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. 2020 Feb 18;141(7):609-611.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.044693. Epub 2020 Feb 17.

Women Training in Cardiology and Its Subspecialties in the United States: A Decade of Little Progress in Representation

Muhammad Shahzeb Khan  1 , Samar Mahmood  2 , Safi U Khan  3 , Kaneez Fatima  2 , Faisal Khosa  4 , Garima Sharma  5 , Erin D Michos  5
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Women Training in Cardiology and Its Subspecialties in the United States: A Decade of Little Progress in Representation

Muhammad Shahzeb Khan et al. Circulation. .
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Keywords: cardiologists; cardiology; cardiovascular disease specialty; sex distribution; women.

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Figure.
Figure.. Depiction of women trainees across the United States.
A, Percentage of women trainees in the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)–accredited adult cardiology specialties and subspecialties (internal medicine shown for comparison) and pediatric cardiology (pediatrics shown for comparison) by decade. °Since the start in 2014. ×Since the start in 2012. B, Percentage of active trainees by sex with other internal medicine subspecialties for the year 2017 to 2018. C, Percentage of active trainees by sex with other ACGME-accredited specialties for the year 2017 to 2018. HF indicates heart failure.
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