Appropriate Utilization of Cardiovascular Imaging
2015 ACR/ACC/AHA/AATS/ACEP/ASNC/NASCI/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR/SCPC/SNMMI/STR/STS Appropriate Utilization of Cardiovascular Imaging in Emergency Department Patients With Chest Pain: A Joint Document of the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria Committee and the American College of Cardiology Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force

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ACC appropriate use criteria
ACR Appropriateness Criteria
appropriate utilization
chest pain
imaging
multimodality

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This document was approved by the American College of Radiology Board of Chancellors and the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees in June 2015.

The American College of Cardiology requests that this document be cited as follows: Rybicki FJ, Udelson JE, Peacock WF, Goldhaber SZ, Isselbacher EM, Kazerooni E, Kontos MC, Litt H, Woodard PK. 2015 ACR/ACC/AHA/AATS/ACEP/ASNC/NASCI/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR/SCPC/SNMMI/STR/STS appropriate utilization of cardiovascular imaging in emergency department patients with chest pain: a joint report of the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria Committee and the American College of Cardiology Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force. J Am Coll Cardiol 2016;67:853–79.

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Official American College of Radiology Representative.

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Official American College of Cardiology Representative.

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Official American College of Emergency Physicians Representative.

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Official American Heart Association Representative.

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Official Payer, Humana Representative.

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Official American Association for Thoracic Surgery Representative.

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Official Society of Thoracic Surgeons Representative.

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Official Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Representative.

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Official Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention Representative.

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Official Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Representative.

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Official American College of Emergency Physicians Representative.

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Official Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Representative.

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Official North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging Representative.

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Official Society for Cardiovascular Patient Care Representative.

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Official American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Representative.

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Official American College of Physicians Representative. Dr. Rosenberg's representation does not imply ACP endorsement of this guideline.

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Official American Society of Echocardiography Representative. Dr. Ward's representation does not indicate ASE endorsement of this guideline.

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Official Society of Thoracic Radiology Representative.

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Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Medical Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital.

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Department of Radiology, The University of Ottawa.