What does competence entail in interventional radiology?

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Published in Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol on February 01, 2010

Authors

Kamran Ahmed1, Aoife N Keeling, Reenam S Khan, Hutan Ashrafian, Sonal Arora, Kamal Nagpal, Joshua Burrill, Ara Darzi, Thanos Athanasiou, Mohamad Hamady

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital Campus, London, UK. k.ahmed@imperial.ac.uk

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