Society Reports, Protocols and Guidelines
Working Group Reports
- Guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis - Executive Summary (May 2004)
- Guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis - Full Text (May 2004)
- Dental Aspects of Endocarditis Prophylaxis (May 2004)
- Report on Continual Professional Development (December 2003)
- Report from the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons and the British Cardiac Society on models of care for the delivery of cardiac surgery (July 2001)
- Report on the conflict between service and training in cardiothoracic surgery (July 2001)
- Report on the critical under provision of surgery for lung cancer in the UK
- Report on common waiting lists for coronary surgery [Word format] (July 2001)
- Report on surgical cross cover arrangements (October 2001)
- Specialist Advisory Committee Report on training requirements for thoracic surgery in the United Kingdom
Clinical Guidelines
- Video assisted thoracic surgery – guidelines for practice, training and procedure development [PDF format]
- Recommendations for Standards of Monitoring and Alarms during Cardiopulmonary Bypass from a joint working party of the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, The Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists and the Society of perfusionists. [PDF format] or [Word format]
- International guidelines for anticoagulation following heart valve replacement
- Recommendations on the workload of cardiothoracic surgeons
- European Society of Cardiology Taskforce Report: The legal implications of medical guidelines. [PDF format]
- European Society of Cardiology guidelines on driving and heart disease. [PDF format]
- Draft guidelines on the surgical resection of oesophageal cancer
- ESC Guidelines on diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism [PDF format]