Updated standards and processes for accreditation of

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging · Jul 2014

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Updated standards and processes for accreditation of echocardiographic laboratories from The European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging.

Standards for echocardiographic laboratories were proposed by the European Association of Echocardiography (now the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging) 7 years ago in order 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 reaccreditation criteria, and the current status and future prospects of the laboratory accreditation process.

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- Bogdan A Popescu, Alexandros Stefanidis, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Kevin F Fox, Simon Ray, Nuno Cardim, Fausto Rigo, Luigi P Badano, Alan G Fraser, Fausto Pinto, Jose Luis Zamorano, Gilbert Habib, Gerald Maurer, Patrizio Lancellotti, Maria Joao Andrade, Erwan Donal, Thor Edvardsen, and Albert Varga.
- Department of Cardiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Carol Davila', Euroecolab, Institute of Cadiovascular Diseases 'Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu', Sos. Fundeni 258, Sector 2, Bucharest 022328, Romania bogdan.a.popescu@gmail.com plato203@yahoo.com.
- Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Jul 1;15(7):717-27.
AbstractStandards for echocardiographic laboratories were proposed by the European Association of Echocardiography (now the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging) 7 years ago in order 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 reaccreditation criteria, and the current status and future prospects of the laboratory accreditation process.Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2014. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.

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