Congenital heart disease

Standardization in paediatric echocardiographic reporting and critical interpretation of measurements, functional parameters, and prediction scores: a clinical consensus statement of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging of the European Society of Cardiology and the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc ImagingPublished Clinical consensus statement

An erratum to this article was published (Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 27 Nov 2024 ↗)

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. Structure a comprehensive paediatric echocardiographic report

  2. Identify the basic morphological details, measures and functional parameters to include in echocardiographic reporting

  3. Correctly interpret measurements and functional data for estimating disease severity

  4. Guide for interpretation of Z-scores

  5. Guide for careful use of prediction scores for complex congenital heart disease

Original publication

Standardization in paediatric echocardiographic reporting and critical interpretation of measurements, functional parameters, and prediction scores: a clinical consensus statement of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging of the European Society of Cardiology and the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. Published 4 June 2024. doi:10.1093/ehjci/jeae147

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