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Research Letter
August 7, 2024

Evaluating Pregnancy Safety During Cardiology Training

Author Affiliations
  • 1Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
  • 2Sutter Health, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California
  • 3Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City, California
  • 4Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco
  • 5Division of Cardiology, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California
JAMA Cardiol. 2024;9(10):946-947. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2024.2294

Little is known about pregnancies among cardiology fellows in training (FITs). While radiation badges are available to monitor exposure during pregnancy, among surveyed cardiology FITs in 2010, only 60% used radiation badges to monitor exposure, and 23% knew their radiation exposure.1,2 To better understand the contemporary experience of pregnancy during cardiology training, we administered a voluntary survey.

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