Importance of Diagnostic cath, CT and vascular ultrasound in general cards?

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For general cardiology fellows, my program gives level 2 certification in echo, nuclear, CT, and Vascular Ultrasound (so you can sit for the RPVI exam). However, we do not earn level 2 training in diagnostic catheterization.

In terms of job placement...

How important is diagnostic catheterization? Do most community jobs have their general cardiologists perform diagnostic catheterizations?

How important are vascular ultrasound and CT in terms of finding a general cardiology position?
 
Well since nobody else is replying, I'll give it a shot although I honestly don't know too much about it because I wasn't looking for non-invasive cardiology jobs. I can say that none of the general cardiology fellows who graduated from my program in the last four years are currently doing diagnostic caths in the community. Since I do read vascular ultrasound, I inquired about this everywhere I interviewed for an interventional job and it seems quite common for community general cardiologists to be reading vascular studies. One of my friends from fellowship got a job offer than was contingent upon her getting her numbers in vascular studies prior to graduating. I think that cardiac CT and MR, on the other hand, remain niche skill-sets that aren't in huge demand out the community. There may be tremendous regional variation in what I've just said, I'm really not sure.
 
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