2015 ACC/AHA/HRS Advanced Training Statement on Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (A Revision of the ACC/AHA 2006 Update of the Clinical Competence Statement on Invasive Electrophysiology Studies, Catheter Ablation, and Cardioversion)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 2767-2802

  Zipes, Douglas P ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a   Daubert, James P ^a   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^a   Field, Michael E ^a   Fisher, John D ^a   Fogel, Richard Ira ^a   Frankel, David S ^a   Gupta, Anurag ^a   Indik, Julia H ^a   Kusumoto, Fred M ^a   Lindsay, Bruce D ^a   Marine, Joseph E ^a   Mehta, Laxmi S ^a   Mendes, Lisa A ^a   Miller, John M ^a   Munger, Thomas M ^a   Sauer, William H ^a   Shen, Win Kuang ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a   Su, Wilber W ^a   Tracy, Cynthia M ^a   Tsiperfal, Angela ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

ACC AHA HRS Training Statement; cardiac arrhythmias; cardiac electrophysiology; cardiac electrophysiology testing; cardiac resynchronization therapy; catheter ablation; clinical competence; fellowship training; implantable defibrillators; lead extraction; pacemakers

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOLOGY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958956460     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.08.040     Document Type: Article

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