![]() ![]() Non-invasive cardiac imaging is a critical element of contemporary cardiology practice. The ageing and increasing population together with improved survival rates from heart and circulatory diseases mean that the importance and impact of these conditions will only rise in the future. The resulting annual healthcare costs amount to £9 billion. Furthermore, they cause 170 000 deaths each year, which equates to more than a quarter of all deaths. Heart and circulatory diseases affect >7 million people in the UK. This document will be of value to a variety of healthcare professionals including imaging departments, the National Health Service or other organisations, regulatory bodies, commissioners and other purchasers of services, and service users, i.e., patients, and their relatives. The final document therefore represents a position, which has been generated inclusively, presents rigorous standards, is applicable to clinical practice and deliverable. Imaging societies (representing both cardiology and radiology) reviewed and agreed on the initial structure. The development process has been inclusive and iterative. The purpose of this document is to collate contemporary standards developed by the modality-specific professional organisations which make up the British Cardiovascular Society Imaging Council, bringing together common and essential recommendations. The previous UK national imaging strategy statement which brought together all of the non-invasive imaging modalities was published in 2010. Imaging is used to detect the presence and consequences of cardiovascular disease, as well as to monitor the response to therapies. Cardiac imaging tests are requested by a variety of healthcare practitioners and performed in a range of settings from the most advanced hospitals to local health centres. Progressive improvements in technology over the last 20 years have increased diagnostic accuracy in all modalities and led to the incorporation of non-invasive imaging into many standard cardiac clinical care pathways. Heart and circulatory diseases affect more than seven million people in the UK.
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