A high-fidelity physics-based simulator for use in vascular interventional radiology (IR), interventional cardiology, and vascular surgery offers the ability to: Insert actual guidewires and catheters with realistic haptic feedback View simulated fluoroscopic images that show two-dimensional (2D) displays of three-dimensional (3D) anatomy Change the angle of "fluoroscopic" views using controls ...

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...

islamic golden age, 9-12 century ad, was the period through which persian scientists and physicians were most influential in improving medical sciences including cardiovascular knowledge. although post-islamic golden age witnessed a number of great persian scholars moving cardiovascular concepts forward, they failed to become as well known as their predecessors. one of these scholars was hakim ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to explore if a course consisting of lectures combined with simulator training in coronary angiography (CA) could accelerate the early learning curve when performing CA on patients.Knowledge in performing CA is included in the curriculum for the general cardiologist. The method, according to American College of Cardiology and European Society of Cardiology g...

m nterventional cardiology is a broad and expanding eld that requires cognitive elements, clinical exerience and judgment, and a strong technical omponent. In addition, because of technological dvances and application of this technology to a ariety of noncardiac vascular beds such as carotid, eripheral, or renal vessels as well as structural ardiac lesions such as patent foramen ovale, oprators...

Training of Pediatric residents is a dynamic process which should be changed as the nature and epidemiology of pediatric diseases change. We aimed to determine the educational needs of Pediatric residents. Materials and Methods: In this systematic review after choosing appropriate keywords and their combinations,, an extensive search was done in databases of Medline, EMBASE, ProQuest and Ovid, ...