Many organizations and agencies provide guidance on healthcare issues relating to cardiac and vascular disease. They provide practice guidelines, recommendations, and updates on research. Organizations and agencies whose guidelines and recommendations are referenced in this unit are:
- American Association of Clinical Chemistry (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)