Consensus and Position Papers on Cardiovascular Imaging

Consensus Papers

• 2024
  Standardisation in Paediatric Echocardiography Reporting and Critical Interpretation of Measurements, Functional Parameters and Prediction Scores. A Clinical Consensus Statement of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) of the ESC and the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC)
   
   
• 2024
  Three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography: how to use and when to use—a clinical consensus statement from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging of the European Society of Cardiology
   
   
• 2024
  Lung ultrasound in acute and chronic heart failure: a clinical consensus statement of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI)
   
   
• 2024
  European Society of Cardiology quality indicators for the care and outcomes of adults undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation
   
   
• 2023
  Imaging in patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices: part 2—imaging after device implantation
   
   
• 2023
  Imaging in patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices: part 1—imaging before and during device implantation
   
   
• 2023
  The clinical use of stress echocardiography in chronic coronary syndromes and beyond coronary artery disease
   
   
• 2023
  Competency-based cardiac imaging for patient-centred care. A statement of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
   
   
• 2023
  Placing patient-reported outcomes at the centre of cardiovascular clinical practice: implications for quality of care and management
   
   
• 2023
  Multimodality imaging in thoracic aortic diseases
   
   
• 2022
  The year 2021 in the European Heart Journal—Cardiovascular Imaging: Part I
   
   
• 2022
  How to quantify coronary atherosclerotic plaque using computed tomography
   
   
• 2022
  EACVI SIMULATOR–online study: evaluation of transoesophageal echocardiography knowledge and skills of young cardiologists
   
   
• 2022
  Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in autoimmune rheumatic diseases: a clinical consensus document by the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
   
   
• 2022
  Focus Issue: The Right Heart
   
   
• 2022
  Multi-modality imaging in aortic stenosis: an EACVI clinical consensus document
   
   
• 2022
  Multimodality imaging for patient selection, procedural guidance, and follow-up of transcatheter interventions for structural heart disease: a consensus document of the EACVI Task Force on Interventional Cardiovascular Imaging: part 1: access routes, transcatheter aortic valve implantation, and transcatheter mitral valve interventions
   
   
• 2022
  Cardiovascular multimodality imaging in women: a scientific statement of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging of the European Society of Cardiology
   
   
• 2022
  Multi-modality imaging assessment of native valvular regurgitation: an EACVI and ESC Council of Valvular Heart Disease position paper
   
   
• 2022
  How to evaluate cardiomyopathies by cardiovascular magnetic resonance parametric mapping and late gadolinium enhancement
   
   
• 2022
  Radiation safety for cardiovascular computed tomography imaging in paediatric cardiology: a joint expert consensus document of the EACVI, ESCR, AEPC, and ESPR
   
   
• 2022
  Clinical application of cardiac CT in 2020 – A Consensus Paper of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. Part II
   
   
• 2022
  How to assess severe tricuspid regurgitation by echocardiography?
   
   
• 2022
  Clinical application of cardiac CT in 2020 – A Consensus Paper of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. Part I
  
   
   
• 2021
  Non-invasive Imaging in coronary syndromes – Recommendations of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography, in collaboration with the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
  
   
   
• 2021
  Multimodality imaging approach to the diabetic heart: An Expert Consensus document from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
   
   
• 2021
  Multimodality imaging in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction. An expert consensus document of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
   
   
• 2021
  The year 2020 in the European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging: part II
   
   
• 2021
  The year 2020 in the European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging: part I
   
   
• 2021
  Level 1 of Entrustable Professional Activities in echocardiography: A position statement from the EACVI
   
   
• 2021
  Multimodality Imaging of myocardial viability: an Expert Consensus Document from the EACVI
  
   
   
• 2021
  EACVI recommendations on cardiovascular imaging for the detection of embolic sources: endorsed by the Canadian Society of Echocardiography
   
   
• 2021
  The structural heart disease interventional imager rationale, skills and training: a position paper of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
   
   
• 2021
  The role of innervation imaging in different clinical scenarios: an Expert Consensus Document of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and Cardiovascular Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine
   
   
• 2020
  Imaging the adult with simple shunt lesions: position paper from the EACVI and the ESC WG on ACHD
   
   
• 2020
  Training, competence, and quality improvement in echocardiography: the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Recommendations: update 2020
   
   
• 2020
  The year 2019 in the European Heart Journal—Cardiovascular Imaging: Part I
   
   
• 2020
  Contemporary rationale for non-invasive imaging of adverse coronary plaque features to identify the vulnerable patient: a Position Paper from the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
   
   
• 2020
  Multimodality imaging in takotsubo syndrome: a joint consensus document of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) and the Japanese Society of Echocardiography (JSE)
   
   
• 2020
  Global evaluation of echocardiography in patients with COVID-19
   
   
• 2020
  The role of cardiovascular imaging for myocardial injury in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
   
   
• 2020
  COVID-19 pandemic and cardiac imaging: EACVI recommendations on precautions, indications, prioritization, and protection for patients and healthcare personnel
   
   
• 2020
  EuroEcho 2019: highlights
   
   
• 2019
  EuroCMR 2019 highlights
   
   
• 2019
  Highlights of the 14th International Conference on Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac Computed Tomography
  
   
   
• 2019
  A comprehensive review of cardiovascular magnetic resonance, normal values of cardiac chamber size, aortic root dilatation in adults and recommendations for grading severity
   
   
• 2019
  The year 2018 in the European Heart Journal—Cardiovascular Imaging: Part II
   
   
• 2019
  Multimodality imaging in the diagnosis, risk stratification, and management of patients with dilated cardiomyopathies
   
   
• 2019
  The year 2018 in the European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging: Part I
   
   
• 2018
  The use of handheld ultrasound devices: a position statement of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (2018 update)
   
   
• 2018
  EACVI Recommendations on Echovascular Imaging Assessment of Arterial Diseases
   
   
• 2018
  Imaging the Adult With Congenital Heart Disease: A Multimodality Imaging Approach. Position Paper from the EACVI
   
   
• 2018
  Criteria for recommendation, expert consensus, and appropriateness criteria papers. Update from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Scientific Documents Committee
   
   
• 2018
  Standardization of Left Atrial, Right Ventricular and Right Atrial Deformation Imaging Using 2D Speckle Tracking Echocardiography: Consensus Document of the EACVI/ASE/ Industry Task Force to Standardize Deformation Imaging
   
   
• 2018
  Focus Cardiac Ultrasound (FoCUS) Core Curriculum and Core Syllabus of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI)
   
   
• 2017
  Strategies for radiation dose reduction in nuclear cardiology and cardiac computed tomography imaging
   
   
• 2017
  Standardization of adult transthoracic echocardiography reporting in agreement with recent chamber quantification, diastolic function, and heart valve disease recommendations
   
   
• 2017
  Imaging in cardiac sarcoidosis
   
   
• 2017
  Multimodality imaging evaluation of Chagas disease
   
   
• 2017
  Clinical Practice of Contrast Echocardiography
   
   
• 2017
  Non-invasive cardiovascular imaging for evaluating subclinical target organ damage in hypertensive patients
   
   
• 2017
  Multimodality Imaging in Restrictive Cardiomyopathies
   
   
• 2017
  Appropriateness criteria for the use of transthoracic echocardiography in adults
   
   
• 2017
  Appropriateness criteria for the use of cardiovascular imaging in heart valve disease in adults
   
   
• 2017
  Comprehensive multi-modality imaging approach in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
   
   
• 2016
  Echocardiographic assessment of aortic valve stenosis
  
   
   
• 2016
  The clinical use of stress echocardiography in non-ischaemic heart disease
   
   
• 2016
  Three-dimensional echocardiography in congenital heart disease
   
   
• 2016
  Comments on potential health effects of MRI-induced DNA lesions: quality is more important to consider than quantity
   
   
• 2016
  Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography
   
   
• 2016
  Imaging assessment of prosthetic heart valves
   
   
• 2016
  EACVI appropriateness criteria for the use of cardiovascular imaging in heart failure derived from European National Imaging Societies voting
   
   
• 2016
  Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic normal reference ranges for proximal aorta dimensions
   
   
• 2016
  EACVI/EHRA: The role of multi-modality imaging for the evaluation of patients with atrial fibrillation
  
   
   
• 2016
  The role of multi-modality imaging for the evaluation of patients with atrial fibrillation
   
   
• 2015
  The use of cardiac imaging to assess and follow patients after heart transplantation
   
   
• 2015
  Recommendations on the use of echocardiography in adult hypertension
   
   
• 2015
  Cardiovascular imaging practice in Europe
   
   
• 2015
  E-learning in cardiovascular imaging: another step towards a structured educational approach
   
   
• 2015
  Cardiac Oncology Toxicity Registry in breast cancer patients: rationale, study design, and methodology (EACVI/HFACOT Registry)
   
   
• 2015
  Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults
   
   
• 2015
  Indications for cardiovascular magnetic resonance in children with congenital and acquired heart disease
   
   
• 2015
  The multi-modality cardiac imaging approach to the Athlete's heart
   
   
• 2015
  Role of multimodality cardiac imaging in the management of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
   
   
• 2015
  Reporting nuclear cardiology
   
   
• 2014
  Appropriateness criteria for cardiovascular imaging use in heart failure: report of literature review
   
   
• 2014
  Definitions for a common standard for 2D speckle tracking echocardiography to standardise deformation imaging
   
   
• 2014
  Non-invasive cardiac imaging evaluation of patients with chronic systolic heart failure
   
   
• 2014
  The use of echocardiography in acute cardiovascular care
   
   
• 2014
  Updated standards and processes for accreditation of echocardiographic laboratories
   
   
• 2014
  Multimodality imaging evaluation of adult patients during and after cancer therapy
   
   
• 2014
  Multimodality imaging in pericardial disease
   
   
• 2014
  Focus cardiac ultrasound
   
   
• 2014
  The current and future status of nuclear cardiology
   
   
• 2014
  Appropriateness criteria for cardiovascular imaging use in clinical practice
   
   
• 2014
  Recommendations for transoesophageal echocardiography
   
   
• 2014
  The appropriate and justified use of medical radiation in cardiovascular imaging
   
   
• 2013
  Multimodality imaging evaluation of cardiovascular complications of radiotherapy in adults
   
   
• 2013
  Echocardiographic assessment of native valvular regurgitation
   
   
• 2013
  The use of imaging for electrophysiological and devices procedures
   
   
• 2013
  Emergency echocardiography
   
   
• 2012
  EHRA/HRS expert consensus statement on cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure: implant and follow-up recommendations and management
   
   
• 2012
  Image Acquisition and Display Using Three-Dimensional Echocardiography
   
   
• 2011
  Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
   
   
• 2011
  Use of echocardiography in new transcatheter interventions for valvular heart disease
   
   
• 2011
  Use of echo-Doppler in clinical trials: different modalities for different purposes
   
   
• 2011
  Current Evolving Echocardiographic techniques for the quantitative evaluation of cardiac Mechanics
   
   
• 2011
  Transoesophageal Echocardiography
   
   
• 2011
  Use of pocket-size Imaging devices
   
   
• 2010
  Echocardiography in aortic diseases
   
   
• 2010
  Cardiac computed tomography and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy for risk stratification in asymptomatic individuals without known cardiovascular disease
   
   
• 2010
  Echocardiography use in the diagnosis and management of cardiac sources of embolism
   
   
• 2010
  Reporting Perioperative transoesophageal echo studies
   
   
• 2010
  Assessment of valvular regurgitation. Part 2: mitral and tricuspid regurgitation (native valve disease)
   
   
• 2010
  Assessment of valvular regurgitation. Part 1: aortic and pulmonary regurgitation (native valve disease)
   
   
• 2010
  Practice of Echocardiography in infective endocarditis
   
   
• 2009
  Training, competence, and quality improvement in echocardiography
   
   
• 2009
  Contrast echocardiography: evidence-based recommendations
   
   
• 2009
  Extract Journal Article Recommendations for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography
   
   
• 2009
  Echocardiographic assessment of valve stenosis
   
   
• 2008
  Stress echocardiography
   
   
• 2006
  The future of cardiovascular imaging and non-invasive diagnosis
   
   
• 2006
  Chamber quantification
   
   
• 2001
  Performing transesophageal echocardiography