Newsletter

Call for Nominations

Dr. Roger A. Moore, Chair of the Nominating Committee, has announced that nominations are being sought for the following positions:

• Board of Directors (2 positions) - 3-year term

In order to nominate a member, please forward to Dr. Moore, PO Box 11086, Richmond, VA 23230-1086, the following:

• A letter of nomination
• Two letters from Society members seconding the nomination
• A "willingness to serve" statement from the nominee

The deadline for nominations is January 15, 2004. The slate of candidates will appear on the SCA's website (www.scahq.org). Eligible SCA members will have 45 days to cast their online votes with results being announced at the Annual Business Meeting in Honolulu, April 26, 2004.

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Table of Contents:

• President's Message
• Editor's Column
• The SCA Newsletter is Your Forum
• Call for Nominations
• SCA Research Starter and Mid-Career Grants
• Literature Reviews
  • Statins are Associated with a Reduced Incidence of Perioperative Mortality in Patients Undergoing Major Noncardiac Vascular Surgery
  • Glucose Control and Mortality in Critically Ill Patients
  • Chronic Renal Failure after Transplantation of a Nonrenal Organ
• Drug & Innovation Review
  • Drug-Eluting Coronary Stents
  • Tifacogin, Recombinant Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor
  • Recommendation for Application of Therapeutic Hypothermia to Cardiac Arrest Victims
  • Fondaparinux
  • Awake Heart Surgery: Useful Technique or "Trick"?
  • Mitral Valve Regurgitation: Replace?, Repair?, Revascularize?
  • Inhibition of Na/H Exchange in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

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