ACC/AHA clinical competence statement on echocardiography11When citing this document, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine would appreciate the following citation format: Quiñones MA, Douglas PS, Foster E, Gorcsan J, Lewis JF, Pearlman AS, Rychik J, Salcedo EE, Seward J, Stevenson JG, Thys DM, Weitz HH, and Zoghbi WA. ACC/AHA clinical competence statement on echocardiography: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine Task Force on Clinical Competence (Committee on Echocardiography). J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;41:687–708.22This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees in December 2002 and the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in November 2002.**Address for Reprints: This document is available on the Web sites of the American College of Cardiology (www.acc.org), the American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org), the American Society of Echocardiography (http://asecho.org), and the Society of Pediatric Echocardiography (www.sopeonline.com). Reprints of this document may be purchased for $5.00 each by calling 1-800-253-4636 or by writing to the American College of Cardiology, Resource Center, 9111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-1699.

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CoChat. (2026). Citation check: ACC/AHA clinical competence statement on echocardiography11When citing this document, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine would appreciate the following citation format: Quiñones MA, Douglas PS, Foster E, Gorcsan J, Lewis JF, Pearlman AS, Rychik J, Salcedo EE, Seward J, Stevenson JG, Thys DM, Weitz HH, and Zoghbi WA. ACC/AHA clinical competence statement on echocardiography: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine Task Force on Clinical Competence (Committee on Echocardiography). J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;41:687–708.22This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees in December 2002 and the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in November 2002.**Address for Reprints: This document is available on the Web sites of the American College of Cardiology (www.acc.org), the American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org), the American Society of Echocardiography (http://asecho.org), and the Society of Pediatric Echocardiography (www.sopeonline.com). Reprints of this document may be purchased for $5.00 each by calling 1-800-253-4636 or by writing to the American College of Cardiology, Resource Center, 9111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-1699. https://app.cochat.ai/papers/10.1016/s0735-1097(02)02885-1

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Quiñones, M. A., Douglas, P. S., Foster, E., Gorcsan, J., Lewis, J. F., Pearlman, A. S., Rychik, J., Salcedo, E. E., Seward, J. B., Stevenson, J. G., Thys, D. M., Weitz, H. H., Zoghbi, W. A., Creager, M. A., Winters, W. L., Elnicki, M., Hirshfeld, J. W., Lorell, B. H., Rodgers, G. P., . . . Weitz, H. H. (2003). ACC/AHA clinical competence statement on echocardiography11When citing this document, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine would appreciate the following citation format: Quiñones MA, Douglas PS, Foster E, Gorcsan J, Lewis JF, Pearlman AS, Rychik J, Salcedo EE, Seward J, Stevenson JG, Thys DM, Weitz HH, and Zoghbi WA. ACC/AHA clinical competence statement on echocardiography: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine Task Force on Clinical Competence (Committee on Echocardiography). J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;41:687–708.22This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees in December 2002 and the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in November 2002.**Address for Reprints: This document is available on the Web sites of the American College of Cardiology (www.acc.org), the American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org), the American Society of Echocardiography (http://asecho.org), and the Society of Pediatric Echocardiography (www.sopeonline.com). Reprints of this document may be purchased for $5.00 each by calling 1-800-253-4636 or by writing to the American College of Cardiology, Resource Center, 9111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-1699. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(02)02885-1