What policies and methods are in place to limit bias and prevent improper influence in the development of AHA/ASA guidelines?
The AHA/ASA have rigorous policies and methods for development of guidelines that limit bias and prevent improper influence. These include selecting experts from a broad array of backgrounds, representing different sexes, races, ethnicities, intellectual perspectives, geographic regions, and scopes of clinical practice and by inviting organizations and professional societies with related interests and expertise to participate as endorsers. The AHA/ASA also have a policy on relationships with industry and other entities which can be found at https://professional.heart.org/-/media/phd-files/guidelines-and- statements/policies-devolopment/aha-asa-disclosure-rwi-policy-5118.pdf?la=en.