Society guideline links: Radiation safety for cardiovascular imaging and procedures

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This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●American College of Cardiology (ACC)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI)/Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)/Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT): Expert consensus document on optimal use of ionizing radiation in cardiovascular imaging – Best practices for safety and effectiveness (2018)

Canada

●Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) and Canadian Society of Thoracic Radiology (CSTR): Cardiac computed tomography (CT) practice guidelines – Part 1: Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) (2024)

●CAR and CSTR: Cardiac computed tomography (CT) practice guidelines – Part 2: Non-coronary imaging (2024)

●Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CSS)/Canadian Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CanSCMR)/Canadian Heart Rhythm Society (CHRS): Position statement on the safety of magnetic resonance imaging, update (2021)

●CCS: Position statement on radiation exposure from cardiac imaging and interventional procedures (2013)

United States

●American College of Cardiology (ACC): Expert panel on radiation exposure, training, and safety in cardiology (2024)

●European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) and American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) in collaboration with American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC), Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR): Recommendations for non-invasive imaging in coronary syndromes (2022)

●ACC/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI)/Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)/SCCT: Expert consensus document on optimal use of ionizing radiation in cardiovascular imaging – Best practices for safety and effectiveness (2018)

●ASNC: Information statement on contemporary cardiac SPECT imaging – Innovations and best practices (2018)