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Recommendations from the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology for training in diagnostic and interventional electrophysiology

Part of: The Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) Electrophysiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2020

Thomas Kriebel Open the ORCID record for Thomas Kriebel [Opens in a new window] ,
Eric Rosenthal ,
Roman Gebauer ,
Juha-Matti Happonen ,
Fabrizio Drago ,
Ulrich Krause ,
Nico A. Blom ,
Tomasz Książczyk Open the ORCID record for Tomasz Książczyk [Opens in a new window]  and
Laszlo Kornyei
Thomas Kriebel*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics and Paediatric Cardiology, Westpfalz-Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Eric Rosenthal
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, London, UK
Roman Gebauer
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Heart Center, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Juha-Matti Happonen
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Helsinki University Children’s Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Fabrizio Drago
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric and Paediatric Surgery, Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy
Ulrich Krause
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Georg August University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany
Nico A. Blom
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tomasz Książczyk
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology and General Paediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Laszlo Kornyei
Affiliation:
Gottsegen György Hungarian Institute of Cardiology, Hungarian Paediatric Heart Center, Budapest, Hungary
*
Author for correspondence: Thomas Kriebel, MD, FEHRA, Department of Paediatrics and Paediatric Cardiology, Westpfalz-Klinikum Kaiserslautern, Hellmut-Hartert-Straße 1, 67655 Kaiserslautern, Germany. Tel: +49 631 2031370; Fax: +49 631 2031782. E-mail: tkriebe@gwdg.de
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Abstract

The field of electrophysiology (EP) in paediatric cardiology patients and adults with congenital heart disease is complex and rapidly growing. The current recommendations for diagnostic and invasive electrophysiology of the working group for Cardiac Dysrhythmias and Electrophysiology of the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology acknowledges the diveristy of European countries and centers. These training recommendations can be fulfilled in a manageable period of time, without compromising the quality of training required to become an expert in the field of paediatric and congenital EP and are for trainees undergoing or having completed accredited paediatric cardiologist fellowship. Three levels of expertise, the training for General paediatric cardiology EP, for non-invasive EP and invasive EP have been defined. This Association for European EP curriculum describes the theoretical and practicsal knowledge in clinical EP; catheter ablation, cardiac implantable electronic devices, inherited arrhythmias and arrhythmias in adults with congenital heart defects for the 3 levels of expertise.

Keywords

Training recommendationselectrophysiologypaediatriccongenital heart desease
Type
Guidelines
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , January 2021 , pp. 38 - 46
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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