Congenital cardiac surgery fellowship training: A status update

Congenital Hypofibrinogenemia Detected during Preoperative Workup for Major Cardiac Surgery

Afibrinogenemia or hypofibrinogenemia is a quantitative defect in fibrinogen. It is a rare disease with estimated frequency of 1 in 1,000,000 population. Routine preoperative screening tests of coagulation disorders are insufficient to detect subtle disorders of fibrinogen. Herein, we report a child who was supposed to undergo open cardiac surgery for a large atrial septal defect. Preoperative ...

HRS policy statement: clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship curriculum: update 2011.

Mark S. Link, MD, FACC, FHRS, Chair, Derek V. Exner, MD, MPH, FHRS, Mark Anderson, MD, PhD, Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD, Amin Al-Ahmad, MD, FHRS, Bradley P. Knight, MD, FHRS, Steven M. Markowitz, MD, Elizabeth S. Kaufman, MD, FHRS, David Haines, MD, FACC, FHRS, Samuel J. Asirvatham, MD, David J. Callans, MD, J. Paul Mounsey, BM BCh, PhD, Frank Bogun, MD, Sanjiv M. Narayan, MD, PhD, FHRS, Andrew D...

Task Force 3: Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training in Cardiac Catheterization.

Copies: This document is available on the World Wide Web sites of the Society of Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors (http://spctpd.com), the American College of Cardiology (www.acc.org), the American Academy of Pediatrics, (www.aap.org), and the American Heart Association (my.americanheart.org). A copy of the document is available at http://my.americanheart.org/statements by select...

Sir Ratan Tata Fellowship Training in Cataract Surgery

Hand Surgery Fellowship Selection Criteria: A National Fellowship Director Survey

BACKGROUND Candidate characteristics for hand surgery fellowship training remains unknown, as very little data is available in the literature. This study aims to provide information on the criteria that are employed to select candidates for the hand surgery fellowship match. METHODS A 38-question survey was sent in April 2015 to all Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education recogni...