1. [ANMCO/SICI-GISE/SIC/SIECVI/SIRM Consensus document: Appropriateness of multimodality imaging in cardiovascular disease]
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Federico, Nardi, Paolo Giuseppe, Pino, Domenico, Gabrielli, Furio, Colivicchi, Maurizio Giuseppe, Abrignani, Antonio Francesco, Amico, Nadia, Aspromonte, Francesco Antonio, Benedetto, Erika, Bertella, Lidia Maria, Boccardi, Chiara, Bucciarelli Ducci, Pasquale, Caldarola, Marco, Campana, Pio, Caso, Rodolfo, Citro, Anna Maria, Costante, Benedetta Carla, De Chiara, Ernesto, Di Cesare, Stefania Angela, Di Fusco, Stefano, Domenicucci, Iolanda, Enea, Paola, Erba, Giorgio, Faganello, Silvia, Favilli, Giovanna, Geraci, Raffaele, Giubbini, Nicola, Giunta, Vincenzo, Guido, Massimo, Imazio, Georgette, Khoury, Giovanni, La Canna, Donato, Mele, Antonella Maurizia, Moreo, Giuseppe Guglielmo, Mercuro, Giuseppe, Musumeci, Danilo, Neglia, Iris, Parrini, Bruno, Pinamonti, Luigi, Pollarolo, Gianluca, Pontone, Carmelo, Privitera, Carmine, Riccio, Gianfranco, Sinagra, Stefano, Urbinati, Ferdinando, Varbella, Massimo Zoni, Berisso, Guerrino, Zuin, Andrea, Di Lenarda, and Michele Massimo, Gulizia
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Positron emission tomography ,Consensus ,Cardiac magnetic resonance ,Cardiovascular Diseases ,Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular ,Emergency Service, Hospital ,Female ,Humans ,Italy ,Multimodal Imaging ,Pregnancy ,Chronic coronary syndrome ,Heart failure ,Arrhythmias ,Cardiovascular ,Hospital ,Cardiovascular multimodality imaging ,Computed tomography ,Emergency Service ,Appropriate use criteria ,Valvular heart disease ,Patent foramen ovale ,Diagnostic Techniques ,Acute coronary syndrome ,Cardiac imaging ,Cardiomyopathies ,Echocardiography ,Hypertension ,Nuclear imaging - Abstract
The complexity of cardiovascular diseases has led to an extensive use of technological instruments and the development of multimodality imaging. This extensive use of different cardiovascular imaging tests in the same patient has increased costs and waiting times.The concept of appropriateness has changed over time. Appropriateness criteria address the need for specific cardiovascular imaging tests in well-defined clinical scenarios, and define the kind of cardiovascular imaging that is appropriated for each clinical scenario in different stages of the disease. The concept of appropriateness criteria has replaced the old idea of appropriate use criteria and reflects the increasing effort of the international Scientific Societies to create and review in a critical way the management of diagnostic tests used by clinicians.The aim of this Italian consensus document is to address the use of multimodality imaging in the diagnosis and management of the major cardiovascular clinical scenarios, taking into consideration not only the international guidelines and scientific documents already published, but also the reality of Italian laws as well as the various professional profiles involved in patient management and availability of technological diagnostic instruments.
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- 2020