Interventional Cardiology US Workforce

Interventional Cardiology US Workforce: current challenges.

Interventional Cardiology

Percutaneous cardiac interventions were introduced in the 1960s, and, with the introduction of percutaneous coronary interventions by Gruentzig in 1978, the field has had an astounding growth. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the most commonly preformed revascularization technique in the United States today with an estimated 492 000 procedures done in 2010 (Figure 1). This exceeds th...

Interventional cardiology.

Minimally invasive, catheter-based procedures have revolutionized the treatment of cardiovascular disease, and transcatheter interventions are becoming more commonplace in veterinary medicine. Transcatheter procedures allow for treatment of several cardiac defects without the attendant morbidity and mortality associated with thoracic surgery. Interventional procedures are available for treatmen...

18th Interventional Cardiology Workshop New Frontiers in Interventional Cardiology

s of original contributions from NFIC 2017 353 Advances in Interventional Cardiology 2017; 13, 4 (50) 1-P Economic outcomes of the CAT-CAD randomised trial assessing Coronary Artery computed Tomography as the first-choice anatomic test for individuals with suspected significant Coronary Artery Disease Piotr N. Rudzinski, Mariusz Kruk, Cezary Kepka, Zofia Dzielinska, Jerzy Pregowski, Adam Witkow...

[Update on interventional cardiology].

This article contains a review of the most important studies on interventional cardiology reported in either publications or presentations. In the area of coronary interventions, ST-elevation myocardial infarction continues to take center place: recent studies have confirmed the importance of timely intervention and the safety of drug-eluting stents. The numerous studies that have compared diff...