The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 5 , Pages 1088-1092 , May 2009

Short- and midterm outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery performed by surgeons in training

  • Cheng-Hon Yap, MBBS, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Cheng-Hon Yap, MBBS, MS, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3050 Australia.
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  • Nick Andrianopoulos, MBBS, MBiostat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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  • Diem T. Dinh, BSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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  • Baki Billah, BSc, MSc, MAS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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  • Alexander Rosalion, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Julian A. Smith, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Monash Medical Centre, Victoria, Australia
    • Department of Surgery, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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  • Gilbert C. Shardey, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Monash Medical Centre, Victoria, Australia
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  • Peter D. Skillington, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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  • James Tatoulis, FRACS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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  • Morteza Mohajeri, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • The Geelong Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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  • Michael Yii, FRACS, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Chistopher M. Reid, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Received 1 July 2008 ,Revised 8 September 2008 ,Accepted 9 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.10.011

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 5 , Pages 1088-1092 , May 2009

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