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Cardiology , Certification , Clinical Competence , Education, Medical, Graduate , Certification/standards , Humans , Cardiology/education , Cardiology/standards , Education, Medical, Graduate/standards , Curriculum , Educational Measurement , Simulation Training , Specialty Boards , Cardiologists/educationABSTRACT
NTRODUÇÃO: A terapia de redução septal na Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica Obstrutiva (CMHO) é indicada quando há sintomas refratários à terapêutica otimizada. Dentre estas terapias, recentemente foi proposta a ablação septal por radiofrequência (RF) com cateteres utilizados na eletrofisiologia para ablação de arritmias atriais e ventriculares. A ablação por RF é realizada com auxílio de ecocardiograma transesofágico com melhor controle da área abordada e redução do risco de lesões ao sistema de condução. Este trabalho tem como intuito apresentar uma série de casos de pacientes com CMHO que foram abordados por meio de ablação septal por RF, avaliando-se se a elevação dos níveis séricos de troponina, se correlacionam com a redução do gradiente intraoperatório e sucesso terapêutico. MÉTODOS: Estudo observacional, do tipo coorte histórica por análise de prontuário. As variáveis foram descritas por estatísticas de posição e escala para variáveis contínuas e frequências absolutas e relativas para variáveis categóricas (ou categorizadas). As análises foram realizadas com auxílio do software R (R Core Team, 2022). E os testes de hipótese utilizarão nível de significância de 5%. RESULTADOS: Analisaram-se 36 pacientes, sendo 18 (50%) do sexo masculinos. A troponina foi dosada no pré-operatório e no pós-operatório imediato, porém foi realizada usando tipos diferentes entre os pacientes, seguindo descrita como número de vezes acima do valor de referência. Observou-se uma elevação acima dos valores de referência em 83,3% dos pacientes analisados, e antes do procedimento, dois pacientes já apresentavam troponina acima do valor de referência, e se mantiveram acima após. Também se observou uma redução do GVSVE no intraoperatório de 38.3mmHg [30.7 a 45.8] com p<0,01.O gráfico 1 apresenta a relação do logaritmo do número de vezes da troponina acima do valor de referência contra o gradiente máximo pós-procedimento e das respectivas diferenças em relação ao valor de base (pré-procedimento). A correlação de Spearman foi respectivamente 0,47 (p = 0,065), não evidenciando uma correlação entre os achados. Gráfico 1. Dispersão do logaritmo diferença do número de vezes da troponina acima do valor de referência contra a redução gradiente máximo pós-procedimento. CONCLUSÃO: Apesar dos valores de troponina estarem maiores pós procedimento, concluímos que a troponina não deve ser usada como marcador de sucesso terapêutico.
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Cardiology/education , Congresses as Topic , Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular/trendsSubject(s)
Cardiology , Certification , Clinical Competence , Specialty Boards , Humans , Cardiology/education , United StatesSubject(s)
Heart Failure , Humans , Heart Failure/therapy , Internal Medicine/education , United States , Cardiology/education , WorkforceABSTRACT
Decision-making in fetal cardiology is fraught with ethical issues yet education in bioethics for trainees is limited or nonexistent. In this innovation report, we describe the development of a fetal cardiology bioethics curriculum designed to address this gap. The curriculum was developed to supplement the core curriculum for cardiology fellows and fetal cardiology subspecialty trainees. The series combines didactic and interactive teaching modalities and contains 5 key components: (1) introduction to bioethics and its role in fetal cardiology, (2) counseling and pathways for compassionate terminal care, (3) case vignette-based ethical analysis and discussion cases, (4) fetal counseling considerations for shared decision-making and recommendations, (5) facilitated communications role play. The curriculum was refined using session evaluations from end users. This report describes the innovative curriculum as a starting point for further incorporation and study of bioethical education in pediatric cardiology and fetal training programs.
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Bioethics , Cardiology , Internship and Residency , Child , Female , Pregnancy , Humans , Curriculum , Bioethics/education , Cardiology/education , Prenatal CareABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Across medical specialties, including nuclear cardiology, competency based medical education (CBME) changes the emphasis of learning from a time or experiential emphasis to a proficiency focused approached. Plotted on a learning-curve graph the emphasis on learning has shifted from the duration/ volume-based x-axis to the performance-based y-axis. CURRENT STATUS: It has proven difficult to establish y-axis-based standards within nuclear cardiology to assess learning. As such there is a paucity of data to verify current experiential training targets and only recently is data emerging that seeks to find CBME targets by which proficiency (y-axis units) can be evaluated. Initial reports from such CBME-oriented studies indicate that in current nuclear cardiology practice, the number of studies required to achieve competency is dependent upon the chosen measure of competency that is assessed (summed stress score versus % LV ischemia), the case mix, and the modality being learnt (PET versus SPECT). Recent findings have also suggested that prior levels of experiential training may be an underestimation of the number of supervised studies learners need to interpret before they achieve competency. SUMMARY: Nuclear cardiology training has adopted the concept of CBME and is progressing toward a more modern approach to trainee assessment. This brief review provides the background, current requirements and insights into new developments in nuclear cardiology training.
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Cardiology , Clinical Competence , Competency-Based Education , Nuclear Medicine , Humans , Cardiology/education , Nuclear Medicine/education , Competency-Based Education/methods , CurriculumSubject(s)
Cardiology , Internship and Residency , Humans , United States , Cardiology/education , CertificationABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To characterise transesophageal echocardiography practice patterns among paediatric cardiac surgical centres in the United States and Canada. METHODS: A 42-question survey was sent to 80 echocardiography laboratory directors at paediatric cardiology centres with surgical programmes in the United States and Canada. Question domains included transesophageal echocardiography centre characteristics, performance and reporting, equipment use, trainee participation, and quality assurance. RESULTS: Fifty of the 80 centres (62.5%) responded to the survey. Most settings were academic (86.0%) with 42.0% of centres performing > 350 surgical cases/year. The median number of transesophageal echocardiograms performed/cardiologist/year was 50 (26, 73). Pre-operative transesophageal echocardiography was performed in most surgical cases by 91.7% of centres. Transesophageal echocardiography was always performed by most centres following Norwood, Glenn, and Fontan procedures and by < 10% of centres following coarctation repair. Many centres with a written guideline allowed transesophageal echocardiography transducer use at weights below manufacturer recommendations (50.0 and 61.1% for neonatal and paediatric transducers, respectively). Most centres (36/37, 97.3%) with categorical fellowships had rotations which included transesophageal echocardiography participation. Large surgical centres (>350 cases/year) had higher median number of transesophageal echocardiograms/cardiologist/year (75.5 [53, 86] versus 35 [20, 52], p < 0.001) and more frequently used anaesthesia for diagnostic transesophageal echocardiography ≥ 67% of time (100.0 versus 62.1%, p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: There is significant variability in transesophageal echocardiography practice patterns and training requirements among paediatric cardiology centres in the United States and Canada. Findings may help inform programmatic decisions regarding transesophageal echocardiography expectations, performance and reporting, equipment use, trainee involvement, and quality assurance.
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Cardiology , Fontan Procedure , Infant, Newborn , United States , Humans , Child , Echocardiography, Transesophageal , Echocardiography , Cardiology/education , CanadaABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The field of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology has evolved greatly since it was first established. We sought to elicit program directors' and fellows' viewpoints on potential curricular deficits so we can better meet the educational goals of current and future fellows. METHODS AND RESULTS: We surveyed advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology program directors and fellows concerning their perceptions of the current adequacy of training and their desire for additional training needed to achieve medical competency in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology at their institutions, as defined by the 2017 ACC Advanced Training Statement. Survey results identified key competencies deemed to be inadequately addressed during training and those in which a moderate or significant additional amount of training was desired. These competencies were identified within the 4 main domains of the fellowship: heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, mechanical circulatory support, and heart transplantation. CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights key medical-knowledge competencies that are inadequately addressed by current fellowship training in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. Fellowship programs should develop curricula that focus on the integration of these competencies into training to ensure that fellows are well equipped to care for patients.
