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

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 717-727

  Popescu, Bogdan A ^a   Stefanidis, Alexandros ^b   Nihoyannopoulos, Petros ^c   Fox, Kevin F ^d   Ray, Simon ^e   Cardim, Nuno ^f   Rigo, Fausto ^g   Badano, Luigi P ^h   Fraser, Alan G ⁱ   Pinto, Fausto ^j   Zamorano, Jose Luis ^k   Habib, Gilbert ^b,l   Maurer, Gerald ^m   Lancellotti, Patrizio ⁿ   Andrade, Maria Joao ^o   Donal, Erwan ^o   Edvardsen, Thor ^o   Varga, Albert ^o  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

^g OSPEDALE DELL'ANGELO   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^k HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^l AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^m MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^o NONE

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Author keywords

Accreditation; Echocardiography; Echocardiography laboratory; Quality standards; Reaccreditation

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WORKLOAD; CARDIAC IMAGING; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EUROPE; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ACCREDITATION; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EUROPE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84904089111     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu039     Document Type: Article

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