Newsletter

August 2002 Newsletter

Fellow & Faculty Recruitment Reception sponsored by SCA

Monday, October 14, 2002 • 5:30-7:00 pm • Rosen Plaza

The SCA is sponsoring a reception during the ASA Annual Meeting in Orlando. Representatives from academic programs interested in recruiting residents into their cardiac anesthesia fellowship programs or cardiothoracic anesthesia faculty positions will be available to answer questions. For details, contact Heather at SCA headquarters (804-282-0084 ext. 312 or heather@societyhq.com).

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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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