Standardization of adult transthoracic echocardiography reporting in agreement with recent chamber quantification, diastolic function, and heart valve disease recommendations: an expert consensus document of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: AIMS: This European Association Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) Expert Consensus document aims at defining the main quantitative information on cardiac structure and function that needs to be included in standard echocardiographic report following recent ASE/EACVI chamber quantification, diastolic function, and heart valve disease recommendations. The document focuses on general reporting and specific pathological conditions such as heart failure, coronary artery and valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and systemic diseases. METHODS AND RESULTS: Demographic data (age, body surface area, blood pressure, and heart rhythm and rate), type (vendor and model) of ultrasound system used and image quality need to be reported. In addition, measurements should be normalized for body size. Reference normal values, derived by ASE/EACVI recommendations, shall always be reported to differentiate normal from pathological conditions. This Expert Consensus document suggests avoiding the surveillance of specific variable using different ultrasound techniques (e.g. in echo labs with high expertise in left ventricular ejection fraction by 3D and not by 2D echocardiography). The report should be also tailored in relation with different cardiac pathologies, quality of images, and needs of the caregivers. CONCLUSION: The conclusion should be concise reflecting the status of left ventricular structure and function, the presence of left atrial and/or aortic dilation, right ventricular dysfunction, and pulmonary hypertension, leading to an objective communication with the patient health caregiver. Variation over time should be considered carefully, taking always into account the consistency of the parameters used for comparison.
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jex244
Authors: Maurizio Galderisi, Bernard Cosyns, Thor Edvardsen, Nuno Cardim, Victoria Delgado, Giovanni Di Salvo, Erwan Donal, Leyla Elif Sade, Laura Ernande, Madalina Garbi, Julia Grapsa, Andreas Hagendorff, Otto Kamp, Julien Magne, Ciro Santoro, Alexandros Stefanidis, Patrizio Lancellotti, Bogdan Popescu, Gilbert Habib, Frank A. Flachskampf, Bernhard Gerber, Alessia Gimelli, Kristina Haugaa
Institutions: Federico II University Hospital, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Hospital da Luz, Leiden University Medical Center, Royal Brompton Hospital, Inserm, Laboratoire Traitement du Signal et de l'Image, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Université Rennes 1, Université de Rennes, Başkent University, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri-Mondor, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King's College Hospital, Imperial College London, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig University, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Limoges, Hôpital Universitaire Dupuytren, General Hospital of Nikea, University of Liège, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, Hôpital de la Timone, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2787201390