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.................................................... both societies undertook a comprehensive review of the published evidence for management of a given condition according to ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (CPG) policy. A critical evaluation of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures was performed, including assessment of the riskbenefit ratio. The level of evidence and the strength of the recommendation of particular management options were weighed and graded according to predefined ESC scales, as outlined in the tables below. The experts of the writing and reviewing panels provided declaration of interest forms for all relationships that might be perceived as real or potential sources of conflicts of interest. These forms were compiled into one file and can be found on the ESC website (http:// www.escardio.org/guidelines). Any changes in declarations of interest that arise during the writing period were notified to the ESC and EAS Chairpersons and updated. The Task Force received its entire financial support from the ESC and EAS without any involvement from the healthcare industry. The ESC CPG supervises and coordinates the preparation of new Guidelines. The Committee is also responsible for the endorsement process of these Guidelines. The ESC Guidelines undergo extensive review by the CPG and external experts. After appropriate revisions the Guidelines are approved by all the experts involved in the Task Force. The finalized document is approved by the CPG and EAS for publication in the European Heart Journal and Atherosclerosis Journal. The Guidelines were developed after careful consideration of the scientific and medical knowledge and the evidence available at the time of their dating. The task of developing ESC/EAS Guidelines also includes the creation of educational tools and implementation programmes for the recommendations including condensed pocket guideline versions, summary slides, booklets with essential messages, summary cards for non-specialists and an electronic version for digital applications (smartphones, etc.). These versions are abridged and thus, for more detailed information, the user should always access the full text Table 1 Classes of recommendations ©ESC 2019 Classes of recommendations Class I Evidence and/or general agreement that a given treatment or procedure is Is recommended or is indicated Wording to use Class III Evidence or general agreement that the given treatment or procedure is not useful/effective, and in some cases may be harmful. Is not recommended Class IIb established by evidence/opinion. May be considered Class IIa Weight of evidence/opinion is in Should be considered Class II Table 2 Levels of evidence ©ESC 2019 Level of evidence A Data derived from multiple randomized clinical trials or meta-analyses. Level of evidence B Data derived from a single randomized clinical trial or large non-randomized studies. Level of evidence C Consensus of opinion of the experts and/or small studies, retrospective studies, registries. Downloaded from academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/41/1/111/5556353 by guest on 07 October 2026