aResearch Author, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California and Stanford University, Stanford, California. bKaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, California. cPanel Chair, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. dPanel Vice-Chair, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. eUniversity of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky. fUniversity of Utah, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Salt Lake City, Utah. gThe University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; American College of Physicians. hQueen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Cardiology expert. iUniversity of California San Diego, San Diego, California. jHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. kCleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; American College of Emergency Physicians. lNaval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia. mMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. nUniversity of Virginia Health Center, Charlottesville, Virginia; Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. oAscension Healthcare Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Nuclear cardiology expert. pMedstar Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia; Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. qSpecialty Chair, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. The American College of Radiology seeks and encourages collaboration with other organizations on the development of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria through representation of such organizations on expert panels. Participation on the expert panel does not necessarily imply endorsement of the final document by individual contributors or their respective organization. Reprint requests to: publications@acr.org Infective Endocarditis required element. This corresponds to the definitions that the CMS has applied to the Current Procedural Terminology codes. OR Discussion of Procedures by Variant Variant 1: Suspected infective endocarditis. Initial imaging.
Infective Endocarditis. aResearch Author, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California and Stanford University, Stanford, California. bKaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, California. cPanel Chair, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. dPanel Vice-Chair, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. eUniversity of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky. fUniversity of Utah, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Salt Lake City, Utah. gThe University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; American College of Physicians. hQueen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Cardiology expert. iUniversity of California San Diego, San Diego, California. jHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. kCleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; American College of Emergency Physicians. lNaval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia. mMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. nUniversity of Virginia Health Center, Charlottesville, Virginia; Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. oAscension Healthcare Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Nuclear cardiology expert. pMedstar Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia; Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. qSpecialty Chair, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. The American College of Radiology seeks and encourages collaboration with other organizations on the development of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria through representation of such organizations on expert panels. Participation on the expert panel does not necessarily imply endorsement of the final document by individual contributors or their respective organization. Reprint requests to: publications@acr.org Infective Endocarditis required element. This corresponds to the definitions that the CMS has applied to the Current Procedural Terminology codes. OR Discussion of Procedures by Variant Variant 1: Suspected infective endocarditis. Initial imaging.