1A1-A08 Development of the Vascular Anastomosis Training Plate for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Abstract

To establish an integrated evaluation system for cardiac surgeons, our group has been proposed a new concept "Self-training evaluation system"; which includes an in-vitro mock circulatory system that provides various types of coronary disease as a training machine for cardiac surgeons. The "Self-training evaluation system" consists of three parts. 1)Training plate, 2)Pulsation Unit, and 3)Scoring system for self-evaluation. This paper describes the method of training with Pulsation Unit, and evaluation of the surgical technique quantitatively based on hydrodynamic analysis.