Does the revised appropriate use criteria for echocardiography represent an improvement over the initial criteria? A comparison between the 2011 and the 2007 …

PB Parikh, J Asheld, S Kort - Journal of the American Society of …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The appropriateness use criteria (AUC) for the performance of
transthoracic echocardiography were recently revised. The aims of this study were to …

Application of 2011 American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Society of Echocardiography appropriateness use criteria in hospitalized patients referred …

P Ballo, F Bandini, I Capecchi, L Chiodi, G Ferro… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: A recent American College of Cardiology Foundation and American
Society of Echocardiography document updated previous appropriate use criteria (AUC) for …

What is the evidence status of A ppropriate U se C riteria (AUC)? Insight from a matching exercise with the guidelines for echocardiography

R Fonseca, K Negishi, TH Marwick - Internal medicine journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
There is interest in adapting the American Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for transthoracic
echocardiography to A ustralian practice. We matched 90 of 98 AUC with the guidelines (53 …

Trends in outpatient transthoracic echocardiography: impact of appropriateness criteria publication

AR Rahimi, M York, N Gheewala, L Markson… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The impact of the 2007 American College of Cardiology Foundation
Transthoracic Echocardiography Appropriateness Criteria on trends in appropriateness is …

Evaluation of appropriate use of transthoracic echocardiography in 1,820 consecutive patients using the 2011 revised appropriate use criteria for echocardiography

HR Patil, TR Coggins, LL Kusnetzky… - The American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Revised Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for Echocardiography were published in 2011 and
classify potential procedure indications as appropriate (score of 7 to 9), uncertain (score of 4 …

Accf/ase/aha/asnc/hfsa/hrs/scai/sccm/scct/scmr 2011 appropriate use criteria for echocardiography: a report of the american college of cardiology foundation …

PS Douglas, MJ Garcia, DE Haines, WW Lai… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - jacc.org
Abstract The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), in partnership with the
American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and along with key specialty and subspecialty …

Comparison of the clinical application of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Society of Echocardiography Appropriateness Criteria for …

RP Ward, D Krauss, IN Mansour, N Lemieux… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: We sought to compare the clinical application of the American College of
Cardiology Foundation/American Society of Echocardiography Appropriateness Criteria …

Adherence to appropriateness criteria for transthoracic echocardiography: comparisons between a regional department of Veterans Affairs health care system and …

HJ Willens, O Gómez-Marín, A Heldman… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - Elsevier
We compared adherence to appropriateness criteria for transthoracic echocardiography in a
Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) and an academic practice and, within the …

ACCF/ASE/AHA/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCAI/SCCM/SCCT/SCMR 2011 Appropriate Use Criteria for Echocardiography. A Report of the American College of Cardiology …

HR Society, PS Douglas, MJ Garcia… - Journal of the …, 2011 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), in partnership with the American
Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and along with key specialty and subspecialty societies …

Comparison of the updated 2011 appropriate use criteria for echocardiography to the original criteria for transthoracic, transesophageal, and stress echocardiography

IN Mansour, RR Razi, NM Bhave, RP Ward - Journal of the American …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare appropriateness designations as
determined by the updated 2011 appropriate use criteria (AUC) for echocardiography with …