Adapting to innovation: Reflections on electrophysiology training amid a transformative shift
Chengyue Jin, Maryam Saleem, Jacob Koruth · 2024
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A new way to fix faulty heart rhythms uses short electric pulses instead of heat, and training programs must adapt fast. Chengyue Jin and co-authors reflect on that shift in this 2024 paper for doctors who treat rhythm problems. Two pulse-based tools are already approved in the United States, both built to treat the veins near the lungs as one unit.
The authors compare the new tools with heat-based and cold-based tools. Cold tools work in a similar one-shot style, so swapping cold for pulse may not change skills much. Heat tools, by contrast, burn point by point and demand a distinct skill set. Many training programs already teach the pulse method. The paper urges programs to rethink what young specialists must master as the field turns over.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Chengyue Jin, Maryam Saleem, Jacob Koruth |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 5 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |