The scale of scientific evidence behind the current ESC clinical guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

European Society of Cardiology (ESC) clinical practice guidelines are currently considered as an essential tool supporting many cardiologists in clinical decision-making not only in Europe but all-over the world. In this study we analyzed these recommendations regarding their class of recommendations (COR) and level of evidence (LOE) to detect how solid is the scientific background behind these recommendations.

Methods

We have abstracted all the current guidelines defined as "the guidelines available on the ESC website by 01 October 2022". All recommendations were classified according to their COR (Class I, IIa, IIb, or III) and LOE (A, B, or C). As every topic has different number of recommendations, we have used the median values in comparisons between different

SUBMITTER: Tantawy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10105211 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature