Appropriate Use of Echocardiography
ACCF/ASE/AHA/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCAI/SCCM/SCCT/SCMR 2011 Appropriate Use Criteria for Echocardiography

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Keywords

ACCF Appropriate Use Criteria
Cardiac imaging
Coronary artery disease
Diagnostic testing
Echocardiography

Abbreviations

ACS
Acute coronary syndrome
APC
Atrial premature contraction
CABG
Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery
CAD
Coronary artery disease
CMR
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance
CRT
Cardiac resynchronization therapy
CT
Computed tomography
ECG
Electrocardiogram
HF
Heart failure
ICD
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
LBBB
Left bundle-branch block
LV
Left ventricular
MET
Estimated metabolic equivalents of exercise
MI
Myocardial infarction
PCI
Percutaneous coronary intervention
RNI
Radionuclide imaging
SPECT MPI
Single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging
STEMI
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
SVT
Supraventricular tachycardia
TEE
Transesophageal echocardiogram
TIA
Transient ischemic attack
TIMI
Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction
TTE
Transthoracic echocardiogram
NSTEMI/NSTEMI
Unstable angina/non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
VPC
Ventricular premature contraction
VT
Ventricular tachycardia

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This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Foundation Board of Trustees in November 2010.

The American College of Cardiology Foundation requests that this document be cited as follows: Douglas PS, Garcia MJ, Haines DE, Lai WW, Manning WJ, Patel AR, Picard MH, Polk DM, Ragosta M, Ward RP, Weiner RB. 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. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010: published online before print November 19, 2010, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2010.11.002.

This article is copublished in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.

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