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Editorial
. 2021 Feb;10(5):e019431.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.019431. Epub 2021 Feb 23.

A Paucity of Female Interventional Cardiologists: What Are the Issues and How Can We Increase Recruitment and Retention of Women?

Cindy L Grines  1 , Michele Voeltz  1 , Allison Dupont  1 , Deepali Tukaye  1 ; Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Women in Innovations *
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Editorial

A Paucity of Female Interventional Cardiologists: What Are the Issues and How Can We Increase Recruitment and Retention of Women?

Cindy L Grines et al. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; discrimination; female sex; interventional cardiologist; radiation; sex; training.

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