Objective Teaching the next generation operative cardiac surgery while maintaining the
highest level of patient care is an ever-increasing challenge given the growing proportion of …

Background The prognostic impact of cross-clamp time (XCT) in patients undergoing
isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has not been thoroughly investigated …

Objective Most of all congenital cardiac surgical programs participate in public outcomes
reporting. The primary end point is transparency. In this era, academic programs with …

Objectives Objective measures of cardiac surgery trainee progress are limited despite a
push for competency-based assessments. We hypothesized that the cumulative sum failure …

Background Utilization of multiple arterial grafting (MAG) in the United States is less than
10%. Trainee experience with MAG has not previously been examined. Methods A total of …

Background In acute situations such as acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with indication for
coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), total arterial revascularization (TAR) is often …

Background As no standardized curriculum exists for training cardiothoracic surgery
residents in surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation there is potential for variation in operative …

I was in Chicago in 1987 when Dr. Shumway delivered his American Association for
Thoracic Surgery (AATS) presidential address, and, like most in the audience, I knew he was …

Abstract Die Assistentenumfragen der Jahre 2007 und 2013 haben gezeigt, dass unter den
Weiterbildungsassistenten in den herzchirurgischen Fachabteilungen eine gewisse …

OBJECTIVES On-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is associated with elevated
bleeding risk. Our aim was to evaluate the role of surgical experience in postoperative blood …