Newsletter

August 2002 Newsletter

Literature Reviews

• Determinants of maximal right ventricular function
  
  
• Cognitive outcome after off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery - A randomized trial.
  
  
• Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of patients with left atrial thrombus and sinus rhythm; experience in 20643 consecutive transesophageal echocardiographic examinations.
  
  
• Pulmonary artery catheter: Does the problem lie in the users?
  
  
• The Ross procedure is the procedure of choice for congenital aortic valve disease.
  
  
• Pulmonary dead-space fraction as a risk factor for death in the acute respiratory distress syndrome.

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Table of Contents:

• President's Message
  
  
• SCA Breakfast Panel At ASA
  
  
• SCA Fellow & Faculty Recruitment Reception at ASA
  
  
• Call for Nominations
  
  
• Literature Reviews
  
  
  • Determinants of maximal right ventricular function
    
    
  • Cognitive outcome after off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery - A randomized trial.
    
    
  • Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of patients with left atrial thrombus and sinus rhythm; experience in 20643 consecutive transesophageal echocardiographic examinations.
    
    
  • Pulmonary artery catheter: Does the problem lie in the users?
    
    
  • The Ross procedure is the procedure of choice for congenital aortic valve disease.
    
    
  • Pulmonary dead-space fraction as a risk factor for death in the acute respiratory distress syndrome.



• Collaboration with journals promotes integration between disciplines

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