Criteria for recommendation and expert consensus papers: from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Scientific Documents Committee

Thor Edvardsen; Nuno Cardim; Bernard Cosyns; Victoria Delgado; Erwan Donal; Raluca Dulgheru; Maurizio Galderisi; Kristina H Haugaa; Philipp A Kaufmann; Patrizio Lancellotti; Massimo Lombardi; Denisa Muraru; Sven Plein; Gerald Maurer; Bogdan A Popescu; Gilbert Habib; EACVI Scientific Documents Committee

doi:10.1093/ehjci/jew157

Criteria for recommendation and expert consensus papers: from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Scientific Documents Committee

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Oct;17(10):1098-100. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jew157. Epub 2016 Aug 3.

Authors

Thor Edvardsen¹, Nuno Cardim², Bernard Cosyns³, Victoria Delgado⁴, Erwan Donal⁵, Raluca Dulgheru⁶, Maurizio Galderisi⁷, Kristina H Haugaa⁸, Philipp A Kaufmann⁹, Patrizio Lancellotti¹⁰, Massimo Lombardi¹¹, Denisa Muraru¹², Sven Plein¹³, Gerald Maurer¹⁴, Bogdan A Popescu¹⁵, Gilbert Habib¹⁶; EACVI Scientific Documents Committee

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway thor.edvardsen@medisin.uio.no.
² Multimodality Cardiac Imaging Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal.
³ Department of Cardiology, Centrum voor Hart-en Vaatziekten, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussel, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁵ Cardiology and CIC-IT 1414; CHU Rennes & LTSI, Inserm 1099, Université Rennes-1, Rennes, France.
⁶ University of Liège Hospital, GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences, Departments of Cardiology, Heart Valve Clinic, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium.
⁷ Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy.
⁸ Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
⁹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁰ University of Liège Hospital, GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences, Departments of Cardiology, Heart Valve Clinic, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium Gruppo Villa Maria Care and Research, Anthea Hospital, Bari, Italy.
¹¹ Multimodality Cardiac Imaging Section, Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.
¹² Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
¹³ Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre & Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
¹⁴ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
¹⁵ University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Carol Davila'-Euroecolab, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania.
¹⁶ Department of Cardiology, La Timone Hospital, Bd Jean Moulin, Marseille 13005, France.

PMID: 27491437
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jew157

Abstract

The recommendations given in this document are intended as a guide for the writing committees with the aim to harmonize the style and content of EACVI expert consensus and recommendation documents.

Keywords: EACVI; expert consensus; guidelines; recommendations.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cardiac Imaging Techniques / methods
Cardiac Imaging Techniques / standards*
Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnosis*
Consensus
Documentation
Europe
Female
Humans
Male
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Societies, Medical