Guidelines for Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory Testing: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Vascular Medicine and Biology Represented by Marie Gerhard-Herman, MD, MMSc, Julius M. Gardin, MD, FASE, Michael Jaff, DO, Emile Mohler, MD, Mary Roman, MD, and Tasneem Z. Naqvi, MD, FASE, RVT

Recommendations for Chamber Quantification: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography’s Guidelines and Standards Committee and the Chamber Quantification Writing Group, Developed in Conjunction with the European Association of Echocardiography, a Branch of the European Society of Cardiology Members of the Chamber Quantification Writing Group are: Roberto M. Lang, MD, FASE, Michelle Bierig, MPH, RDCS, FASE, Richard B. Devereux, MD, Frank A. Flachskampf, MD, Elyse Foster, MD, Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, Michael H. Picard, MD, Mary J. Roman, MD, James Seward, MD, Jack S. Shanewise, MD, FASE, Scott D. Solomon, MD, Kirk T. Spencer, MD, FASE, Martin St John Sutton, MD, FASE, and William J. Stewart, MD

Guidelines for Cardiac Sonographer Education: Recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography Sonographer Training and Education Committee Donna Ehler, BS, RDCS, Dennis K. Carney, RCVT, Ann L. Dempsey, MEd, RDCS, Rick Rigling BS, RDCS, Carol Kraft, BS, RDCS, Sandra A. Witt, RDCS, Thomas R. Kimball, MD, Eric J. Sisk, BA, RDCS, Edward A. Geiser, MD, Cris D. Gresser, RN, RDCS, and Alan Waggoner, MHS, RDMS, Kansas City, Missouri; Spokane, Washington; Sunnyvale, California; Danbury, Connecticut; Seattle, Washington; Cincinnati, Ohio; Gainesville, Florida; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and St Louis, Missouri

Guidelines and Recommendations for Digital Echocardiography A Report from the Digital Echocardiography Committee of the American Society of Echocardiography Writing Committee: James D. Thomas, MD (Chair), David B. Adams, RDCS, Stephen DeVries, MD, Donna Ehler, RDCS, Neil Greenberg, PhD, Mario Garcia, MD, Leonard Ginzton, MD, John Gorcsan, III, MD, Alan S. Katz, MD, Andrew Keller, MD, Bijoy Khandheria, MD, Kit B. Powers, MD, Cindy Roszel, RDCS, David S. Rubenson, MD, and Jeffrey Soble, MD

Indications and Guidelines for Performance of Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Patient with Pediatric Acquired or Congenital Heart Disease A Report from the Task Force of the Pediatric Council of the American Society of Echocardiography Writing Committee: Nancy A. Ayres, MD, Wanda Miller-Hance, MD, Derek A. Fyfe, MD, PhD, FASE, J. Geoffrey Stevenson, MD, FASE, David J. Sahn, MD, FASE, Luciana T. Young, MD, FASE, L. Luann Minich, MD, Thomas R. Kimball, MD, FASE, Tal Geva, MD, FASE, Frank C. Smith, MD, FASE, and Jack Rychik, MD

American Society of Echocardiography Recommendations for Use of Echocardiography in Clinical Trials A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography’s Guidelines and Standards Committee and The Task Force on Echocardiography in Clinical Trials Writing Committee: John S. Gottdiener, MD (Chair), James Bednarz, BS, RDCS, Richard Devereux, MD, Julius Gardin, MD, Allan Klein, MD, Warren J. Manning, MD, Annitta Morehead, BA, RDCS, Dalane Kitzman, MD, Jae Oh, MD, Miguel Quinones, MD, Nelson B. Schiller, MD, James H. Stein, MD, and Neil J. Weissman, MD

American Society of Echocardiography Guidelines and Standards for Performance of the Fetal Echocardiogram A statement of the Pediatric Council of the American Society of Echocardiography represented by, Jack Rychik, MD, Nancy Ayres, MD, Bettina Cuneo, MD, Nina Gotteiner, MD, Lisa Hornberger, MD, Philip J. Spevak, MD, and Mary Van Der Veld, MD

ACC/AHA/ASE 2003 Guideline Update for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography: Summary Article A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/ASE Committee to Update the 1997 Guidelines for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography)

Judy Hung, MD, Roberto Lang, MD, Frank Flachskampf, MD, Stanton K. Shernan, MD, Marti L. McCulloch, RDCS, David B. Adams, RDCS, James Thomas, MD, Mani Vannan, MD, and Thomas Ryan, MD, Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Erlangen, Germany; Galveston, Texas; Durham, North Carolina; Cleveland, Ohio; Orange, California

A report from the American Society of Echocardiography’s Nomenclature and Standards Committee and The Task Force on Valvular Regurgitation, developed in conjunction with the American College of Cardiology Echocardiography Committee, The Cardiac Imaging Committee Council on Clinical Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Echocardiography, represented by: William A. Zoghbi, MD, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, MD, Elyse Foster, MD, Paul A. Grayburn, MD, Carol D. Kraft, RDMS, Robert A. Levine, MD, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, MD, Catherine M. Otto, MD, Miguel A. Quinones, MD, Harry Rakowski, MD, William J. Stewart, MD, Alan Waggoner, MHS, RDMS, and Neil J. Weissman, MD