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Article: American Heart Association Journal Report: Surgical Residents Perform Heart Surgery as Effectively as Staff Surgeons.
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- Hematology Week
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- October 13, 2008
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Clinical success rates and safety are similar between surgical residents and staff surgeons performing heart surgery, according to a new long-term study reported in the Cardiovascular Surgery Supplement of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association (see also Heart Surgery).
In the study, surgical residents and staff surgeons performed two common heart operations -- coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) and aortic valve replacement (AVR) -- or combined CABG and AVR. A surgical resident is a physician receiving specialized clinical training in the art and science of surgery in a hospital, usually after completing an internship.
In CABG, the ...