The Changing Face of Interventional Cardiology Training

The changing face of interventional cardiology.

[Training in radiological protection for interventional cardiology].

Interventional cardiology in Spain has gained great prestige and the country is a reference for many Latin American and European colleagues. Nevertheless, the development of the clinical and technological aspects of the discipline does not seem to have been accompanied by a similar development in radiological safety measures for professionals and patients. In 1994, the Food and Drug Administrat...

Certification and competency in interventional cardiology: the changing landscape.

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...