TY - JOUR
T1 - Reporting nuclear cardiology
T2 - a joint position paper by the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI)
AU - Trägårdh, Elin
AU - Hesse, Birger
AU - Knuuti, Juhani
AU - Flotats, Albert
AU - Kaufmann, Philipp A
AU - Kitsiou, Anastasia
AU - Hacker, Marcus
AU - Verberne, Hein J
AU - Edenbrandt, Lars
AU - Delgado, Victoria
AU - Donal, Erwan
AU - Edvardsen, Thor
AU - Galderisi, Maurizio
AU - Habib, Gilbert
AU - Lancellotti, Patrizio
AU - Nieman, Koen
AU - Rosenhek, Raphael
AU - Agostini, Denis
AU - Gimelli, Alessia
AU - Lindner, Oliver
AU - Slart, Riemert
AU - Ubleis, Christopher
AU - EACVI
N1 - Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2015. For permissions please email: [email protected].
PY - 2015/3
Y1 - 2015/3
N2 - The report of an imaging procedure is a critical component of an examination, being the final and often the only communication from the interpreting physician to the referring or treating physician. Very limited evidence and few recommendations or guidelines on reporting imaging studies are available; therefore, an European position statement on how to report nuclear cardiology might be useful. The current paper combines the limited existing evidence with expert consensus, previously published recommendations as well as current clinical practices. For all the applications discussed in this paper (myocardial perfusion, viability, innervation, and function as acquired by single photon emission computed tomography and positron emission tomography or hybrid imaging), headings cover laboratory and patient demographics, clinical indication, tracer administration and image acquisition, findings, and conclusion of the report. The statement also discusses recommended terminology in nuclear cardiology, image display, and preliminary reports. It is hoped that this statement may lead to more attention to create well-written and standardized nuclear cardiology reports and eventually lead to improved clinical outcome.
AB - The report of an imaging procedure is a critical component of an examination, being the final and often the only communication from the interpreting physician to the referring or treating physician. Very limited evidence and few recommendations or guidelines on reporting imaging studies are available; therefore, an European position statement on how to report nuclear cardiology might be useful. The current paper combines the limited existing evidence with expert consensus, previously published recommendations as well as current clinical practices. For all the applications discussed in this paper (myocardial perfusion, viability, innervation, and function as acquired by single photon emission computed tomography and positron emission tomography or hybrid imaging), headings cover laboratory and patient demographics, clinical indication, tracer administration and image acquisition, findings, and conclusion of the report. The statement also discusses recommended terminology in nuclear cardiology, image display, and preliminary reports. It is hoped that this statement may lead to more attention to create well-written and standardized nuclear cardiology reports and eventually lead to improved clinical outcome.
KW - Cardiac Imaging Techniques
KW - Europe
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Nuclear Medicine
KW - Positron-Emission Tomography
KW - Practice Guidelines as Topic
KW - Radionuclide Imaging
KW - Sensitivity and Specificity
KW - Societies, Medical
KW - Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
KW - Journal Article
KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
KW - Review
U2 - 10.1093/ehjci/jeu304
DO - 10.1093/ehjci/jeu304
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 25618478
SN - 1525-2167
VL - 16
SP - 272
EP - 279
JO - European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging
JF - European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging
IS - 3
ER -