Echocardiographic Imaging in Clinical Trials: American Society of Echocardiography Standards for Echocardiography Core Laboratories Endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation

Pamela S. Douglas, MD, FASE, Chair, Jeanne M. DeCara, MD, Richard B. Devereux, MD, Shelly Duckworth, RDCS, Julius M. Gardin, MD, FASE, Wael A. Jaber, MD, Annitta J. Morehead, RDCS, FASE, Jae K. Oh, MD, FASE, Michael H. Picard, MD, FASE, Scott D. Solomon, MD, Kevin Wei, MD, and Neil J. Weissman, MD, FASE, Durham, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; Hackensack, New Jersey; Cleveland, Ohio; Rochester, Minnesota; Boston, Massachusetts; Portland, Oregon; Washington, DC

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