American Society of Echocardiography Minimum Standards for the Cardiac Sonographer: A Position Paper

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 471-474

  Bierig, S Michelle ^a   Ehler, Donna ^a   Knoll, Margaret L ^a   Waggoner, Alan D ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SONOGRAPHER; STANDARD;

CREDENTIALING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646085321     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.03.032     Document Type: Article

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