Does it make sense to train plumbers as electricians?
There is an expanded need for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization pacemakers as part of the treatment of patients with left ventricular dysfunction. A large number of such patients present to heart failure (HF) specialists for recommendations related to their care. In this paper, a pathway is presented that would combine training in HF/transplantation and cardiac implantable electrical devices.
Division of Cardiology and the Pennsylvania State Cardiovascular Center, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA. gnaccarelli@psu.edu <gnaccarelli@psu.edu>
Gerald V
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Naccarelli
D002309:Cardiology / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000592:standards*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D014481:United States; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000628:therapy*