HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Personal Folders Download to citation manager Author home page(s): Louis P. Perrault Permission Requests Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Perrault, L. P. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Perrault, L. P. Related Collections Minimally invasive surgery Related Article

Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:1219
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

^a Department of Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger East, Montreal, Quebec H1T 1C8, Canada

e-mail: lpperrau@icm.umontreal.ca

The article from Caputo and colleagues addresses an important academic question that arises whenever a new surgical approach is introduced and has the potential of being applied to a greater number of patients in a very short time span: can off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) be taught safely to surgical trainees? This question is particularly pertinent considering the fact that OPCAB represents a technique that differs substantially . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Related Article

Off-pump coronary operations can be safely taught to cardiothoracic trainees

Massimo Caputo, Martin H. Chamberlain, Faruk Özalp, Malcolm J. Underwood, Franco Ciulli, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2001 71: 1215-1219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]