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European Journal of Echocardiography 2009 10(8):893-905; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep151
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2009. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

European Association of Echocardiography recommendations for training, competence, and quality improvement in echocardiography

Bogdan A. Popescu, (Chair)1,*, Maria J. Andrade, (Co-Chair)2, Luigi P. Badano3, Kevin F. Fox4, Frank A. Flachskampf5, Patrizio Lancellotti6, Albert Varga7, Rosa Sicari8, Arturo Evangelista9, Petros Nihoyannopoulos10, Jose L. Zamorano11 on behalf of the European Association of Echocardiography

Document Reviewers, Genevieve Derumeauxa, Jaroslaw D. Kasprzakb, Jos R.T.C. Roelandtc

1 ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, ‘Prof. Dr. C.C. Iliescu’ Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Sos. Fundeni 258, Sector 2, 022328, Bucharest, Romania
2 Department of Cardiology, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Carnaxide, Portugal
3 Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, University Hospital ‘S. Maria della Misericordia’, Udine, Italy
4 Imperial College, London, UK
5 University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
6 Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Sart Tilman, Liege, Belgium
7 Department of Medicine and Cardiology, University of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
8 CNR, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy
9 Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
10 Hammersmith Hospital, NHLI, Imperial College, London, UK
11 Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
a Inserm U886, Universite Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
b Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
c Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcentre, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 5 September 2009; accepted after revision 10 September 2009.

* Corresponding author. Tel/Fax: +40 21 3175227. E-mail address: bogdan.a.popescu{at}gmail.com


  Abstract

The main mission statement of the European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) is ‘to promote excellence in clinical diagnosis, research, technical development, and education in cardiovascular ultrasound in Europe’. As competence and quality control issues are increasingly recognized by patients, physicians, and payers, the EAE has established recommendations for training, competence, and quality improvement in echocardiography. The purpose of this document is to provide the requirements for training and competence in echocardiography, to outline the principles of quality measurement, and to recommend a set of measures for improvement, with the ultimate goal of raising the standards of echocardiographic practice in Europe.

Keywords: Echocardiography; Recommendations; Training; Competence; Quality


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