October 2008 Newsletter

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• PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE: Conflict of Interest



• The Foundation Celebrates One Year!

• Sodium Bicarbonate versus Saline for the prevention of contrast induced nephropathy in patients with renal dysfunction undergoing coronary angiography or intervention
• Factor V Leiden mutation is associated with improved 30-day survival in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
• Clopidogrel pre-treatment in stable angina: for all patients >6H before elective coronary angiography or only for angiographically selected patients a few minutes before PCI? A randomized multicenter trial PRAGUE-8.
• Impact of preoperative statin therapy on adverse postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of over 30000 patients.

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