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Consensus and Position Papers on Cardiovascular Imaging

European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

Publishing scientific papers and recommendations is a core activity for the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI).

While a patient-centric approach leads the association to publish multi-imaging recommendations, focus is also given to each modality governed by the EACVI.

EACVI Compendium

Specialists from all cardiovascular imaging modalities have joined their expertise to create a compilation of recommendations and expert consensus statements. This Compendium guides the practice of cardiovascular imaging to provide the best healthcare experience.

The compendium gathers documents published in the European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging including the most recent expert consensus papers.

EACVI Compendium 2023

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Date

Title

Date: 2024

Title: 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)
Date: 2024

Title: 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
Date: 2024

Title: Lung ultrasound in acute and chronic heart failure: a clinical consensus statement of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI)
Date: 2024

Title: European Society of Cardiology quality indicators for the care and outcomes of adults undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Date: 2023

Title: Imaging in patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices: part 2—imaging after device implantation
Date: 2023

Title: Imaging in patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices: part 1—imaging before and during device implantation
Date: 2023

Title: The clinical use of stress echocardiography in chronic coronary syndromes and beyond coronary artery disease
Date: 2023

Title: Competency-based cardiac imaging for patient-centred care. A statement of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
Date: 2023

Title: Placing patient-reported outcomes at the centre of cardiovascular clinical practice: implications for quality of care and management
Date: 2023

Title: Multimodality imaging in thoracic aortic diseases
Date: 2022

Title: The year 2021 in the European Heart Journal—Cardiovascular Imaging: Part I
Date: 2022

Title: How to quantify coronary atherosclerotic plaque using computed tomography
Date: 2022

Title: EACVI SIMULATOR–online study: evaluation of transoesophageal echocardiography knowledge and skills of young cardiologists
Date: 2022

Title: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in autoimmune rheumatic diseases: a clinical consensus document by the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
Date: 2022

Title: Focus Issue: The Right Heart
Date: 2022

Title: Multi-modality imaging in aortic stenosis: an EACVI clinical consensus document
Date: 2022

Title: 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
Date: 2022

Title: Cardiovascular multimodality imaging in women: a scientific statement of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging of the European Society of Cardiology
Date: 2022

Title: Multi-modality imaging assessment of native valvular regurgitation: an EACVI and ESC Council of Valvular Heart Disease position paper
Date: 2022

Title: How to evaluate cardiomyopathies by cardiovascular magnetic resonance parametric mapping and late gadolinium enhancement
Date: 2022

Title: Radiation safety for cardiovascular computed tomography imaging in paediatric cardiology: a joint expert consensus document of the EACVI, ESCR, AEPC, and ESPR
Date: 2022

Title: Clinical application of cardiac CT in 2020 – A Consensus Paper of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. Part II
Date: 2022

Title: How to assess severe tricuspid regurgitation by echocardiography?
Date: 2022

Title: Clinical application of cardiac CT in 2020 – A Consensus Paper of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. Part I
Date: 2021

Title: 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
Date: 2021

Title: Multimodality imaging approach to the diabetic heart: An Expert Consensus document from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
Date: 2021

Title: Multimodality imaging in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction. An expert consensus document of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging.
Date: 2021

Title: The year 2020 in the European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging: part II
Date: 2021

Title: The year 2020 in the European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging: part I
Date: 2021

Title: Level 1 of Entrustable Professional Activities in echocardiography: A position statement from the EACVI
Date: 2021

Title: Multimodality Imaging of myocardial viability: an Expert Consensus Document from the EACVI
Date: 2021

Title: EACVI recommendations on cardiovascular imaging for the detection of embolic sources: endorsed by the Canadian Society of Echocardiography
Date: 2021

Title: The structural heart disease interventional imager rationale, skills and training: a position paper of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
Date: 2021

Title: 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
Date: 2020

Title: Imaging the adult with simple shunt lesions: position paper from the EACVI and the ESC WG on ACHD
Date: 2020

Title: Training, competence, and quality improvement in echocardiography: the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Recommendations: update 2020
Date: 2020

Title: The year 2019 in the European Heart Journal—Cardiovascular Imaging: Part I
Date: 2020

Title: 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
Date: 2020

Title: Multimodality imaging in takotsubo syndrome: a joint consensus document of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) and the Japanese Society of Echocardiography (JSE)
Date: 2020

Title: Global evaluation of echocardiography in patients with COVID-19
Date: 2020

Title: The role of cardiovascular imaging for myocardial injury in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Date: 2020

Title: COVID-19 pandemic and cardiac imaging: EACVI recommendations on precautions, indications, prioritization, and protection for patients and healthcare personnel
Date: 2020

Title: EuroEcho 2019: highlights
Date: 2019

Title: EuroCMR 2019 highlights
Date: 2019

Title: Highlights of the 14th International Conference on Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac Computed Tomography
Date: 2019

Title: A comprehensive review of cardiovascular magnetic resonance, normal values of cardiac chamber size, aortic root dilatation in adults and recommendations for grading severity.
Date: 2019

Title: The year 2018 in the European Heart Journal—Cardiovascular Imaging: Part II.
Date: 2019

Title: Multimodality imaging in the diagnosis, risk stratification, and management of patients with dilated cardiomyopathies.
Date: 2019

Title: The year 2018 in the European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging: Part I
Date: 2018

Title: The use of handheld ultrasound devices: a position statement of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (2018 update)
Date: 2018

Title: EACVI Recommendations on Echovascular Imaging Assessment of Arterial Diseases
Date: 2018

Title: Imaging the Adult With Congenital Heart Disease: A Multimodality Imaging Approach. Position Paper from the EACVI
Date: 2018

Title: Criteria for recommendation, expert consensus, and appropriateness criteria papers. Update from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Scientific Documents Committee
Date: 2018

Title: 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
Date: 2018

Title: Focus Cardiac Ultrasound (FoCUS) Core Curriculum and Core Syllabus of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI)
Date: 2017

Title: Strategies for radiation dose reduction in nuclear cardiology and cardiac computed tomography imaging
Date: 2017

Title: Standardization of adult transthoracic echocardiography reporting in agreement with recent chamber quantification, diastolic function, and heart valve disease recommendations
Date: 2017

Title: Imaging in cardiac sarcoidosis
Date: 2017

Title: Multimodality imaging evaluation of Chagas disease
Date: 2017

Title: Clinical Practice of Contrast Echocardiography
Date: 2017

Title: Non-invasive cardiovascular imaging for evaluating subclinical target organ damage in hypertensive patients
Date: 2017

Title: Multimodality Imaging in Restrictive Cardiomyopathies
Date: 2017

Title: Appropriateness criteria for the use of transthoracic echocardiography in adults
Date: 2017

Title: Appropriateness criteria for the use of cardiovascular imaging in heart valve disease in adults
Date: 2017

Title: Comprehensive multi-modality imaging approach in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
Date: 2016

Title: Echocardiographic assessment of aortic valve stenosis
Date: 2016

Title: The clinical use of stress echocardiography in non-ischaemic heart disease
Date: 2016

Title: Three-dimensional echocardiography in congenital heart disease
Date: 2016

Title: Comments on potential health effects of MRI-induced DNA lesions: quality is more important to consider than quantity
Date: 2016

Title: Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography
Date: 2016

Title: Imaging assessment of prosthetic heart valves
Date: 2016

Title: EACVI appropriateness criteria for the use of cardiovascular imaging in heart failure derived from European National Imaging Societies voting
Date: 2016

Title: Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic normal reference ranges for proximal aorta dimensions
Date: 2016

Title: EACVI/EHRA: The role of multi-modality imaging for the evaluation of patients with atrial fibrillation
Date: 2016

Title: The role of multi-modality imaging for the evaluation of patients with atrial fibrillation
Date: 2015

Title: The use of cardiac imaging to assess and follow patients after heart transplantation
Date: 2015

Title: Recommendations on the use of echocardiography in adult hypertension
Date: 2015

Title: Cardiovascular imaging practice in Europe
Date: 2015

Title: E-learning in cardiovascular imaging: another step towards a structured educational approach
Date: 2015

Title: Cardiac Oncology Toxicity Registry in breast cancer patients: rationale, study design, and methodology (EACVI/HFACOT Registry)
Date: 2015

Title: Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults
Date: 2015

Title: Indications for cardiovascular magnetic resonance in children with congenital and acquired heart disease
Date: 2015

Title: The multi-modality cardiac imaging approach to the Athlete's heart
Date: 2015

Title: Role of multimodality cardiac imaging in the management of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Date: 2015

Title: Reporting nuclear cardiology
Date: 2014

Title: Appropriateness criteria for cardiovascular imaging use in heart failure: report of literature review
Date: 2014

Title: Definitions for a common standard for 2D speckle tracking echocardiography to standardise deformation imaging
Date: 2014

Title: Non-invasive cardiac imaging evaluation of patients with chronic systolic heart failure
Date: 2014

Title: The use of echocardiography in acute cardiovascular care
Date: 2014

Title: Updated standards and processes for accreditation of echocardiographic laboratories
Date: 2014

Title: Multimodality imaging evaluation of adult patients during and after cancer therapy
Date: 2014

Title: Multimodality imaging in pericardial disease
Date: 2014

Title: Focus cardiac ultrasound
Date: 2014

Title: The current and future status of nuclear cardiology
Date: 2014

Title: Appropriateness criteria for cardiovascular imaging use in clinical practice
Date: 2014

Title: Recommendations for transoesophageal echocardiography
Date: 2014

Title: The appropriate and justified use of medical radiation in cardiovascular imaging
Date: 2013

Title: Multimodality imaging evaluation of cardiovascular complications of radiotherapy in adults
Date: 2013

Title: Echocardiographic assessment of native valvular regurgitation
Date: 2013

Title: The use of imaging for electrophysiological and devices procedures
Date: 2013

Title: Emergency echocardiography
Date: 2012

Title: EHRA/HRS expert consensus statement on cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure: implant and follow-up recommendations and management
Date: 2012

Title: Image Acquisition and Display Using Three-Dimensional Echocardiography
Date: 2011

Title: Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Date: 2011

Title: Use of echocardiography in new transcatheter interventions for valvular heart disease
Date: 2011

Title: Use of echo-Doppler in clinical trials: different modalities for different purposes
Date: 2011

Title: Current Evolving Echocardiographic techniques for the quantitative evaluation of cardiac Mechanics
Date: 2011

Title: Transoesophageal Echocardiography
Date: 2011

Title: Use of pocket-size Imaging devices
Date: 2010

Title: Echocardiography in aortic diseases
Date: 2010

Title: Cardiac computed tomography and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy for risk stratification in asymptomatic individuals without known cardiovascular disease
Date: 2010

Title: Echocardiography use in the diagnosis and management of cardiac sources of embolism
Date: 2010

Title: Reporting Perioperative transoesophageal echo studies
Date: 2010

Title: Assessment of valvular regurgitation. Part 2: mitral and tricuspid regurgitation (native valve disease)
Date: 2010

Title: Assessment of valvular regurgitation. Part 1: aortic and pulmonary regurgitation (native valve disease)
Date: 2010

Title: Practice of Echocardiography in infective endocarditis
Date: 2009

Title: Training, competence, and quality improvement in echocardiography
Date: 2009

Title: Contrast echocardiography: evidence-based recommendations
Date: 2009

Title: Extract Journal Article Recommendations for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography
Date: 2009

Title: Echocardiographic assessment of valve stenosis
Date: 2008

Title: Stress echocardiography
Date: 2006

Title: The future of cardiovascular imaging and non-invasive diagnosis
Date: 2006

Title: Chamber quantification
Date: 2001

Title: Performing transesophageal echocardiography