Cardiometabolic disease prevention and treatment guidelines

This webpage covers all NICE’s guidelines on cardiometabolic disease prevention and treatment The table presents the guidelines alphabetically within their topic area. Updates planned or in progress are listed for each guideline, and there are links to the individual update pages for more information.

Guidelines

Cardiovascular disease

None

Guideline	Updates planned and in progress
Abdominal aortic aneurysm: diagnosis and management
Acute coronary syndromes	-
Acute heart failure: diagnosis and management	-
Atrial fibrillation: diagnosis and management	-
Cardiovascular disease: identifying and supporting people most at risk of dying early	-
Cardiovascular disease prevention	-
Cardiovascular disease: risk assessment and reduction, including lipid modification	Update published Escalation of therapy
Chronic heart failure in adults: diagnosis and management	-
Familial hypercholesterolaemia: identification and management	- Case finding recs 1.1.1-1.1.16 prioritised at PB in 2024
Heart valve disease presenting in adults: investigation and management	Update in progress:  Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) to treat aortic stenosis
Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management	-
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): assessment and management	Update in progress
Peripheral arterial disease: diagnosis and management	-
Recent-onset chest pain of suspected cardiac origin: assessment and diagnosis	-
Stable angina: management	-
Stroke and transient ischaemic attack in over 16s: diagnosis and initial management	-
Varicose veins: diagnosis and management	-
Venous thromboembolic diseases: diagnosis, management and thrombophilia testing	-
Venous thromboembolism in over 16s: reducing the risk of hospital-acquired deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism	-

Diabetes

Guideline	Updates planned and in progress
Diabetes in pregnancy: management from preconception to the postnatal period	Update in progress: managing type 1 diabetes using hybrid closed loops.
Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management	-
Diabetic foot problems: prevention and management	-
Type 1 diabetes in adults: diagnosis and management	-
Type 2 diabetes in adults: management	Update in progress: Medicines (including insulin)
Type 2 diabetes: prevention in people at high risk	-
Type 2 diabetes prevention: population and community-level interventions	-

Physical activity

Guideline	Updates planned and in progress
Physical activity and the environment	-
Physical activity: brief advice for adults in primary care	-
Physical activity: exercise referral schemes	-
Physical activity for children and young people	-
Physical activity in the workplace	-
Physical activity: walking and cycling	-

Weight management

Guideline	Updates planned and in progress
Overweight and obesity management	-

Methods

Guideline recommendations are developed using the methods and processes in developing NICE guidelines: the manual and the interim principles for methods and processes for supporting digital living guideline recommendations.

If you have new information, intelligence or evidence relevant to any of the key topic areas listed above, please contact prioritisation@nice.org.uk.