作者
Massimiliano Cantinotti, Inga Voges, Owen Miller, Francesca Raimondi, Heynric Grotenhuis, Tara Bharucha, Almudena Ortiz Garrido, Emanuela Valsangiacomo, Arno Roest, Jan Sunnegårdh, Thomas Salaets, Henrik Brun, Diala Khraiche, Antonis Jossif, Michiel Schokking, Anna Sabate-Rotes, Jaroslaw Meyer-Szary, Antigoni Deri, Laurens Koopman, Ulrike Herberg, Gideon du Marchie Sarvaas, Markku Leskinen, Bertrand Tchana, Arend DJ Ten Harkel, Ender Ödemis, Louise Morrison, Micheal Steimetz, Kai Thorsten Laser, Gabriela Doros, Hannah Bellshan-Revell, Iolanda Muntean, Andriana Anagostopoulou, Maria Sjoborg Alpman, Lindsey Hunter, Tiina Ojala, Misha Bhat, Peter Olejnik, Julie Wacker, Beatrice Bonello, Tristan Ramcharan, Gerald Greil, Jan Marek, Giovanni DiSalvo, Colin J McMahon
发表日期
2024/3/5
期刊
Cardiology in the Young
页码范围
1-9
出版商
Cambridge University Press
简介
Background
There is limited data on the organisation of paediatric echocardiography laboratories in Europe.
Methods
A structured and approved questionnaire was circulated across all 95 Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology affiliated centres. The aims were to evaluate: (1) facilities in paediatric echocardiography laboratories across Europe, (2) accredited laboratories, (3) medical/paramedical staff employed, (4) time for echocardiographic studies and reporting, and (5) training, teaching, quality improvement, and research programs.
Results
Respondents from forty-three centres (45%) in 22 countries completed the survey. Thirty-six centres (84%) have a dedicated paediatric echocardiography laboratory, only five (12%) of which reported they were European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging accredited. The median number of echocardiography rooms was three (range 1–12), and …