)

Cancer and Covid: Thromboembolic Disease in Patients With Cancer and COVID-19 – Risk Factors, Prevention and Practical Thromboprophylaxis Recommendations–State-of-the-Art (ESVM 2024)

ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism developed in collaboration with the ERS (2019)

Treatment of venous thromboembolism, focus on deep vein thrombosis (Swiss expert comments on the 10th ACCP guidelines on antithrombotic therapy 2017)

Diagnosis and treatment of acute pulmonary embolism - Part 2: Therapy and follow-up (Swiss expert commentary on the 2019 ESC guidelines)

S2k guideline Diagnostics and therapy of venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism (AWFM 2023)

Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease Compendium and Review of CHEST Guidelines 2012-2021

Second consensus document on diagnosis and management of acute deep vein thrombosis: updated document elaborated by the ESC Working Group on aorta and peripheral vascular diseases and the ESC (Working Group on pulmonary circulation and right ventricular function 2018)

ASH Clinical Practice Guidelines on Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) (American Societey of Hematology )

ESC/ERS-Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension (2022, Endorsed by the ISHLT and ERN-LUNG)

Position Paper: Post-thrombotic Syndrome: A position paper from European Society of Vascular Medicine (ESVM 2021)

Chronic venous insufficiency

Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Venous Disease of the Lower Limbs (ESVS 2022)

S2k - Leitlinie Diagnostik und Therapie der Varikose (AWFM 2019)

Lymphatic vessels

Lymphedema

A systematic review of guidelines for lymphedema and the need for contemporary intersocietal guidelines for the management of lymphedema (American Society of Vascular Surgery 2020)

The American Venous Forum, American Vein and Lymphatic Society and the Society for Vascular Medicine expert opinion consensus on lymphedema diagnosis and treatment (SVM 2022)

Lipedema

S2k Guideline Lipedema (AWFM 2024)

Vascular

Vascular access

Clinical Practice Guideline for Vascular Access: 2019 Update (National Kidney Foundation)

Editor’s Choice e Vascular Access: 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines (ESVS 2018)

Vascular Malformation

Vascular Malformations and Tumors

ISSVA classification for vascular anomalies (ISSVA 2018)

Collagenosis / Vasculitis

Raynaud's disease / Microcirculation

ESVM Raynaud’s Guidelines: The diagnosis and management of Raynaud’s phenomenon (ESVM 2021)

Polymyalgia rheumatica (American College of Rheumatology 2015)

Lupus (American College of Rheumatology 2024)

Vasulitis

Vasculitis Guidelines (American College of Rheumatology 2021)

EULAR classification criteria for giant cell arteritis (American College of Rheumatology 2022)

Diagnostik und Therapie der Livedovaskulopathie (AWFM 2021)

Vascular Prevention

Hypertension

ESC Guidelines for the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension (European Society of Cardiology 2024)

Lipids

Lipid-lowering and anti-thrombotic therapy in patients with PAD: A Guideline from European Atherosclerosis Society & European Society of Vascular Medicine (2021)

Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk (ESC/EAS 2019)

Neue ESC/EAS-Dyslipidämie-Guidelines (AGLA 2020)

General

Consensus on e-Cigarettes: A consensus statement of the German Society of Vascular Medicine endorsed by the European Society of Vascular Medicine (ESVM 2024)

Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: Developed by the Task Force for cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice with representatives of the European Society of Cardiology and 12 medical societies with tcontribution of the EAPC (ESC 2021)

Antithrombotic

European Society for Vascular Surgery Clinical Practice Guidelines on Antithrombotic Therapy for Vascular Diseases (ESVS 2023)

Exercise Therapy

Supervised exercise therapy: Supervised exercise training in patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease (ESVM 2023)

Ultrasound/Imaging

Ultrasound

The EFSUMB Guidelines and Recommendations for the Clinical Practice of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in Non-Hepatic Applications (EFSUM, Update 2017)

Mixed

Vascular Physicians

Position Paper: The compelling arguments for the need of medical vascular physicians in Europe (ESVM 2021)

Graft Infections

Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Vascular Graft and Endograft Infections (ESVS 2020)

Radiation Safety

Clinical Practice Guidelines on Radiation Safety (ESVS 2023)

Periprocedural Management of Thrombotic and Bleeding Risk

Consensus Guidelines for the Periprocedural Management of Thrombotic and Bleeding Risk in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Image-Guided Interventions (CAIR 2019)

Perioperative Cardiovascular Management

Guideline for Perioperative Cardiovascular Management for Noncardiac Surgery (AHA/ACC/ACS/ASNC/HRS/ SCA/SCCT/SCMR/SVM 2024)

Wounds

Chronic wounds: Treatment consensus (2021)

Venous Leg Ulcer

Guideline on Venous Leg Ulcer: Developed by the Guideline Subcommittee «Diagnostics and Treatment of Venous Leg Ulcers’ of the European Dermatology Forum» (2019)

Diabetic Foot

IWGDF GUIDELINES: The International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF 2023)

Swiss interdisciplinary guidance on good practices for acute and complicated diabetic foot syndromes (2021)

Practical Guides

A practical guide outlines the key steps involved in performing medical treatments, emphasizing patient safety and effective communication. Following these steps can help ensure the successful completion of the procedure and optimize patient outcomes.

Triage for Diabetic Foot Syndrome

QualiCCare has made the latest version of the practice guideline on diabetic foot syndrome on its website in all languages available (now also in Italian). Small corrections have also been made to the indication-specific practice recommendations. Likewise, application aids and the checklist are now also available on the website in all national languages.

All documents are available as PDFs under the following link: Web DFS-Triage