Appropriate Criteria
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1. ACCF/ACR/SCCT/SCMR/ASNC/NASCI/SCAI/SIR 2006 Appropriateness Criteria for Cardiac Computed Tomography
and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Quality
Strategic Directions Committee Appropriateness Criteria Working Group,
American College of Radiology, Society of Cardiovascular Computed
Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, American
Society of Nuclear Cardiology, North American Society for Cardiac
Imaging, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and
Society of Interventional Radiology
Appendix
Journal of the American College of Cardiology; Vol. 48, No. 7, 2006.
2. ACCF/ACR/AIUM/ASE/ASN/ICAVL/SCAI/SCCT/SIR/SVM/SVS 2012 Appropriate Use Criteria for Peripheral Vascular Ultrasound and Physiological Testing Part I: Arterial Ultrasound and Physiological Testing
A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force,
American College of Radiology, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, American Society of
Echocardiography, American Society of Nephrology, Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation
of Vascular Laboratories, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of
Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Interventional Radiology, Society for Vascular
Medicine, and Society for Vascular Surgery
Endorsed by the American Academy of Neurology, American Podiatric Medical Association, Society for Clinical
Vascular Surgery, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and Society for Vascular Ultrasound.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 60, No. 3, 2012