Training Period in Cardiac catheterization:

You’re assured ample procedural experience in cardiac catheterization: At the highest cardiovascular Medical Centers which perform at least 6,000 such procedures a year.

Supervised by Consultants, you’ll become proficient performing cardiac catheterizations and interpreting the results. You’ll also become adept at performing and interpreting coronary angiography, ventriculography and right heart catheterization.

In addition to performing standard cardiac catheterization procedures, senior fellows with a strong interest in interventional cardiology can assist with the following interventional techniques:

percutaenous coronary interventions, of which we perform 1,600/year
placements of hemodynamic support devices (intra-aortic balloon pump, Impella device)
peripheral arterial angiography and intervention (for renal, iliac and femoral arteries)
As well, you’ll gain limited procedural experience in the structural heart program, which includes the minimally invasive TAVR, MitraClip and Watchman procedures.

You’ll care for both inpatients and outpatients. In addition to procedural responsibilities, you’ll conduct preprocedural assessments.

You’ll also attend hospitalwide cardiac catherization conferences Daily.

If you have a strong interest in cardiac catheterization, we can offer you as many as other additional rotations in the cardiac catheterization lab outside of those required during your training. The experience you gain will help you easily transition into further training in interventional cardiology.