Clinical Competency Statement: Training Pathways for Implantation of Cardioverter Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Devices

September 1, 2004—If physicians other than electrophysiologists are to engage in ICD and CRT device implantation, there is a need to develop a clinical competency statement relating to these modalities to help guide the training of such individuals. With this in mind, the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Board of Trustees commissioned a task force that included HRS members, representatives from the Heart Failure Society of America, and industry. The purpose of the task force was to develop a training pathway for ICD implantation for prophylactic indications and CRT for cardiologists who are already experienced in pacemaker implantation.

See 2005 Addendum to the Clinical Competency Statement: Training Pathways for Implantation of Cardioverter Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Devices.