Updated standards and processes for accreditation of echocardiographic laboratories from The European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging: an executive summary.
[en] Standards for echocardiographic laboratories were proposed by the European Association of Echocardiography (now the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging) 7 years ago, to raise standards of practice and improve the quality of care. Criteria and requirements were published at that time for transthoracic, transoesophageal, and stress echocardiography. This paper reassesses and updates the quality standards to take account of experience and the technical developments of modern echocardiographic practice. It also discusses quality control, the incentives for laboratories to apply for accreditation, the re-accreditation criteria, and the current status and future prospects of the laboratory accreditation process.
Disciplines :
Cardiovascular & respiratory systems
Author, co-author :
Popescu, Bogdan Alexandru
Stefanidis, Alexandros
Nihoyannopoulos, Petros
Fox, Kevin F.
Ray, Simon
Cardim, Nuno
Rigo, Fausto
Badano, Luigi P.
Fraser, Alan G.
Pinto, Fausto
Zamorano, Jose Luis
Habib, Gilbert
Maurer, Gerald
Lancellotti, Patrizio ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Imagerie cardiaque fonctionnelle par échographie
Updated standards and processes for accreditation of echocardiographic laboratories from The European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging: an executive summary.
Publication date :
2014
Journal title :
European Heart Journal. Cardiovascular Imaging
ISSN :
2047-2404
eISSN :
2047-2412
Publisher :
Oxford University Press, United Kingdom
Volume :
15
Issue :
11
Pages :
1188-1193
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. (c) The Author 2014. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.
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