Updated standards and processes for accreditation of echocardiographic laboratories from The European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging: An executive summary

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1188-1193

  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 ^l,m   Maurer, Gerald ⁿ   Lancellotti, Patrizio ^o  

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

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIKEA   (Greece)

^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 TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁿ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Accreditation; Echocardiography; Echocardiography laboratory; Quality standards; Re accreditation

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REWARD; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS;

ACCREDITATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; LABORATORIES; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84931306206     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu057     Document Type: Article

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