Table Of Contents ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Clinical Application of Echocardiography) Developed in Collaboration With the American Society of Echocardiography Committee Members Melvin D. Cheitlin, MD, FACC, Chair; Joseph S. Alpert, MD, FACC; William F. Armstrong, MD, FACC; Gerard P. Aurigemma, MD, FACC; George A. Beller, MD, FACC; Fredrick Z. Bierman, MD, FACC; Thomas W. Davidson, MD, FAAFP; Jack L. Davis, MD, FACC; Pamela S. Douglas, MD, FACC; Linda D. Gillam, MD, FACC; Richard P. Lewis, MD, FACC; Alan S. Pearlman, MD, FACC; John T. Philbrick, MD, FACP; Pravin M. Shah, MD, FACC; Roberta G. Williams, MD, FACC Task Force Members James L. Ritchie, MD, FACC, Chair; Melvin D. Cheitlin, MD, FACC; Kim A. Eagle, MD, FACC; Timothy J. Gardner, MD, FACC; Arthur Garson; Raymond J. Gibbons, MD, FACC; Richard P. Lewis, MD, FACC; Robert A. O'Rourke, MD, FACC; Thomas J. Ryan, MD, FACC "ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography" was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees in October 1996 and by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in December 1996. When citing this document, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association request that the following citation format be used: Cheitlin MD, Alpert JS, Armstrong WF, Aurigemma GP, Beller GA, Bierman FZ, Davidson TW, Davis JL, Douglas PS, Gillam LD, Lewis RP, Pearlman AS, Philbrick JT, Shah PM, Williams RG. ACC/AHA guidelines for the clinical application of echocardiography: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Clinical Application of Echocardiography). A single reprint of the full text of "ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography" is available by calling 800-242-8721 (US only) or writing the American Heart Association, Public Information, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231-4596. Ask for reprint No. 71-0102. To obtain a reprint of the executive summary and recommendations published in the March 15, 1997, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology , ask for reprint No. 71-0103. To purchase additional reprints: up to 999 copies, call 800-611-6083 (US only) or fax 413-665-2671; 1000