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Headlines- More Headlines -Relationship of General Thoracic Surgery to Cardiac Surgery What are the similiarities and differences in different areas of the world? New Cardiac Video - STSA November 2007 “Combined Open Proximal and Stent Graft Distal Repair for Complex Arch Aneurysm” Edward B. Diethrich Endovascular Traveling Fellowships The grant of $7,500 will be provided to the successful applicants to underwrite their travel and living expenses incurred during a maximum of three weeks of training Cardiac Video - STSA November 2007 "Robotic Mitral Valve Replacement Using the Haircut Technique" New Cardiac Video - March 2008 "Aortic Valve Replacement with Stentless Autologous Gluteraldehyde Treated Pericardium" International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) Registration for the Annual Meeting is NOW OPEN Journal of Heart Valve Disease has a New Editor After 17 years service Dr. Endre Bodnar has retired as Editor of the Journal of Heart Valve Disease. New Safety Reporting System Vignette "Ascending Aortic Graft Igniting (Catching Fire) during Bentall's Procedure" MMCTS Recent Additions Three new chapters have been posted to the Multimedia Manual for Cardiothoracic Surgery (MMCTS). This brings the total contributions to 118. New Cardiac Expert Technique "Off-Pump Insertion of the Jarvik 2000 Left Ventricular Assist Device" AATS Award Opportunities The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) offers three award opportunities. Online Award Applications Now Available. DEADLINE: JULY 1, 2008 Focus on Aprotinin - JTCVS March 2008 Issue The March issue of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardioascular Surgery contains a number of valuable papers on the Aprotinin debate. Adult Cardiac Literature Watch Q4-2007 The Cardiac Literature Watch for the fourth quarter 2007 is now available. STSA CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Abstracts for the STSA 55th Annual Meeting are now being accepted. EACTS Now Receiving Abstracts for 2008 Annual Meeting The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery( EACTS) abstract submission is now open for the 22nd Annual meeting in Lisbon Portugal. Blog Discussions Available for AATS Meeting Abstracts NEW this year! CTSNet members can post comments and start a blog discussion with colleagues on any abstract of interest. New Video in the Industry Forum Symposia Section "Technique for Implantation of the Sorin Solo Supraannular Stentless Heart Valve" by Alberto Repossini, MD, Bergamo, Italy. SHVD Has a New Window The Society for Heart Valve Disease (SHVD) has a newly designed web page. ESCVS Abstract Deadline Extended The European Society for Cardiovascular Surgery (ESCVS) is extending the abstract deadline to FEBRUARY 15, 2008. Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, Third Edition The newly revised, online version of Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, Third Edition, by Lawrence H. Cohn, MD, is available on CTSNet. |
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