Updated standards and processes for accreditation of echocardiographic laboratories from The European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

Department of Cardiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Carol Davila’, Euroecolab, Institute of Cadiovascular Diseases ‘Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu’, Sos. Fundeni 258, Sector 2, Bucharest 022328, Romania; APHM, La Timone Hospital, Cardiology Department, 13005 – Marseille, France; Hammersmith Hospital, NHLI, Imperial College, London, UK; Imperial College, London, UK; Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals of south Manchester, Manchester, UK; Hospital da Luz, Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal; Dell’Angelo Hospital, Mestre, Venice, Italy; Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; Wales Heart Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; University Hospital Santa Maria, Department of Cardiology, Lisbon Academic Medical Centre, CCUL, University of Lisbon, Portugal; University Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain; Aix-Marseille Universite, Marseille France; APHM, La Timone Hospital, Cardiology Department, Marseille, France; Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and Department of Cardiology, Valvular Disease Clinic, University of Liege Hospital, GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences, CHU Sart Tilman, Liege, Belgium