SCMR Guidelines & Position Statements

Guidelines/Position Statements

2024 SCMR Expert Consensus Statement for CMR of Patients with a Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device
2024 Guidelines for the Evaluation of Prosthetic Valve Function With Cardiovascular Imaging
2024 Competency Based Curriculum for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
2023 4D Flow Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Consensus Statement: 2023 Update
2022 SCMR Consensus Statement for Acquired and Non-structural Pediatric Heart Disease
2022 SCMR/SNMMI/ACR/ASNC Joint Credentialing Statement for Cardiac PET/MRI
2022 SCMR/EACVI/ASE/SPR/NASCI Guidelines for the Use of CMR in Pediatric Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease
2022 SCMR Guidelines for Reporting CMR Examinations
2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain
2021 Standards for Writing SCMR Endorsed Guidelines, Expert Consensus, and Recommendations
2021 SCMR Position Statement – CMR in Women with Cardiovascular Disease

Italian Translators: Alberto Cipriani, MD; Fabrizio Ricci, MD, PhD, MSc, FEACVI
Reviewer: Andrea Baggiano, MD, FEACVI
2021 ASNC/AHA/ASE/EANM/HFSA/ISA/SCMR/SNMMI Expert Consensus Recommendations for Multimodality Imaging in Cardiac Amyloidosis: Part 1 of 2-Evidence Base and Standardized Methods of Imaging
2021 ASNC/AHA/ASE/EANM/HFSA/ISA/SCMR/SNMMI Expert Consensus Recommendations for Multimodality Imaging in Cardiac Amyloidosis: Part 2 of 2-Diagnostic Criteria and Appropriate Utilization
2020 SCMR Position Paper – Clinical Indications for CMR

Chinese Translator: Lei Zhao, MD
Reviewer: Meng Jiang, MD
Spanish Translators: Sara Elizabeth Ramirez Flores, Diana Isabel Katekaru Tokeshi
Reviewer: Aylen Perez Barreda
Italian Translators: Alberto Aimo, MD; Anna Giulia Pavon, MD
Reviewer: Andrea Cardona, MD, PhD, FSCMR, FACC
Turkish Translators: Elif Ayduk Gövdeli, MD; Begüm Uygur, MD; Zehra İrem Sezer, MD;
Ahmet Barutçu, MD; Özge Özden Tok, MD
Reviewer: Ahmet Demirkıran, MD
2020 SCMR Standardized Post-Processing 2020 Update

Turkish Translators: Zehra İrem Sezer, MD, Ahmet Demirkıran, MD
Reviewer: Ahmet Demirkıran, MD
Italian Translator: Anna Baritussio, MD, PhD, FEACVI
Reviewer: Santo Dellegrottaglie, MD
Japanese Translator:  Masafumi Takafuji
Reviewer:  Yasutaka Ichikawa
Korean Translator:  Heerin Lee
Reviewer:  Jung Im Jung
Spanish Translators:  Aylen Perez Barreda, Amalia Peix Gonzalez
Reviewer:  Katia Devorha Menacho Medina
French Translators:  Aurélien Bustin, Théo Pezel
Reviewer:  Aurélien Bustin, Théo Pezel
2020 SCMR Standardized Imaging Protocols 2020 Update

Turkish Translator: Ahmet Demirkıran, MD
Reviewer: Ahmet Demirkıran, MD
Italian Translator: Alessandra Scatteia, MD
Reviewer: Andrea Cardona, MD
Japanese Translator:  Takanori Kokawa
Reviewer:  Masaki Ishida
Chinese Translators:  Siqi Tang, MD, Yuanwei Xu, MD
Reviewer:  Yucheng Chen, MD, PhD
Spanish Translator:  Katia Menacho Medina, MD
Reviewer: Sara Elizabeth Ramirez-Flores
2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
2019 SCMR Position Statement: Clinical Practice of CMR
2017 SCMR Consensus Statement on CMR Mapping of T1, T2, and T2*
2013 SCMR Protocols for Adult & Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease

Japanese Translators: Tatsunori Takahashi, Yumi Shiina, Yuzo Yamasaki, Masateru Kawakubo
Reviewer: Michinobu Nagao
Korean Translator: Sun Hwa Hong / 홍선화
Reviewers: Hyun Woo Goo / 구현우, Jung Im Jung / 정정임, Byoung Wook Choi / 최병욱
Portuguese Translators: Gabriela Liberato, Thais Pinheiro Lima
Reviewer: Carlos Rochitte
Romanian Translator: Marian Pop
Reviewer: Veronica-Maria Marcu
Spanish Translators: Gilberto Gómez Garza, Rafael Choza-Chenhalls
Reviewer: Lilia Mercedes Sierra-Galán

Other Documents

2024 Guidelines for the Evaluation of Prosthetic Valve Function With Cardiovascular Imaging: A Report From ASE Developed in Collaboration With SCMR and SCCT
2022 SCMR recommendations for training and competency of CMR technologists
2022 30-minute CMR for common clinical indications: a Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance white paper
2020 SCMR Recommended CMR Protocols for Scanning Patients with Active or Convalescent Phase COVID-19 Infection
2019 Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Stress Perfusion Imaging for Evaluation of Patients With Chest Pain
2018 Expert consensus for CMR imaging endpoints in clinical research: part I – analytical validation and clinical qualification
2018 Guidelines for training in cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)
2018 The Growth and Evolution of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: 20-Year History of the SCMR Annual Scientific Sessions
2017 Representation of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the AHA / ACC guidelines
2017 Role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology
2017 2017 HRS Expert Consensus Statement on Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Radiation Exposure in Patients with Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices
2014

Role Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC): Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Update

Persian Translators: Zahra Alizadeh Sani, Pouya Nezafati, Mahya Masoomi, Bita Zargaran, Mohaddesh Behjati
Reviewers: Zahra Alizadeh Sani, Medhi Hedjazi Moghari
Portuguese Translators: Thaís Pinheiro Lima
Reviewers: Juliano Lara Fernandes
2014

Simplifying Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Pulse Sequence Terminology

Persian Translators: Zahra Alizadeh Sani, Fereshte Hasanzade, Mozhgan Jafarpour, Behzad Farahani
Reviewer: Zahra Alizadeh Sani
Spanish Translator/Reviewer: Lilia Mercedes Sierra-Galán
2012

Heart Valve Disease: Investigation By Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Persian Translators: Zahra Alizadeh Sani, Sonia Rezaei, Bita Zargaran
Reviewer: Zahra Alizadeh Sani
Portuguese Translator: Juliana Serafim da Silveira
Reviewer: Juliano Lara Fernandes
Spanish Translator: Silvia Siu-Moguel
Reviewer: Lilia M. Sierra-Galán
2012

The Diagnosis of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Persian Translators: Hossein Navid, Bita Zargaran
Reviewer: Zahra Alizadeh Sani
Portuguese Translator: Juliana Serafim
Reviewer: Juliano de Lara Fernandes
Chinese Translator: Jing Liu, Zhaoying Wen
Reviewer: Yucheng Chen, CWS Chan
Spanish Translator: Silvia Siu-Moguel
Reviewer: Lilia M. Sierra-Galán
2012

CMR in Inflammatory Vasculitis

Spanish Translators: Ricardo Obregón, Lilia M. Sierra-Galán
Reviewer: Lilia M. Sierra-Galán
2012

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Pericardial Disease

Persian Translators: Hossein Navid, Bita Zargaran
Reviewer: Zahra Alizadeh Sani

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