title: Criteria for recommendation and expert consensus papers: from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Scientific Documents Committee.
abstract: The recommendations given in this document are intended as a guide for the writing committees with the aim to harmonize the style and content of EACVI expert consensus and recommendation documents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway thor.edvardsen@medisin.uio.no.
authors.forename: Thor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Edvardsen
authors.affiliation: Multimodality Cardiac Imaging Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Nuno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cardim
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Centrum voor Hart-en Vaatziekten, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussel, Belgium.
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cosyns
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.affiliation: Cardiology and CIC-IT 1414; CHU Rennes & LTSI, Inserm 1099, Université Rennes-1, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Erwan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Donal
authors.affiliation: University of Liège Hospital, GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences, Departments of Cardiology, Heart Valve Clinic, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: Raluca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dulgheru
authors.affiliation: Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galderisi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Kristina H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Haugaa
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Philipp A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.affiliation: University of Liège Hospital, GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences, Departments of Cardiology, Heart Valve Clinic, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium Gruppo Villa Maria Care and Research, Anthea Hospital, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Patrizio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lancellotti
authors.affiliation: Multimodality Cardiac Imaging Section, Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Denisa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Muraru
authors.affiliation: Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre & Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Plein
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maurer
authors.affiliation: University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Carol Davila'-Euroecolab, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Bogdan A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Popescu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, La Timone Hospital, Bd Jean Moulin, Marseille 13005, France.
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Habib
mesh_terms: D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D032921:Consensus; D004282:Documentation; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic
keywords: EACVI; expert consensus; guidelines; recommendations