Standard transthoracic echocardiography. Guidelines 2024

Russian Society of Cardiology (RSC)

With the participation of: Medical Research and Educational Center of Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow), Chazov National Medical Research Center of Cardiology (Moscow), Bakulev National Medical Research Center of Cardiovascular Surgery (Moscow), Almazov National Medical Research Center (St. Petersburg), Meshalkin National Medical Research Center (Novosibirsk), Cardiology Research Institute of Tomsk National Medical Research Center (Tomsk), Tyumen Cardiology Research Center of Tomsk National Medical Research Center (Tyumen), Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (Moscow), Kazan State Medical Academy (Kazan), Federal Center for Cardiovascular Surgery (Khabarovsk)

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