Teaching Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 224-228

  Halkos, Michael E ^a   Puskas, John D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

off pump coronary artery bypass; simulators; training

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SIMULATOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PATIENT SIMULATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TEACHING;

EID: 70449704542     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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