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References

  1. American Society of Echocardiography Guidelines and Standards for Performance of the Fetal Echocardiogram: A statement of the Pediatric Council of the American Society of Echocardiography represented by Jack Rychik, MD, Nancy Ayres, MD, Bettina Cuneo, MD, Nina Gotteiner, MD, Lisa Hornberger, MD, Philip J. Spevak, MD, and Mary Van Der Veld, MD; Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2004;17:803-10.
  2. “ACC/AHA Clinical Competence Statement on Echocardiography,” Quinones et al, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol 41, No 4, 2003, February 19, 2003:687-708.
  3. “Guidelines for Cardiac Sonographer Education,” Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, January 2001.
  4. “ASE Minimum Standards for the Cardiac Sonographer: A Position Paper,” Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, December 2005.
  5. “Guidelines and Recommendations for Digital Echocardiography: A Report from the Digital Echocardiography Committee of the American Society of Echocardiography,” Thomas, et al, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 2005;18:287-97.
  6. “Recommendations for a Standardized Report for Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography,” Gardin, J, et al, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, September 2001
  7. ACCF/ASE/AHA/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCAI/SCCM/SCCT/SCMR 2011 – Appropriate Use Criteria for Echocardiography: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, American Society of Echocardiography, American Heart Association, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Rhythm Society, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Endorsed by the American College of Chest Physicians.
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  8. ACC/AHA/ASE 2003 Guideline Update for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography, Cheitlin, M. et al, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2003;42:954-70.
  9. Recommendations for Chamber Quantification: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography’s Guidelines and Standards Committee and the Chamber Quantification Writing Group. Developed in Conjunction with the European Association of Echocardiography, a Branch of the European Society of Cardiology, Lang et al, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 2005;18:1440-1463. Read the report»
  10. Recommendations for Evaluation of the Severity of Native Valvular Regurgitation with Two-dimensional and Doppler Echocardiography: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography’s Nomenclature and Standards Committee and the Task Force on Valvular Regurgitation. Developed in conjunction with the American College of Cardiology Echocardiography Committee, the Cardiac Imaging Committee Council on Clinical Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Echocardiography. Represented by William A.Zoghbi, MD, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, MD, Elyse Foster, MD, Paul A. Grayburn, MD, Carol D.Kraft, RDMS, Robert A. Levine, MD, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, MD, Catherine M. Otto, MD, Miguel A.Quinones, MD, Harry Rakowski, MD, William J. Stewart, MD, Alan Waggoner, MHS, RDMS, and Neil J. Weissman, MD. View the report»
  11. Echocardiographic Assessment of Valve Stenosis: EAE/ASE Recommendations for Clinical Practice. Helmut Baumgartner, MD, Judy Hung, MD, Javier Bermejo, MD, PhD, John B. Chambers, MD, Arturo Evangelista, MD, Brian P. Griffin, MD, Bernard Iung, MD, Catherine M. Otto, MD, Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, and Miguel Quiñones, MD. View the report»
  12. Recommendations for Evaluation of Prosthetic Valves With Echocardiography and Doppler Ultrasound: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography’s Guidelines and Standards Committee and the Task Force on Prosthetic Valves. Developed in Conjunction With the American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Imaging Committee, Cardiac Imaging Committee of the American Heart Association, the European Association of Echocardiography, a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology, the Japanese Society of Echocardiography and the Canadian Society of Echocardiography. Endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation, American Heart Association and European Association of Echocardiography, a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology, the Japanese Society of Echocardiography and Canadian Society of Echocardiography. William A. Zoghbi, MD, FASE, Chair, John B. Chambers, MD, Jean G. Dumesnil, MD, Elyse Foster, MD, John S. Gottdiener, MD, FASE, Paul A. Grayburn, MD, Bijoy K. Khandheria, MBBS, FASE, Robert A. Levine, MD, Gerald Ross Marx, MD, FASE, Fletcher A. Miller, Jr., MD, FASE, Satoshi Nakatani, MD, Miguel A. Quinones, MD, Harry Rakowski, MD, FASE, L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD, PhD, Madhav Swaminathan, MD, FASE, Alan D. Waggoner, MHS, RDCS, Neil J. Weissman, MD, FASE, and Miguel Zabalgoitia, MD. View the report»
  13. Use of Carotid Ultrasound to Identify Subclinical Vascular Disease and Evaluate Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Consensus Statement from the American Society of Echocardiography Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Task Force. James H. Stein, MD, FASE, Claudia E. Korcarz, DVM, RDCS, FASE, R. Todd Hurst, MD, Eva Lonn MD, MSc, FASE, Christopher B. Kendall, BS, RDCS, Emile R. Mohler, MD, Samer S. Najjar, MD, Christopher M. Rembold, MD, and Wendy S. Post, MD, MS. Endorsed by the Society for Vascular Medicine. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. February 2008. Vol 21, No 2:93-111. View the statement»

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