Standards for conducting and reporting consensus and recommendation documents: European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology policy from the Guidelines Committee

Amalia Lupi, Dominika Suchá, Giulia Cundari, Nicola Fink, Hatem Alkadhi, Ricardo P. J. Budde, Federico Caobelli, Carlo N. De Cecco, Nicola Galea, Maja Hrabak-Paar, Christian Loewe, Julian Luetkens, Giuseppe Muscogiuri, Luigi Natale, Konstantin Nikolaou, Maja Pirnat, Luca Saba, Rodrigo Salgado, Michelle C. Williams, Bernd J. WinterspergerRozemarijn Vliegenthart, Marco Francone, Alessia Pepe*

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Abstract

Cardiovascular imaging is exponentially increasing in the diagnosis, risk stratification, and therapeutic management of patients with cardiovascular disease. The European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR) is a non-profit scientific medical society dedicated to promoting and coordinating activities in cardiovascular imaging. The purpose of this paper, written by ESCR committees and Executive board members and approved by the ESCR Executive Board and Guidelines committee, is to codify a standardized approach to creating ESCR scientific documents. Indeed, consensus development methods must be adopted to ensure transparent decision-making that optimizes national and global health and reaches a certain scientific credibility. ESCR consensus documents developed based on a rigorous methodology will improve their scientific impact on the management of patients with cardiac involvement.
Original languageEnglish
Article number207
JournalInsights into Imaging
Volume15
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Aug 2024

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