Multivessel off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting can be taught to trainee surgeons

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 419-424

  Jenkins, David ^a   Al Ruzzeh, Sharif ^a   Khan, Shahid ^a   Bustami, Mahmoud ^a   Modine, Thomas ^a   Yacoub, Magdi ^a   Ilsley, Charles ^a   Amrani, Mohamed ^a  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; THORACIC SURGERY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0141484539     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8191.2003.02055.x     Document Type: Article

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