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British Journal of Radiology 74 (2001),852-855 © 2001 The British Institute of Radiology

Short communication

Quality criteria for cardiac images in diagnostic and interventional cardiology

G Bernardi, MD1, R Padovani, PhD2, G Morocutti, MD1, L Spedicato, MD1, J D Giannuleas, MD4, E Neofotistou, PhD5, A Manginas, MD6, J C Goicolea, MD7, J McNeill, MD8, E Vaño, PhD3, A Marzocchi, MD9, V Tsapaki, PhD5, P M Fioretti, MD1 and J Malone, PhD10

Unità Operativa di 1Cardiologia and 2Fisica Sanitaria, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy, 3Catedra de Fisica Medica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Departments of 4Cardiology and 5Physics, Athens General Regional Hospital, Athens, Greece, 6Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece, 7Department of Cardiology, Hospital Meixoeiro, Vigo, Spain, 8Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK, 9Dipartimento Cardiovascolare, Divisione di Cardiologia, Policlinico S. Orsola, Bologna, Italy, and 10Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, St James' Hospital and Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Correspondence: Dr Guglielmo Bernardi, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria della Misericordia, Unità Operativa di Cardiologia, Piazzale S. Maria della Misericordia, 15 33100-Udine, Italy

The quality of cardiac imaging plays a pivotal role in clinical decision-making and depends mainly on the technical performance of the imaging system and on angiographic technique. The Italian Society of Invasive Cardiology and The Italian Society of Physics in Medicine have set quality criteria giving precise guidelines regarding how an angiogram should appear provided that good equipment and correct angiographic technique are used. The criteria have been reviewed by the European Concerted Action DIMOND Cardiology group and are reported here to provide a reference standard for images for the most common procedures in daily practice.






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