ACR Appropriateness Criteria ® Suspected New-Onset and Known Nonacute Heart Failure

While there is no single diagnostic test for heart failure (HF), imaging plays a supportive role beginning with confirmation of HF, especially by detecting ventricular dysfunction (Variant 1). Ejection fraction (EF) is important in HF classification, and imaging plays a subsequent role in differentiation between HF with reduced EF (HFrEF) versus preserved EF (HFpEF) (Variant 2). Once HFrEF is identified, distinction between ischemic and nonischemic etiologies with imaging support (Variant 3) facilitates further planning.

Source: Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR - November 1, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Expert Panel on Cardiac Imaging:, Richard D. White, Jacobo Kirsch, Michael A. Bolen, Juan C. Batlle, Richard K.J. Brown, Robert T. Eberhardt, Lynne M. Hurwitz, Joao R. Inacio, Jill O. Jin, Rajesh Krishnamurthy, Jonathon A. Leipsic, Prabhakar Rajiah, Amar Tags: Appropriate use criteria Source Type: research