Clinical Skills:

During the training program the resident:

1. Evaluates patients with angina pectoris, unstable angina pectoris, and acute myocardial infarction;

2. Reads and interprets invasive and non-invasive tests of patients with ischemic heart disease;
   
   
3. Performs operative and non-operative management of patients with ischemic heart disease, including coronary artery bypass grafting using the internal mammary artery;
   
   
4. Participates in or performs surgery for the complications of myocardial infarction;
   
   
5. Directs the critical care management of preoperative and postoperative patients with ischemic heart disease;
   
   
6. Participates in the performance and evaluation of exercise tolerance tests, echocardiograms, and cardiac catheterizations.