The train has left: Can surgeons still get a ticket to treat structural heart disease?.
The train has left: Can surgeons still get a ticket to treat structural heart disease?.
- 2019
Available online from MWHC library: 1994 - present, Available in print through MWHC library: 1999 - 2006
Copyright (c) 2019 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. With the disruptive advancement of catheter-based technologies and minimally invasive techniques in structural heart disease, surgeons must obtain necessary skills to continue to serve this large patient population. We believe that surgeons are uniquely positioned to offer the full spectrum of therapy in structural heart disease (transcatheter, minimally invasive, and complex redo interventions), making them comprehensive valve specialists. Given the variability in structural heart training, we urgently recommend the establishment of a standardized curriculum and pathways for surgical trainees to gain proficiency in transcatheter technologies.
English
0022-5223
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.01.011 [doi] S0022-5223(19)30034-0 [pii]
*Endovascular Procedures/ed [Education]
*Heart Diseases/su [Surgery]
*Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures/ed [Education]
*Thoracic Surgery/ed [Education]
Clinical Competence
Curriculum
Humans
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement/ed [Education]
MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute
Journal Article
Available online from MWHC library: 1994 - present, Available in print through MWHC library: 1999 - 2006
Copyright (c) 2019 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. With the disruptive advancement of catheter-based technologies and minimally invasive techniques in structural heart disease, surgeons must obtain necessary skills to continue to serve this large patient population. We believe that surgeons are uniquely positioned to offer the full spectrum of therapy in structural heart disease (transcatheter, minimally invasive, and complex redo interventions), making them comprehensive valve specialists. Given the variability in structural heart training, we urgently recommend the establishment of a standardized curriculum and pathways for surgical trainees to gain proficiency in transcatheter technologies.
English
0022-5223
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.01.011 [doi] S0022-5223(19)30034-0 [pii]
*Endovascular Procedures/ed [Education]
*Heart Diseases/su [Surgery]
*Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures/ed [Education]
*Thoracic Surgery/ed [Education]
Clinical Competence
Curriculum
Humans
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement/ed [Education]
MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute
Journal Article