Published guidelines for the practice of echocardiography from different Scientific Societies. 

• Guidelines for optimal physician training in echocardiography. Recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography Committee for Physician Training in Echocardiography. 
  Pearlman AS, Gardin JM, Martin RP, Parisi AF, Popp RL, Quinones MA, Stevenson JG. Am J Cardiol 1987;60:158-63.
  
  
• Guidelines for Physician Training in Pediatric Echocardiography. Recommendations of the Society of Pediatric Echocardiography Committee on Physician Training. 
  Meyer RA, Hagler D, Huhta J, Smallhorn J, Snider R, Williams R. Am J Cardiol 1987;60:164-5.   
  
  
• American Society of Echocardiography Committee on Standards, Subcommittee on Quantitation of Two-dimensional Echocardiograms. 
  Recommendations for quantitation of the left ventricle by two-dimensional echocardiography. 
  Schiller NB, Shah PM, Crawford M, De Maria A, Devereux R, Feigenbaum H, Gutgesell H, Reicheck N, Sahn D, Schnittger I, Silverman NH, Tajik AJ. J Am Soc Ecocardiogr 1989;2:358-367.
  
  
• Clinical Competence in Adult Echocardiography.
  A Statement for Physicians From the ACC/ACP/AHA Task Force on Clinical Privileges in Cardiology. 
  Popp RL et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 1990;15:1465-8. 
  
  
• Guidelines for physician training in transesophageal echocardiography: Recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography Committee for Physician Training in Echocardiography.
  Pearlman AS et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1992;5:187-94.
  
  
• Practice Guidelines for Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. A report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Task Force on Transesophageal Echocardiography. Anesthesiology 1996;84:986-1006.
  
  
• Stress Echocardiography: Recommendations for Performance and Interpretation of Stress Echocardiography. Stress Echocardiography Task Force of the Nomenclature and Standards Committee of the American Society of Echocardiography.
  Armstrong WF, Pellikka PA, Ryan T, Crouse L, Zoghbi WA. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1998;11:97-104. 
  
  
• Recommendations for Training in Performance and Interpretation of Stress Echocardiography. Committee on Physician Training and Education of the American Society of Echocardiography. 
  Popp R, Agatston A, Armstrong W, Nanda N, Pearlman A, Rakowski H, Seward J, Silverman N, Smith M, Stewart W,Taylor R, Thys D, Davis C. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1998;11:95-96. 
  
  
• ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography. 
  A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Clinical Application of Echocardiography).
  Cheitlin MD et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 1997;29:862-79.
  
  
• ASE/SCA guidelines for performing a comprehensive intraoperative multiplane transesophageal echocardiography examination: Recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography council for intraoperative echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists task force for certification in perioperative transesophageal echocardiography.
  Shanewise J.S., Cheung AT, Aronson S et al., J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 1999. 12(10): p. 884-900.
  
  
• Echocardiography in Emergency Medicine:
  A Policy Statement by the American Society of Echocardiography and the American College of Cardiology.
  Stewart WJ, Douglas PS, Sagar K, Seward JB, Armstrong WF, Zoghbi W, Kronzon I, Mays JM, Pearlman AS, Schnittger I, St.Vrain JA, Kerber RE. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999;33:586-8.
  
  
• Guidelines from the Working Group. Recommendations for performing transesophageal echocardiography. 
  Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology. 
  Flachskampf FA, Decoodt P, Fraser AG, Daniel WG, Roelandt JRTC. Eur J Echocardiography 2001;2:8-21.

 

 

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