title: The ACC looks to balance emerging science and clinical practice guideline development.
authors.affiliation: American College of Cardiology, Washington, DC. Electronic address: president@acc.org.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Gara
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000592:standards*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003657:Decision Making; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012306:Risk; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States