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

• Authors: TELES Rui Campante; ERIC Van Belle; PARMA Radoslaw; TARANTINI Giuseppe; NICOLAS Van Mieghem; MYLOTTE Darren; SILVA Joana Delgado; O'CONNOR Stephen; SONDEGAARD Lars; LUZ Andre; AMAT-SANTOS Ignacio Jesus; ARZAMENDI Dabit; BLACKMAN Daniel; OLE De Backer; KUNADIAN Vijay; BUCHANAN Gill Louise; MACCARTHY Phil; LURZ Philipp; NABER Christopher; CHIEFFO Alaide; PARADIES Valeria; GILARD Martine; VINCENT Flavien; FRACCARO Chiara; MEHILLI Julinda; GIANNINI Cristina; SILVA Bruno; POLIACIKOVA Petra; KARAM Nicole; VEULEMANS Verena; THIELE Holger; PILGRIM Thomas; MARLEEN van Wely; JAMES Stefan; SCHMIDT Michael Rahbek; UEBING Anselm; RUCK Andreas; GHANEM Alexander; GHAZZAL Ziyad; JOSHI Francis R; FAVERO Luca; HERMANIDES Renicus; NINIOS Vlasis; FOVINO Luca Nai; NUIS Rutger-Jan; DEHARO Pierre; KALA Petr; ELBAZ-GREENER Gabby; TCHETCHE Didier; AGRICOLA Eustachio; THIELMANN Matthias; DONAL Erwan; BONAROS Nikolaos; DROOGMANS Steven; CZERNY Martin; BAUMBACH Andreas; BARBATO Emanuele; DUDEK Dariusz
• Year of publication: 2024
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Eurointervention
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• web: https://eurointervention.pcronline.com/article/percutaneous-valvular-and-structural-heart-disease-interventions-2024-core-curriculum-of-the-european-association-of-percutaneous-cardiovascular-interventions-eapci-of-the-esc
• Doi: https://doi.org/10.4244/EIJ-D-23-00983
• Keywords: aortic stenosis; atrial fibrillation; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; imaging modalities; mitral regurgitation; training and education
• Description: 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.