February 2006 Newsletter

Table of Contents:

• President's Message
• SCA Elections (requires Members Section login)


• Literature Reviews
  • Anitricoxideprocessingdefectofredbloodcells created by hypoxia: deficiency of S-nitrosohemoglobin in pulmonary hypertension
  • Improving the Quality of Coronary Bypass Surgery With Intraoperative Angiography: Validation of a New Technique
  • Asymmetric dimethylarginine and the risk of cardiovascular events and death in patients with coronary artery disease
  • Impact of intravenous magnesium on post-cardiothoracic surgery atrial fibrillation and length of hospital stay: a meta-analysis
  • Miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass in coronary artery bypass surgery: marginal impact on inflammation and coagulation but loss of safety margins


• PRO/CON: Monitoring heart rate variability adds a significant incremental value in cardiovascular surgery
• Pro - Edmundo Pereira de Souza Neto, MD, with Patrice Abry, MD, Jean Frutoso, MD, Patrick Flandrin, MD, Claude Gharib, MD
• Con - Jay Horrow, MD & Dmitri Chamchad, MD

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