Organisation of paediatric echocardiography laboratories and governance of echocardiography services and training in Europe: current status, disparities, and potential solutions. A survey from the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) imaging working group.
Massimiliano CantinottiInga VogesOwen MillerFrancesca RaimondiHeynric GrotenhuisTara BharuchaAlmudena Ortiz GarridoEmanuela ValsangiacomoArno A W RoestJan SunnegårdhThomas SalaetsHenrik BrunDiala KhraicheAntonis JossifMichiel SchokkingAnna Sebate-RotesJaroslaw Meyer-SzaryAntigoni DeriLaurens KoopmanUlrike HerbergGideon du Marchie SarvaasMarkku LeskinenBertrand TchanaArend D J Ten HarkelEnder ÖdemişLouise MorrisonMicheal SteimetzKai Thorsten LaserGabriela DorosHannah Bellshan-RevellIolanda MunteanAndriana AnagostopoulouMaria Sjoborg AlpmanLindsey HunterTiina OjalaMisha BhatPeter OlejnikJulie WackerBeatrice BonelloTristan RamcharanGerald GreilJan MarekGiovanni DiSalvoColin Joseph McMahonPublished in: Cardiology in the young (2024)
Facilities, staffing levels, study times, standards in teaching/training, and quality assurance vary widely across paediatric echocardiography laboratories in Europe. Greater support and investment to facilitate improvements in staffing levels, equipment, and governance would potentially improve European paediatric echocardiography laboratories.