Coronary artery bypass grafting remains one of the most commonly performed major
surgeries, with well-established symptomatic and prognostic benefits in patients with …

Purpose To determine whether clinical supervision (CS) of health professionals improves
patient safety. Data sources Databases MEDLINE, PsychINFO, CINAHL, EMBASE and …

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 …

Objectives Cardiac surgery is highly demanding and the ideal teaching method to reach
competency is widely debated. Some studies have shown that surgical trainees can safely …

Background The long-term effects of off-pump coronary artery bypass continue to be
controversial because some studies have reported increased adverse event rates with off …

Background There exists a knowledge gap regarding the safety of training in cardiac
surgery. The purpose of this analysis was to establish the safety of resident training in …

Objective In recent years, concerns have been raised about the learning opportunities
available to cardiac surgical trainees. This meta-analysis was conducted to assess the …

OBJECTIVES Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement (Mini-AVR) is a technically
advanced procedure. However, it results in equivalent operative mortality, less bleeding and …

In the 19th century, the accepted wisdom was that ''no man who wishes to retain the respect
of his colleagues would dare attempt a suturing of the heart.''1, 2 This concept was …

Abstract Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (OPCAB) experienced a resurgence in
the 1980s-2000s and developed steadily with improvement of the instrumentation and …