Society guideline links: Multimodality cardiovascular imaging appropriate use criteria

Introduction — 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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Links to related guidelines are provided separately.

●(See "Society guideline links: Chronic coronary syndrome".)

●(See "Society guideline links: ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes (non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction)".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Heart failure in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Heart failure in children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Cardiomyopathy".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Pericardial disease".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Cardiac valve disease".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Treatment and prevention of infective endocarditis".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Congenital heart disease in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Congenital heart disease in infants and children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Aortic and other peripheral aneurysms".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Occlusive carotid, aortic, renal, mesenteric, and peripheral atherosclerotic disease".)

International

●American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ISACHD)/Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)/Society for Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT)/Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR)/Society of Pediatric Echocardiography (SOPE): Appropriate use criteria for multimodality imaging during the follow-up care of patients with congenital heart disease (2020)

●SCMR: Position paper on clinical indications for cardiovascular magnetic resonance (2020)

●SCMR: Standardized cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) protocols, update (2020)

●ACC/American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)/AHA/ASE/American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC)/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS): Appropriate use criteria for multimodality imaging in the assessment of cardiac structure and function in nonvalvular heart disease (2019)

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

●ACC/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS: Appropriate use criteria for multimodality imaging in valvular heart disease (2017)

●HRS: Expert consensus statement on magnetic resonance imaging and radiation exposure in patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (2017)

●ACR/ACC/AHA/AATS/American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)/ASNC/NASCI/Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)/SCCT/SCMR/The Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC)/Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)/Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR)/STS: Appropriate utilization of cardiovascular imaging in emergency department patients with chest pain (2015)

●ACCF/SCCT/ACR/AHA/ASE/ASNC/NASCI/SCAI/SCMR: Appropriate use criteria for cardiac computed tomography (2010)

Canada

●Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS)/Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR)/Canadian Association of Nuclear Medicine (CANM)/Canadian Nuclear Cardiology Society (CNCS)/Canadian Society of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CanSCMR): Joint position statement on advanced non-invasive cardiac imaging using positron emission tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and multi-detector computed tomographic angiography in the diagnosis and evaluation of ischemic heart disease (2006)

United States

●American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ISACHD)/Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)/Society for Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT)/Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR)/Society of Pediatric Echocardiography (SOPE): Appropriate use criteria for multimodality imaging during the follow-up care of patients with congenital heart disease (2020)

●ACC/American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)/AHA/ASE/American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC)/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS): Appropriate use criteria for multimodality imaging in the assessment of cardiac structure and function in nonvalvular heart disease (2019)

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

●ACC/American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS: Appropriate use criteria for multimodality imaging in valvular heart disease (2017)

●Image Gently Alliance: Radiation safety in children with congenital and acquired heart disease – A scientific position statement on multimodality dose optimization (2017)

●American College of Radiology (ACR)/American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF): Joint appropriate utilization of cardiovascular imaging (2016)

●ACCF/SCCT/ACR/AHA/ASE/ASNC/NASCI/SCAI/SCMR: Appropriate use criteria for cardiac computed tomography (2010)

●ACCF/ASNC/ACR/AHA/ASE/SCCT/SCMR/Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM): Appropriate use criteria for cardiac radionuclide imaging (2009)

Europe

●European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI): Appropriateness criteria for the use of cardiovascular imaging in heart valve disease in adults – A report of literature review and current practice (2017)

●EACVI: Appropriateness criteria for the use of transthoracic echocardiography in adults – A report of literature and current practice review (2017)

Japan

●Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (ASCI): Multimodality appropriate use criteria for noninvasive cardiac imaging – Expert consensus (2017)