National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® dyspnea — suspected cardiac origin.

American College of Radiology
Guideline Title
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® dyspnea — suspected cardiac origin.

Bibliographic Source(s)
Abbara S, Ghoshhajra B, White RD, Woodard PK, Atalay MK, Haramati LB, Hendel RC, Khan AR, Martin ET III, Rozenshtein A, Steiner RM, Expert Panel on Cardiac Imaging. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® dyspnea -- suspected cardiac origin. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2010. 8 p. [109 references]

Guideline Status

This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Schoepf UJ, Yucel EK, Bettmann MA, Casciani T, Gomes AS, Grollman JH, Holtzman SR, Polak JF, Sacks D, Stanford W, Jaff M, Moneta GL, Expert Panel on Cardiovascular Imaging. Shortness of breath -- suspected cardiac origin. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2006. 5 p. [34 references]

The appropriateness criteria are reviewed annually and updated by the panels as needed, depending on introduction of new and highly significant scientific evidence.

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National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® dyspnea — suspected cardiac origin.