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Percutaneous Valvular and Structural Heart Disease Interventions. 2024 Core Curriculum of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) of the ESC in collaboration with the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) and the Cardiovascular Surgery Working Group (WG CVS) of the European Society of Cardiology

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Abstract

© Europa Digital & Publishing 2024. All rights reserved.The percutaneous treatment of structural, valvular, and non-valvular heart disease (SHD) is rapidly evolving. The Core Curriculum (CC) proposed by the EAPCI describes the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that define competency levels required by newly trained SHD interventional cardiologists (IC) and provides guidance for training centres. SHD ICs are cardiologists who have received complete interventional cardiology training. They are multidisciplinary team specialists who manage adult SHD patients from diagnosis to follow-up and perform percutaneous procedures in this area. They are competent in interpreting advanced imaging techniques and master planning software. The SHD ICs are expected to be proficient in the aortic, mitral, and tricuspid areas. They may have selective skills in either the aortic area or mitral/tricuspid areas. In this case, they must still have common transversal competencies in the aortic, mitral, and tricuspid areas. Additional SHD domain competencies are optional. Completing dedicated SHD training, aiming for full aortic, mitral, and tricuspid competencies, requires at least 18 months. For full training in the aortic area, with basic competencies in mitral/tricuspid areas, the training can be reduced to 1 year. The same is true for training in the mitral/tricuspid area, with competencies in the aortic area. The SHD IC CC promotes excellence and homogeneous training across Europe and is the cornerstone of future certifications and patient protection. It may be a reference for future CC for national associations and other SHD specialities, including imaging and cardiac surgery.

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Author(s): Teles RC, Van Belle E, Parma R, Tarantini G, Van Mieghem N, Mylotte D, Silva JD, O'Connor S, Sondegaard L, Luz A, Amat-Santos IJ, Arzamendi D, Blackman D, De Backer O, Kunadian V, Buchanan GL, MacCarthy P, Lurz P, Naber C, Chieffo A, Paradies V, Gilard M, Vincent F, Fraccaro C, Mehilli J, Giannini C, Silva B, Poliacikova P, Karam N, Veulemans V, Thiele H, Pilgrim T, van Wely M, James S, Schmidt MR, Uebing A, Ruck A, Ghanem A, Ghazzal Z, Joshi FR, Favero L, Hermanides R, Ninios V, Fovino LN, Nuis R-J, Deharo P, Kala P, Elbaz-Greener G, Tchetche D, Agricola E, Thielmann M, Donal E, Bonaros N, Droogmans S, Czerny M, Baumbach A, Barbato E, Dudek D

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: EuroIntervention

Year: 2024

Volume: 20

Issue: 22

Pages: 1370-1379

Online publication date: 17/11/2024

Acceptance date: 02/04/2018

ISSN (print): 1774-024X

ISSN (electronic): 1969-6213

Publisher: Europa Group

URL: https://doi.org/10.4244/EIJ-D-23-00983

DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-23-00983

PubMed id: 39207816

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