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Legacy Heart Center’s Echocardiogram Laboratory Re-Accredited by ICAEL

Legacy Heart Center’s echocardiogram laboratory has re-accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL). The echo laboratory was one of the first one thousand echocardiography laboratories in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico to be recognized for its commitment to quality patient care and its provision of quality diagnostic testing.

The ICAEL was established with the support of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), and the Society of Pediatric Echocardiography (SOPE) to provide a peer review mechanism to encourage and recognize the provision of quality echocardiographic diagnostic evaluations by a process of voluntary accreditation. A non-profit organization, the ICAEL is dedicated to ensuring quality patient care and promoting health care.

Participation in the accreditation process is voluntary. Accreditation status signifies that the facility has been reviewed by an independent agency which recognized the laboratory's commitment to quality testing for the diagnosis of heart disease.