Comment on

• Recommendations for quantitation of the left ventricle by two-dimensional echocardiography. American Society of Echocardiography Committee on Standards, Subcommittee on Quantitation of Two-Dimensional Echocardiograms.

  Schiller NB, Shah PM, Crawford M, DeMaria A, Devereux R, Feigenbaum H, Gutgesell H, Reichek N, Sahn D, Schnittger I, et al. Schiller NB, et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1989 Sep-Oct;2(5):358-67. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(89)80014-8. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1989. PMID: 2698218 Review.
• Contrast-enhanced quantitation of left ventricular ejection fraction: what is the best method?

  Dias BF, Yu EH, Sloggett CE, Iwanochko RM, Rakowski H, Siu SC. Dias BF, et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2001 Dec;14(12):1183-90. doi: 10.1067/mje.2001.115981. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2001. PMID: 11734785 Clinical Trial.
• American Society of Echocardiography recommendations for use of echocardiography in clinical trials.

  Gottdiener JS, Bednarz J, Devereux R, Gardin J, Klein A, Manning WJ, Morehead A, Kitzman D, Oh J, Quinones M, Schiller NB, Stein JH, Weissman NJ; American Society of Echocardiography. Gottdiener JS, et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2004 Oct;17(10):1086-119. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.07.013. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2004. PMID: 15452478 Review. No abstract available.
• 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 RM, Bierig M, Devereux RB, Flachskampf FA, Foster E, Pellikka PA, Picard MH, Roman MJ, Seward J, Shanewise JS, Solomon SD, Spencer KT, Sutton MS, Stewart WJ; Chamber Quantification Writing Group; American Society of Echocardiography's Guidelines and Standards Committee; European Association of Echocardiography. Lang RM, et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2005 Dec;18(12):1440-63. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2005.10.005. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2005. PMID: 16376782 No abstract available.
• Prognostic value of left ventricular end-systolic volume index as a predictor of heart failure hospitalization in stable coronary artery disease: data from the Heart and Soul Study.

  McManus DD, Shah SJ, Fabi MR, Rosen A, Whooley MA, Schiller NB. McManus DD, et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2009 Feb;22(2):190-7. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.11.005. Epub 2008 Dec 11. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2009. PMID: 19084372 Free PMC article.
• Echocardiographic imaging in clinical trials: American Society of Echocardiography Standards for echocardiography core laboratories: endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.

  Douglas PS, DeCara JM, Devereux RB, Duckworth S, Gardin JM, Jaber WA, Morehead AJ, Oh JK, Picard MH, Solomon SD, Wei K, Weissman NJ; American Society of Echocardiography Standards; American College of Cardiology Foundation. Douglas PS, et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2009 Jul;22(7):755-65. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.05.020. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2009. PMID: 19560654 No abstract available.
• Core lab analysis of baseline echocardiographic studies in the STICH trial and recommendation for use of echocardiography in future clinical trials.

  Oh JK, Pellikka PA, Panza JA, Biernat J, Attisano T, Manahan BG, Wiste HJ, Lin G, Lee K, Miller FA Jr, Stevens S, Sopko G, She L, Velazquez EJ; STICH Trial Investigators. Oh JK, et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2012 Mar;25(3):327-36. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.12.002. Epub 2012 Jan 9. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2012. PMID: 22227341 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.