ACCF/AHA/SCAI 2013 update of the clinical competence statement on coronary artery interventional procedures: A report of the american college of cardiology foundation/american heart association/american college of physicians task force on clinical competence and training (writing committee to revise the 2007 clinical competence statement on cardiac interventional procedures)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 357-396

  Harold, John G ^a   Bass, Theodore A ^a   Bashore, Thomas M ^a   Brindis, Ralph G ^a   Brush, John E ^a   Burke, James A ^a   Dehmer, Gregory J ^a   Deychak, Yuri A ^a   Jneid, Hani ^a   Jollis, James G ^a   Landzberg, Joel S ^a   Levine, Glenn N ^a   McClurken, James B ^a   Messenger, John C ^a   Moussa, Issam D ^a   Muhlestein, J Brent ^a   Pomerantz, Richard M ^a   Sanborn, Timothy A ^a   Sivaram, Chittur A ^a   White, Christopher J ^a   Williams, Eric S ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

ACCF AHA ACP Clinical Competence Statement; angioplasty, balloon, coronary; clinical competence; coronary disease; peer review, healthcare; percutaneous coronary intervention; quality assurance; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALCOHOL ABLATION; ALCOHOL SEPTAL ABLATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; BALLOON CATHETER; BARE METAL STENT; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONFIDENTIALITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICE; FALSE ANEURYSM; GUIDE WIRE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PEER REVIEW; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROFESSIONALISM; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR PLUG;

EID: 84880310041     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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