With the advancement of more high-quality research, significant progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of acute pulmonary embolism. Based on the latest evidence in evidence-based medicine, the Chinese Society of Cardiology released the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Embolism 2025 in June 2025. These guidelines provide comprehensive updates and optimizations in areas such as epidemiology, diagnostic strategies, and treatment options for acute pulmonary embolism. This article interprets the key aspects of the guidelines to promote their widespread dissemination and facilitate the implementation of their recommendations in clinical practice.

JCS 2023 Guideline on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Myocarditis offers a new perspective on the definition, classification, epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, diagnostic, treatment and management of myocarditis. It also provides recommendations to clinicians on the diagnosis and treatment of myocarditis which are more suitable for clinical practice. Given that no myocarditis guidance document has recently been issued in China, this article provides a comprehensive interpretation of the key points of this guideline combined with the latest research, so as to provide reference for the diagnosis and treatment of myocarditis in our country.

In September 2021, Eur Heart J published the 2021 ESC Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure, making important updates to the 2016 version. In the new guidelines, myocarditis is identified as a special clinical condition in heart failure that should be given more attention than before. Based on the current clinical practice of myocarditis management in China, this article aims to provide a comprehensive interpretation of the myocarditis section in the new guidelines, with the hope of improving the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.