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[A standardized documentation structure for data documentation in echocardiography. Work Team on Standards and LV Function of the Work Group on Cardiovascular Ultrasound of the German Society of Cardiology, Heart and Circulation Research].

W Voelker·F Metzger·W Fehske·F Flachskampf·H von Bibra·R Brennecke·S Mohr-Kahaly·G D Kneissl·H M Hoffmeister·R Engberding·R C Funck·R Erbel
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Presently, there are no well-defined standards for documentation of echocardiographic studies. Nevertheless, standards are essential to provide comparability of data and to realize electronic communication, both essential for quality management in echocardiography. Therefore, the working group "Standards and LV function" of the German Society of Cardiology developed a consensus for documentation of echocardiographic studies. In the present paper this consensus is presented and illustrated by typical clinical examples. Additionally, a prototype of a user-oriented software based on this data set is presented. The complete data set for transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography and the software prototype can be downloaded at http:@echo.ma.uni-heidelberg.de.

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W Voelker, F Metzger, W Fehske, F Flachskampf, H von Bibra, R Brennecke, S Mohr-Kahaly, G D Kneissl, H M Hoffmeister, R Engberding, R C Funck, R Erbel. 2000. [A standardized documentation structure for data documentation in echocardiography. Work Team on Standards and LV Function of the Work Group on Cardiovascular Ultrasound of the German Society of Cardiology, Heart and Circulation Research].. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003920050465

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