Many organizations and agencies provide guidance relating to cardiac and vascular disease. They provide practice guidelines, recommendations, and updates on the latest research findings. Organizations and agencies whose guidelines and recommendations are referenced in this course are:
- Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) – formerly AACC
- American College of Cardiology (ACC)
- American Heart Association (AHA)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
- International Federation for Clinical Chemistry (IFCC)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
