Variations in Adult Congenital Heart Disease Training in Adult and Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Programs
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Task Force 6: Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. SPCTPD/ACC/AAP/AHA.
1.1. Document Development Process The Society of Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors (SPCTPD) board assembled a Steering Committee that nominated 2 chairs, 1 SPCTPD Steering Committee member, and 4 additional experts from a wide range of program sizes, geographic regions, and subspecialty focuses. Representatives from the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Academy of Ped...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.05.062