@article{3101012, title = "EACVI appropriateness criteria for the use of cardiovascular imaging in heart failure derived from European National Imaging Societies voting", author = "Garbi, M. and Edvardsen, T. and Bax, J. and Petersen, S.E. and McDonagh, T. and Filippatos, G. and Lancellotti, P.", journal = "European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging", year = "2016", volume = "17", number = "7", pages = "711-721", publisher = "Oxford University Press", issn = "2047-2404, 2047-2412", doi = "10.1093/ehjci/jew081", keywords = "appropriateness criteria; Article; cardiac imaging; disease classification; follow up; heart failure; human; medical society; pathophysiology; priority journal; treatment planning; cardiac imaging; cine magnetic resonance imaging; diagnostic imaging; echocardiography; Europe; female; heart failure; male; multimodal imaging; pathophysiology; positron emission tomography-computed tomography; practice guideline; procedures; sensitivity and specificity; severity of illness index; single photon emission computed tomography; stress echocardiography, Cardiac Imaging Techniques; Echocardiography; Echocardiography, Stress; Europe; Female; Heart Failure; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; Male; Multimodal Imaging; Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severity of Illness Index; Societies, Medical; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon", abstract = "This paper presents the first European appropriateness criteria for the use of cardiovascular imaging in heart failure, derived from voting of the European National Imaging Societies representatives. The paper describes the development process and discusses the results. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2016." }