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Quantifying the learning curve for pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) is an effective treatment for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), but is a technically challenging operation for cardiothoracic surgeons. Starting a new program allows an opportunity to define a learning curve for PTE. METHODS: A r...

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Autores principales: Sihag, Smita, Le, Bao, Witkin, Alison S., Rodriguez-Lopez, Josanna M., Villavicencio, Mauricio A., Vlahakes, Gus J., Channick, Richard N., Wright, Cameron D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5747243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29284512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-017-0686-1