Abstract
Today, echocardiography is a key diagnostic procedure in clinical and interventional cardiology with expanding indications and applications. It is based on a number of established and rapidly evolving techniques, which make cardiac ultrasound a complex and very specialized activity. High-volume and high-level echocardiographic laboratories are performing standard and advanced transthoracic, transoesophageal and stress-echo procedures as well as intraoperative and emergency examinations. These modalities require a high level of organization in order to guarantee adequate standards in terms of appropriateness, accuracy, reproducibility, timing and safety of all procedures, as well as in terms of education and research activity. We describe the organization of the Adult Echocardiography Laboratory at the King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center (KACC) in Riyadh, one of the greatest centers in Saudi Arabia.