Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

Breakfast Panel at ASA
HEMOSTATIC BALANCE IN NON-CARDIAC AND CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENTS

Monday, October 13, 2003
Moderator: Christina T. Mora Mangano, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesia
Stanford University
Stanford, California

Thrombosis vs. bleeding in high risk patients: dogma, taboos and new paradigms
Dennis T. Mangano, Ph.D., M.D.
Director, Ischemia Research and Education Foundation
San Francisco, California

Anti-platelet therapies in the surgical patients: the challenge to anesthesiologists
Linda Shore-Lesserson, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesia
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

The Hematologist as consultant to the Anesthesiologist
Jack Levin, M. D.
Professor of Medicine (Hematology)
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Table of Contents:

President's Message
Letters to the Editor
Drug and Innovation Review

Intracoronary Brachytherapy
An Update on Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Stem Cell Therapy

Literature Reviews

Prevalence of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction by Doppler Echocardiography: Clinical applications of the Canadian Consensus Guidelines
Intermittent antegrade warm myocardial protection compared to intermittent cold blood cardioplegia in elective coronary surgery - do we have to change?
Combined steroid treatment for congenital heart surgery improves oxygen delivery and reduces postbypass inflammatory mediator expression.
A randomized trial comparing lung-volume-reduction surgery with medical therapy for severe emphysema.
Nitroprusside in Critically Ill Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Aortic Stenosis

Update on American Heart Association
Call for Nominations
Breakfast Panel at ASA: Hemostatic Balance in Non-Cardiac and Cardiac Surgery Patients
Fellow/Faculty Recruitment Reception
SCA Research Starter and MidCareer Grants Winners
Calendar of Future Meetings

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