Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2019; 113(1): 135-181
Position Statement on Indications of Echocardiography in Adults – 2019
Silvio Henrique Barberato
, Minna Moreira Dias Romano, Adenalva Lima de Souza Beck, Ana Clara Tude Rodrigues, André Luiz Cerqueira de Almeida, Bruna Morhy Borges Leal Assunção, Eliza de Almeida Gripp, Fabio Villaça Guimarães Filho, Henry Abensur, José Maria Del Castillo, Marcelo Haertel Miglioranza, Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira, Márcio Vinicius Lins de Barros, Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes, Maria Estefania Bosco Otto, Renato de Aguiar Hortegal, Rodrigo Bellio de Mattos Barretto, Thais Harada Campos, Vicente Nicoliello de Siqueira, Samira Saady Morhy
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20190129
1. Introduction
In accordance with the “Standards for the Elaboration of Guidelines, Positions and Normations” sanctioned by the Brazilian Society of Cardiology, this document was written to update the “Echocardiography Indication Guidelines” of 2009. The new document is not intended to be a comprehensive review of echocardiography, but rather an indispensable basic guide to support the rational clinical decision-making of the physician requesting the exam for adult patients. Although it considers the recent technological advances of echocardiography, its purpose is not to describe in detail echocardiography methods, but to summarize in a clear and concise way the main situations in which echocardiography brings benefit to the diagnosis and/or therapeutic orientation of the individual. This manuscript chose to highlight the class of recommendation, as described below:
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