Guidelines for Performing a Comprehensive Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination in Adults: Recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography

Affiliations

¹ University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
² Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
³ Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon.
⁴ Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
⁵ Intermountain Heart Institute, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
⁶ First Cardiology Consultants Hospital, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria.
⁷ St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut.

Practice Guideline

Carol Mitchell et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2019 Jan.

. 2019 Jan;32(1):1-64.

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2018.06.004. Epub 2018 Oct 1.

¹ University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
² Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
³ Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon.
⁴ Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
⁵ Intermountain Heart Institute, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
⁶ First Cardiology Consultants Hospital, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria.
⁷ St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut.

No abstract available

Keywords: Color Doppler echocardiography; Comprehensive examination; Doppler echocardiography; Protocol; Transthoracic echocardiography.

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