EACVI appropriateness criteria for the use of cardiovascular imaging in heart failure derived from European National Imaging Societies voting

Abstract

This paper presents the first European appropriateness criteria for the use of cardiovascular imaging in heart failure, derived from voting of the European National Imaging Societies representatives. The paper describes the development process and discusses the results.

Keywords: appropriateness criteria; cardiac computed tomography; cardiac resonance imaging; cardiovascular imaging; echocardiography; heart failure; nuclear imaging.