TY - JOUR
T1 - Training, competence, and quality improvement in echocardiography
T2 - the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Recommendations: update 2020
AU - Popescu Chair, Bogdan A
AU - Stefanidis, Alexandros
AU - Fox, Kevin F
AU - Cosyns, Bernard
AU - Delgado, Victoria
AU - Di Salvo, Giovanni Di
AU - Donal, Erwan
AU - Flachskampf, Frank A
AU - Galderisi, Maurizio
AU - Lancellotti, Patrizio
AU - Muraru, Denisa
AU - Sade, Leyla Elif
AU - Edvardsen, Thor
N1 - Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2020. For permissions, please email: [email protected].
PY - 2021/12/1
Y1 - 2021/12/1
N2 - The primary mission of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) is 'to promote excellence in clinical diagnosis, research, technical development, and education in cardiovascular imaging'. Echocardiography is a key component in the evaluation of patients with known or suspected cardiovascular disease and is essential for the high quality and effective practice of clinical cardiology. The EACVI aims to update the previously published recommendations for training, competence, and quality improvement in echocardiography since these activities are increasingly recognized by patients, physicians, and payers. The purpose of this document is to provide the general requirements for training and competence in echocardiography, to outline the principles of quality evaluation, and to recommend a set of measures for improvement, with the ultimate goal of raising the standards of echocardiographic practice. Moreover, the document aims to provide specific guidance for advanced echo techniques, which have dramatically evolved since the previous publication in 2009.
AB - The primary mission of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) is 'to promote excellence in clinical diagnosis, research, technical development, and education in cardiovascular imaging'. Echocardiography is a key component in the evaluation of patients with known or suspected cardiovascular disease and is essential for the high quality and effective practice of clinical cardiology. The EACVI aims to update the previously published recommendations for training, competence, and quality improvement in echocardiography since these activities are increasingly recognized by patients, physicians, and payers. The purpose of this document is to provide the general requirements for training and competence in echocardiography, to outline the principles of quality evaluation, and to recommend a set of measures for improvement, with the ultimate goal of raising the standards of echocardiographic practice. Moreover, the document aims to provide specific guidance for advanced echo techniques, which have dramatically evolved since the previous publication in 2009.
KW - competence
KW - echocardiography
KW - quality
KW - recommendations
KW - training
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U2 - 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa266
DO - 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa266
M3 - Article
C2 - 33245758
SN - 2047-2404
VL - 21
SP - 1305
EP - 1319
JO - European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging
JF - European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging
IS - 12
ER -