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Sutter Cardiology Lab Receives ICAEL Accreditation

The Sutter Regional Medical Foundation cardiology laboratory, located in Fairfield, was recently granted accreditation by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL) for adult echo and adult stress tests.

As the leading cause of death in the United States, cardiovascular disease costs society an estimated $84 billion each year in health services, medications and lost work time due to disability. Echocardiographic testing is useful in the detection and management of many types of heart disease. The noninvasive test has become one of the standard diagnostic tools in cardiology with an estimated 10 million echocardiograms performed annually in the United States.

The nonprofit ICAEL was established with the support of the American Society of Echocardiography, the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Pediatric Echocardiography to provide a peer review mechanism to encourage and recognize the provision of quality echocardiographic diagnostic evaluations by a process of voluntary accreditation.

The Sutter Regional Medical Foundation Cardiology Laboratory is one of a growing number of such laboratories in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico to be recognized for its commitment to the provision of quality diagnostic testing.