TY - JOUR
T1 - Congenital heart disease in Japan
AU - Akagi, Teiji
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - As same as other developed countries, prevalence of ACHD in Japan has already dramatically increased. The establishment of the special facilities and resources for ACHD patients is crucial, also the establishment of education and training systems for adult cardiologists in this evolving field has been discussed in Japan. In the field of catheter intervention, the Society of Japanese Pediatric Interventional Cardiology (JPIC) contribute all area of interventional procedures, all procedures for congenital heart disease and procedure related complications have been registered in the society.
AB - As same as other developed countries, prevalence of ACHD in Japan has already dramatically increased. The establishment of the special facilities and resources for ACHD patients is crucial, also the establishment of education and training systems for adult cardiologists in this evolving field has been discussed in Japan. In the field of catheter intervention, the Society of Japanese Pediatric Interventional Cardiology (JPIC) contribute all area of interventional procedures, all procedures for congenital heart disease and procedure related complications have been registered in the society.
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U2 - 10.1093/eurheartj/sur033
DO - 10.1093/eurheartj/sur033
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84857873731
SN - 1520-765X
VL - 14
SP - A47-A48
JO - European Heart Journal, Supplement
JF - European Heart Journal, Supplement
IS - SUPPL. A
ER -