The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 194, Issue 5 , Pages 633-638 , November 2007

Training general surgery residents to avoid postoperative cardiac events

Presented at the 31st Annual Surgical Symposium of the Association of VA Surgeons, Little Rock, AR, May 10–12, 2007

Received 16 May 2007 ,Revised 30 July 2007

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PII: S0002-9610(07)00647-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.07.013

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 194, Issue 5 , Pages 633-638 , November 2007

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