Echocardiographic Imaging in Clinical Trials: American Society of Echocardiography Standards for Echocardiography Core Laboratories. Endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 755-765

  Douglas, Pamela S ^a   DeCara, Jeanne M ^b   Devereux, Richard B ^c   Duckworth, Shelly ^a   Gardin, Julius M ^d   Jaber, Wael A ^e   Morehead, Annitta J ^e   Oh, Jae K ^f   Picard, Michael H ^g   Solomon, Scott D ^h   Wei, Kevin ⁱ   Weissman, Neil J ^j  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649085911     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.05.020     Document Type: Review

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