EACVI official documents

The European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging publishes several official documents each year – these include recommendation papers, consensus statements and position statements. The most recent of these papers can be found below.

2016

EACVI/EHRA Expert Consensus Document on the role of multi-modality imaging for the evaluation of patients with atrial fibrillation

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

The clinical use of stress echocardiography in non-ischaemic heart disease: recommendations from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography

Three-dimensional echocardiography in congenital heart disease: an expert consensus document from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography

Recommendations for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic normal reference ranges for proximal aorta dimensions: results from the EACVI NORRE study

Recommendations for the imaging assessment of prosthetic heart valves: a report from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging endorsed by the Chinese Society of Echocardiography, the Inter-American Society of Echocardiography, and the Brazilian Department of Cardiovascular Imaging

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

2015

Indications for cardiovascular magnetic resonance in children with congenital and acquired heart disease: an expert consensus paper of the Imaging Working Group of the AEPC and the Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Section of the EACVI

Recommendations for the echocardiographic assessment of native valvular regurgitation: an executive summary from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging/Cardiovascular Imaging Department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology recommendations for the use of cardiac imaging to assess and follow patients after heart transplantation

The use of echocardiography in acute cardiovascular care: Recommendations of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association

Recommendations for cardiac chamber quantification by echocardiography in adults: an update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging/Cardiovascular Imaging Department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology recommendations for the use of cardiac imaging to assess and follow patients after heart transplantation

Reporting nuclear cardiology: a joint position paper by the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI)

Cardiac computed tomography core syllabus of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI)

Nuclear Cardiology Core Syllabus of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI)

The use of echocardiography in acute cardiovascular care: Recommendations of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association

Cardiovascular imaging practice in Europe: a report from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

The multi-modality cardiac imaging approach to the Athlete's heart: an expert consensus of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

2014

European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) position paper: multimodality imaging in pericardial disease

Expert consensus for multimodality imaging evaluation of adult patients during and after cancer therapy: a report from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

Focus cardiac ultrasound: the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging viewpoint

Update of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) Core Syllabus for the European Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Certification Exam

The current and future status of nuclear cardiology: a consensus report

Updated standards and processes for accreditation of echocardiographic laboratories from The European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

Appropriateness criteria for cardiovascular imaging use in clinical practice: a position statement of the ESC/EACVI taskforce

Recommendations for transoesophageal echocardiography: EACVI update 2014

2013

Expert consensus for multi-modality imaging evaluation of cardiovascular complications of radiotherapy in adults: a report from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography

Recommendations for the echocardiographic assessment of native valvular regurgitation: an executive summary from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

2012

Emergency echocardiography: the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging recommendations

EAE/ASE Recommendations for Image Acquisition and Display Using Three-Dimensional Echocardiography

2011

Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Practice Guidelines and Recommendations for Training

Echocardiography in aortic diseases: EAE recommendations for clinical practice (vol 11, pg 645, 2010)

EAE/ASE recommendations for the use of echocardiography in new transcatheter interventions for valvular heart disease

Recommendations of the EAE: How to use echo-Doppler in clinical trials: different modalities for different purposes

Current and Evolving Echocardiographic Techniques for the Quantitative Evaluation of Cardiac Mechanics: ASE/EAE Consensus Statement on Methodology and Indications Endorsed by the Japanese Society of Echocardiography

The use of pocket-size imaging devices: a position statement of the European Association of Echocardiography

2010

Echocardiography in aortic diseases: EAE recommendations for clinical practice

Recommendations for transoesophageal echocardiography: update 2010

Recommendations for echocardiography use in the diagnosis and management of cardiac sources of embolism: EAE (a registered branch of the ESC)

Recommendations for reporting perioperative transoesophageal echo studies

European Association of Echocardiography recommendations for the assessment of valvular regurgitation. Part 2: mitral and tricuspid regurgitation (native valve disease)

European Association of Echocardiography recommendations for the assessment of valvular regurgitation. Part 1: aortic and pulmonary regurgitation (native valve disease)

Recommendations for the practice of echocardiography in infective endocarditis