December 30, 2014European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging51 citationsOpen Access
Appropriateness criteria for cardiovascular imaging use in heart failure: report of literature review
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Key Result
A literature review was conducted to inform the development of appropriateness criteria for cardiovascular imaging across common heart failure clinical scenarios.
Structured PICO
P
Population
Patients with heart failure
E
Exposure
Cardiovascular imaging
This report summarizes the literature review performed to inform the ESC/EACVI appropriateness criteria for cardiovascular imaging in heart failure.
Abstract
The Imaging Task Force appointed by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) identified the need to develop appropriateness criteria for the use of cardiovascular imaging in heart failure as a result of continuously increasing demand for imaging in diagnosis, definition of aetiology, follow-up, and treatment planning. This article presents the report of literature review performed in order to inform the process of definition of clinical indications and to aid the decisions of the appropriateness criteria voting panel. The report is structured according to identified common heart failure clinical scenarios.
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Garbi et al. (2014) conducted a review in heart failure. cardiovascular imaging was evaluated. A literature review was conducted to inform the development of appropriateness criteria for cardiovascular imaging across common heart failure clinical scenarios.