Establishing A Contemporary Training Curriculum for the Next Generation of Interventional Cardiology Fellows.

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Structural Heart Disease Early Career Task Force survey results: endorsed by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

Over the last decade, structural heart disease interventions have emerged as a new field in interventional cardiology. Currently, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accredited interventional cardiology fellowship programs in the United States provide high-quality and well established training curriculum in coronary and peripheral interventions, but training in structural i...

CV imaging for fellows in training: challenges and opportunities.

oday’s trainees and early career physicians in cardiology have seen unprecedented changes in the health care landscape. Rapidly advancing imaging technology has helped clinicians take great strides in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease. Diagnostic tools have augmented patients’ medical histories and physical examinations in cardiology more than in most other medical fields. ...

Curriculum and syllabus for Interventional Cardiology subspecialty training in Europe.

Interventional cardiology manpower needs: how many of us are there? How many should there be? How many will we need in the future?

The manpower necessary to handle interventional procedures in the United States remains a subject of great uncertainty. The American College of Cardiology predicted a glut of cardiologists in a 1994 position statement [1], and Federal policy and budget decisions reduced financial support for cardiology training. As a result cardiology training programs were downsized [2]. Between 1990 and 1995 ...

Women in Interventional Cardiology

Interventional cardiology requires extensive training, has unpredictable and long work hours, is physically and mentally demanding, and requires cognitive, technical, and leadership skills. For those that follow the calling, the rewards are immeasurable, improving and saving lives. I do not often think of myself as a minority, but as a female interventional cardiologist, and one of the few wome...