title: Appropriateness criteria for cardiovascular imaging use in heart failure: report of literature review.
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.
authors.affiliation: King's Health Partners, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Madalina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garbi
authors.affiliation: King's Health Partners, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McDonagh
authors.affiliation: Universitair Ziekenhuis van Brussel, CHVZ and ICMI Laboratory, CHIREC, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cosyns
authors.affiliation: Bristol NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit (BRU), Bristol Heart Institute, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bucciarelli-Ducci
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet and University of Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Thor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Edvardsen
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Sismanoglio Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Anastasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kitsiou
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Radiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Koen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nieman
authors.affiliation: Department of GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Valve Clinic, Department of Cardiology, University of Liège Hospital, University Hospital SartTilman, Liège, Belgium Department of GVM Care and Research, Bologna, Italy plancellotti@chu.ulg.ac.be.
authors.forename: Patrizio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lancellotti
mesh_terms: D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques; D005060:Europe; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
keywords: Appropriateness criteria; Cardiac computed tomography; Cardiac magnetic resonance; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Imaging; Nuclear cardiology