title: Endovascular interventions training and credentialing for vascular surgeons.
abstract: This article reviews issues concerning the training and credentialing of vascular surgeons in the use of endovascular techniques in the peripheral vascular system. These guidelines update a prior document that was published in 1993. They have been rewritten to accommodate the rapid evolution that has occurred in the field and to provide the appropriate requirements that a vascular surgeon should fulfill to be competent in the basic skills needed to safely and effectively perform all presently accepted diagnostic and therapeutic endovascular procedures.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, ,CA 90509, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Hobson
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Veith
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000592:standards; D003406:Credentialing; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008504:Medical Staff Privileges; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*