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HealthSpring Home Visit Nurse Intercepts Cardiac Arrest
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Feb 8, 2010
Gene Variant For Biological Ageing In Humans Discovered
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Microembolic signals and strategy to prevent gas embolism during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Feb 3, 2010
Gene therapies for pulmonary hypertension--from experimental trials to bedside aspects [Reviews]
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Jan 28, 2010
Aprotinin in lung transplantation is associated with an increased incidence of primary graft dysfunction [Original articles]
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Acute Complex Type A Dissection associated with peripheral malperfusion syndrome treated with a staged approach guided by lactate levels
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Jan 27, 2010
1.6.10 | SCAI FIT Grant Application Deadline is Monday, January 11
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HealthSpring Home Visit Nurse Intercepts Cardiac Arrest
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 Interventional Cardiology 2010: 25th Annual International Symposium |  The Houston Aortic Symposium: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Diseases, The Third in the Series |  Controversies and Advances in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease: The Tenth in the Series |  pre-order ACTS 2009 DVD Teaching Program |
 Interventional Cardiology 2008 DVD Teaching Program |  The Houston Aortic Symposium DVD Set |  ACTS 2007 8-DVD Set |  shop Frontiers in Cardiovascular Diseases Book |
 Pioneering Techniques in Cardiac Surgery Live Case |  Mitral Valve Repair XII - 6 Live Case DVDs |
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- December Blog Entries: Carotid Disease
by Houston Aortic Program Directors - Debates and Cross Fires on Controversial Topics in Beverly Hills
by Drs. Gregory P. Fontana and Raj Makkar - Important Updates on the Ross Procedure
by William F. Northrup III, MD
WHAT’S YOUR OPINION?
- 1/ treatment of carotid atheroma in symptomatic patients is clearly beneficial only if the morbimortality rate of the procedure is low, below 3% as medical treatment had improved very substantially with the combination of 80 mg atorvastatin and…
- The SPACE trial results are amongst the most robust of all the comparative RCTs and show no clinically relevant difference in outcomes between CAS & CEA. At least part of the problem is that most surgeons who offer…
- Sapphire is a poster child for clever manipulation of patient sourcing and selecting/ignoring primary outcomes for the convenience of positive results. EVA-3S was prospectively randomized and showed superiority of endarterecdtomy over CAS (and the knee-jerk criticism that its…
“Controversies” Scientific Program Announced!
The Controversies and Advances in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease: The Ninth in the Series symposium will take place October 1-2, 2009 at the beautiful Beverly Hills Hotel. This world-renowned program will offer a realistic view of controversial topics and advances in valvular heart disease, percutaneous valve repair and replacement, atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure and structural heart disease, drug-eluting stents, carotid surgery, microvascular disease in women, conflicts of interest in medicine today, advances in cell therapy and a mini-symposium on chest pain syndromes.
The current status and future outlook of these and other topics will be addressed and deliberated by our international faculty of leaders in Cardiac…
