Objectives. The aim of this study was to determine the relative risks of pediatric diagnostic, interventional and electrophysiologic catheterizations. Background. The role of the pediatric catheterization laboratory has evolved in the last decade as a therapeutic modality, although remaining an important tool for anatomic and hemodynamic diagnosis. Methods. A study of 4,952 consecutive pediatri...

Received September 20, 2016; accepted September 23, 2016; released online October 15, 2016 Time for primary review: 3 days Department of Cardiology (K.M., M.O.), Department of Pediatric Cardiology (K.K.), Department of Cardiovascular Surgery (S.T.), Sakakibara Heart Institute, Fuchu, Japan Mailing address: Keitaro Mahara, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, 3-16-1 Asa...

Copies: This document is available on the World Wide Web sites of the Society of Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors (http://spctpd.com), the American College of Cardiology (www.acc.org), the American Academy of Pediatrics, (www.aap.org), and the American Heart Association (my.americanheart.org). A copy of the document is available at http://my.americanheart.org/statements by select...

Copies: This document is available on the World Wide Web sites of the Society of Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors (http://spctpd.com), the American College of Cardiology (www.acc.org), the American Academy of Pediatrics, (www.aap.org), and the American Heart Association (my.americanheart.org). A copy of the document is available at http://my.americanheart.org/statements by select...

e43 Since the 2005 publication of the first “Training Guidelines for Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Programs,” the field of pediatric cardiology has undergone significant growth and change, and thus, the Society of Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors (SPCTPD) in conjunction with the Joint Council of Congenital Heart Disease recommended the guidelines be revised accordingly. The SPC...

Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany Depa...