Original articleAdult cardiacGlobal Differences in the Training, Practice, and Interrelationship of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons
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Material and Methods
A 38-item survey (Appendix⁎) was designed to assess training, practice, demographics, and relationships of general thoracic and cardiac surgeons. Survey questions included demographics, total and cardiothoracic (CT) specific length of training, board certification status, current and previous specialty practice, opinions on cardiac and thoracic inter-relationships, academic versus private practice, and number of peer-reviewed manuscripts in a 5-year period.
Eighteen cardiothoracic societies
Results
In all, 1,520 survey respondents were tabulated, representing 95 separate countries on six continents (Table 2). Of all respondents, 1,261 (83%) answered the question about country of practice, and there were 439 US respondents (35%) US and 822 non-US respondents (65%), respectively. The US respondents were older, 49% were aged more than 50 years compared with 28% of non-US surgeons (p < 0.001). Women made up a minority of cardiothoracic surgeons in both groups (6% in each). The survey appeared
Comment
The last 60 years have provided a revolution in cardiothoracic surgery, with technical advances allowing thoracic surgery to successfully treat an expanding array of intrathoracic pathology. These advances, when combined with the development of extracorporeal circulation, launched cardiac surgery, which quickly evolved to become the most visible subspecialty of cardiothoracic surgery. The ability to correct previously untreated valvular heart disease, and the development of coronary bypass
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