Weathering the storm: How can thoracic surgery training programs meet the new challenges in the era of less-invasive technologies?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Prasad, Sunil M ^a   Massad, Malek G ^a   Chedrawy, Edgar G ^a   Snow, Norman J ^a   Yeh, Joannie T ^a   Lele, Himalaya ^a   Tarakji, Ahmed ^a   Maniar, Hersh S ^b   Herren, Heather ^a   Gay, William A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 65649086448     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.02.029     Document Type: Article

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