title: Establishing a cardiac imaging service.
abstract: The tremendous progress in the field of cardiac imaging has drawn the interest of many radiologists, but has left them uncertain as to how obtain the training necessary to become expert practitioners. This review addresses the challenges in establishing a cardiac imaging service including equipment issues, training and credentialing issues, as well as referrals and reimbursement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Main Hospital, Richmond, Va 23298-0615 , USA. jdgrizzard@vcu.edu
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Grizzard
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011871:Radiology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States