title: 2013 ACCF/ACR/ASE/ASNC/SCCT/SCMR appropriate utilization of cardiovascular imaging in heart failure: an executive summary: a joint report of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria ® Committee and the ACCF Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force.
abstract: The ACR and the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) developed a joint process for determining the appropriate utilization (AU) of cardiovascular imaging modalities in heart failure (HF). This report represents an executive summary of the AU document which was aimed at critically and systematically creating, reviewing, and categorizing clinical situations where physicians order or use imaging tests for patients with suspected, incompletely characterized, or known HF.
authors.affiliation: American College of Radiology, USA.
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Manesh R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Suhny
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abbara
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bluemke
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Herfkens
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.forename: Leslee J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.forename: Arthur E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Stillman
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Udelson
mesh_terms: D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002309:Cardiology / Q000592:standards*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011871:Radiology / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States