January 7, 2020Journal of the American College of Cardiology
ACC/AHA/ASE/HRS/ISACHD/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/SOPE 2020 Appropriate Use Criteria for Multimodality Imaging During the Follow-Up Care of Patients With Congenital Heart Disease
Ritu SachdevaAnne Marie ValenteAimee K. ArmstrongStephen C. CookBo HanLeo LopezGeorge K. LuiSarah S. PickardAndrew J. PowellNicole M. BhaveRitu SachdevaAnne Marie ValenteSarah S. PickardJeanne M. BaffaPuja BankaScott B. CohenJulie S. GlicksteinJoshua KanterRonald J. KanterYuli Y. KimAlaina K. KippsLarry LatsonJeannette P. LinDavid ParraFred H. RodriguezElizabeth V. SaarelShubhika SrivastavaElizabeth A. StephensonKaren StoutAli N. Zaidi
Key result
New multimodality imaging appropriate use criteria establish consensus recommendations for CHD follow-up care.
Key Points
- To develop appropriate use criteria for multimodality imaging in the follow-up of patients with congenital heart disease.
- Consensus guidelines developed by multiple professional organizations on imaging usage.
- Evaluation of current imaging practices and outcomes for congenital heart disease patients.
- Criteria highlight specific imaging modalities for patient follow-up.
- Recommendations aim to enhance clinical decision-making and patient outcomes.
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“There is a paucity of guidelines in our field in terms of when to image, how often to image, and which modality to use. What needed to happen was for experts to come up with [a document] on the best way to follow these patients... As you can imagine, it's a massive project including all of congenital heart disease.”
Implication
May inform imaging selection in congenital heart disease follow-up; leaves open prospective validation of clinical outcomes.
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Sachdeva et al. (2020) studied this question. Multimodality imaging appropriate use criteria were established to provide consensus recommendations for the follow-up care of patients with congenital heart disease.