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Clinical Practice Guidelines
About Our Guidelines
Society for Vascular Surgery clinical practice guidelines evaluate the evidence in the scientific literature, assess the likely benefits and harms of a particular treatment, and enable healthcare providers to select the best care for a unique patient based on his or her preferences.
The Society develops guidelines to aid its members and their patients in the decision-making process. SVS guideline writing groups draw upon systematic reviews of the available evidence to inform key recommendations. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are performed by the Mayo Clinic Evidence-based Practice Center, in Rochester, Minnesota. The methodology used for SVS clinical practice guidelines has been published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery.
SVS members are invited to propose guideline topics, using the request form.
Guidelines in Translation
Spanish-language translation is now available for the SVS AAA guidelines
(Upon opening link, please answer a few questions to help SVS evaluate this pilot program. Download link will appear once you click "Submit".)
Open for Public Comment
The Society for Vascular Surgery is seeking comments on draft Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Visceral Aneurysms. Included in these draft guidelines are recommendations related to diagnosis, treatment and screening in patients with the following types of aneurysms: renal, splenic, celiac, gastric and gastroepiploic, hepatic, superior mesenteric, jejunal, ileal and colic, and pancreaticoduodenal and gastroduodenal.
All are welcome to review these draft guidelines and provide comments, including SVS members, other clinicians directly involved in the management of patients with visceral aneurysms referring providers and allied professionals who care for the at-risk population industry and insurance company representatives, researchers, patients, caregivers and members of the public. Feedback received during the comment period will be shared with the writing committee.Your feedback is essential to strengthen the content of these guidelines and to ensure relevance in clinical practice and potential for improvements in patient care.
Please submit comments by April 23.
View draft guidelines and submit comments
Current Guidelines & Implementation Tools
Current SVS Clinical Practice Guidelines are listed below. The SVS Guidelines for Hospital Privileges can be found in the Credentialing Resources section of the website. SVS also participates in multispecialty consensus documents and guidelines intitiated by other organizations.
Topics in Development
- Carotid Artery/Cerebrovascular Disease
- Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia
- Endovascular Repair of Complex Aortic Aneurysms Involving the Paravisceral Aorta
- Popliteal Artery Aneurysms
- Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (TEVAR) for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
- Visceral Artery Aneurysms
Archived Guidelines
| Guideline | Status |
|---|---|
| Management of atherosclerotic carotid artery diseasE (2008) | Replaced by: Updated Society for Vascular Surgery guidelines for management of extracranial carotid disease (2011) |
Pocket Guidelines
The SVS has made several of its most recent clinical practice guidelines available as digital pocket cards through GuidelineCentral. The guidelines are:
- Follow-up After Vascular Surgery Arterial Procedures
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Management of Diabetic Foot
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Venous Leg Ulcers
Follow the link below to access the digital guidelines; printed pocket guides are also available for purchase. Non-members must purchase the guidelines individually, starting at $8.99.
To request your free link to digital guides (SVS Members), email your full name to Guidelines@VascularSociety.org for membership verification.
svs members - REQUEST YOUR FREE Digital Guidelines LINK
