A Questionnaire Survey of Regarding the Internal Thoracic Artery Harvesting Targeting Under 40 Cardiovascular Surgeons

Daichi Takagi

（Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan）

Basic procedures that cardiovascular surgeons routinely perform are rarely discussed, despite the great variability among facilities. The aim of this study is to survey the current status of internal thoracic artery harvesting in cardiovascular surgeons aged under 40 years old, and to share the results of this questionnaire investigation regarding basic skills.

 

Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 48:U1-U5（2019）

Keywords：Under Forty;survey;internal thoracic artery