1. Resident Perceptions of 2-Year Versus 3-Year Cardiothoracic Training Programs 
Tom C. Nguyen, MD, Matthew D. Terwelp, BBA, Elizabeth H. Stephens, MD, PhD, David D. Odell, MD, Gabriel Loor, MD, Damien J. LaPar, MD, Walter F. DeNino, MD, Benjamin Wei, MD, Muhammad Aftab, MD, Ryan A. Macke, MD, Jennifer S. Nelson, MD, Kathleen S. Berfield, MD, John F. Lazar, MD, William Stein, MD, Samuel J. Youssef, MD, Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 99, Issue 6, Pages (June 2015)
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2. Fig 1
Total number of 2-year (2Y), 3-year (3Y), and 6-year integrated (I6) programs from 2001 through Y, 3Y, and I6 programs, orange line; total 2Y and 3Y programs, black line; 2Y programs, blue line; 3Y programs, red line; I6 programs, green line.
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3. Fig 2
Resident pass rate on American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) (A) written examination between 2-year (blue line) and 3-year (red line) residents from 2002 through 2014 and on the (B) oral examination between 2-year (blue line) and 3-year (red line) residents from 2008 to 2014.
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