Quality Standards in Paediatric Echocardiography: How to Cultivate Lea

• 01/01/2009

Echocardiographic imaging has evolved into the key diagnostic modality in paediatric cardiac care. Its role has expanded beyond that of initial diagnosis; intracardiac echo is now used during interventional cases in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory, transthoracic echo is the preand post-operative modality, and transesophageal echo is utilised in the operating room (see table 1). In this...