The IAC Standards
and Guidelines |
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Echocardiography Standards |
1.
ACCF/ASE/AHA/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCAI/SCCM/SCCT/SCMR 2011 – Appropriate Use
Criteria for Echocardiography: A Report of the American College of
Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, American
Society of Echocardiography, American Heart Association, American
Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, Heart
Rhythm Society, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and
Interventions, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Society of
Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Society for Cardiovascular
Magnetic Resonance. Endorsed by the American College of Chest
Physicians. Douglas, P., et al., J Am Coll Cardiol,
2011;57(9):1126-1166. content.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleid=1144231
2. ACCF/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2013
Multimodality Appropriate Use Criteria for the Detection and Risk
Assessment of Stable Ischemic Heart Disease. Wolk, M., et al., J Am
Coll Cardiol, 2014;63(4):1126-1166:380-406. content.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleid=1789799
3. ACC /AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/ SCMR/STS
2017 Appropriate Use Criteria for Multimodality Imaging in Valvular
Heart Disease A Report of the American College of Cardiology
Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, American Association for Thoracic
Surgery, American Heart Association, American Society of
Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Rhythm
Society, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions,
Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Doherty J., et al., J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 2018; 31(4): 381-404. asecho.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/MultimodalityImagingInValveDiseaseAUC.pdf
4. ACC /AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HRS/SCAI/ SCCT/SCMR/STS
2019 Appropriate Use Criteria for Multimodality Imaging in the
Assessment of Cardiac Structure and Function in Nonvalvular Heart
Disease. A Report of the American College of Cardiology Appropriate Use
Criteria Task Force, American Association for Thoracic Surgery,
American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography,
American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Rhythm Society, Society
for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of
Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic
Resonance, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Doherty J., et al., J
Am Soc Echocardiogr, 2019;32(5):553-579. www.asecho.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AUC-for-MMI-Nonvalvular-HD-2019.pdf