Home News & Announcements Joint Comprehensive Methodology Manual for Harmonizing Guidelines published Joint Comprehensive Methodology Manual for Harmonizing Guidelines published ESTS is proud to announce a historic cooperation between the major societies of Cardiothoracic Surgery with the aim to harmonize guidelines and other clinical practice documents. "Harmonizing guidelines and other clinical practice documents" is a joint comprehensive methodology manual by the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS), and Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). The paper was simultaneously published in EJCTS, JTCVS and The Annals of Thoracic Surgery on October 10. 2024. Link to EJCTS Link to the document PDF View other News Articles