December 2004 Newsletter

Table of Contents:
  • President's Message
  • Call for Nominations

  • Literature Reviews
    • Early results of endoscopic lung volume reduction for emphysema (Feroze Mahmood, MD, Andrew Maslow, MD)
    • Calcium antagonists are associated with reduced mortality after cardiac surgery: A propensity analysis (Mark A. Chaney, MD)
    • Relationship of blood transfusion and clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes (Michael H. Wall, MD)

  • Drug and Innovation Reviews
    • Pexelizumab: Complement inhibition for the cardiac patient?
    • Is there a role for human B-type natriuretic peptide in cardiac surgery?

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