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The IAC Standards and Guidelines
for Adult Echocardiography Accreditation

 

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Part C:
Quality Improvement

Bibliography

 

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2.    ACCF/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2013 Multimodality Appropriate Use Criteria for the Detection and Risk Assessment of Stable Ischemic Heart Disease. Wolk, M., et al., J Am Coll Cardiol, 2014;63(4):1126-1166:380-406. content.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleid=1789799

3.    ACC /AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/ SCMR/STS 2017 Appropriate Use Criteria for Multimodality Imaging in Valvular Heart Disease A Report of the American College of Cardiology Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Rhythm Society, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Doherty J., et al., J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 2018; 31(4): 381-404. asecho.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/MultimodalityImagingInValveDiseaseAUC.pdf

4.    ACC /AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HRS/SCAI/ SCCT/SCMR/STS 2019 Appropriate Use Criteria for Multimodality Imaging in the Assessment of Cardiac Structure and Function in Nonvalvular Heart Disease. A Report of the American College of Cardiology Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Rhythm Society, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Doherty J., et al., J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 2019;32(5):553-579. www.asecho.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AUC-for-MMI-Nonvalvular-HD-2019.pdf