TY - JOUR
T1 - Appropriateness criteria for cardiovascular imaging use in clinical practice
T2 - a position statement of the ESC/EACVI taskforce
AU - Garbi, Madalina
AU - Habib, Gilbert
AU - Plein, Sven
AU - Neglia, Danilo
AU - Kitsiou, Anastasia
AU - Donal, Erwan
AU - Pinto, Fausto
AU - Bax, Jeroen
AU - Achenbach, Stephan
AU - Popescu, Bogdan A
AU - Edvardsen, Thor
AU - Badano, Luigi P
AU - Stefanidis, Alexandros
AU - Bucciarelli-Ducci, Chiara
AU - Derumeaux, Genevieve
AU - Luis Zamorano, Jose
AU - Lüscher, Thomas F
AU - Maurer, Gerald
AU - Lancellotti, Patrizio
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - There is a growing interest from the scientific community in the appropriate use of cardiovascular imaging techniques for diagnosis and decision making in Europe. To develop appropriateness criteria for cardiovascular imaging use in clinical practice in Europe, a dedicated taskforce has been appointed by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI). The present paper describes the appropriateness criteria development process.
AB - There is a growing interest from the scientific community in the appropriate use of cardiovascular imaging techniques for diagnosis and decision making in Europe. To develop appropriateness criteria for cardiovascular imaging use in clinical practice in Europe, a dedicated taskforce has been appointed by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI). The present paper describes the appropriateness criteria development process.
KW - Cardiovascular Diseases
KW - Diagnostic Imaging
KW - Europe
KW - Humans
KW - Practice Guidelines as Topic
U2 - 10.1093/ehjci/jeu031
DO - 10.1093/ehjci/jeu031
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
C2 - 24639554
VL - 15
SP - 477
EP - 482
JO - European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
JF - European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
SN - 2047-2404
IS - 5
ER -