Type of evidence supporting ACC/AHA and ESC clinical practice guidelines for acute coronary syndrome.
Maribel Gonzalez-Del-HoyoCaterina Mas-LladoLaura Blaya-PeñaJoan Siquier-PadillaJ J CoughlanVicente PeralXavier RosselloPublished in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2023)
The references supporting the ACC/AHA and ESC guidelines on STEMI and NSTE-ACS consisted of non-randomised studies in ~ 45% of cases, with less than a third of the references consisting of meta-analyses and randomised studies. The type of studies supporting guideline recommendations varied widely by the LOE of the recommendation.