Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery NetWork

Educational Resources

Article Reviews

• Intensive blood glucose control and vascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes. ADVANCE Collaborative Group, Patel A, MacMahon S, et al. N Engl J Med 2008; 3584:2560-2572


• Effects of extended-release metoprolol succinate in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery (POISE trial): a randomized controlled trial. Lancet 2008; 371:1839-1847
  
  
• Omland T, Ueland T, Jansson AM, et al. Circulating osteoprotegerin levels and long-term prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008; 51:627-633
  
  
• Hannan EL, Wu C, Walford G, et al. Drug-eluting stents vs coronary-artery bypass grafting in multivessel coronary disease. N Engl J Med 2008; 358:331-341

• Thielmann M, Neuhauser M, Knipp S, et al. Prognostic impact of previous percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with diabetes mellitus and triple-vessel disease undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 137: 470-476


• Alexander JH, Reynolds HR, Stebbins A L, et al. Effect of tilarginine acetate in patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock: the TRIUMPH randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2007; 297:1657-1666
  
  

Chest 2007 presentations by Jun R. Chiong, MD, MPH, FCCP

1. Heart Failure - Introduction
2. The Evolving Role of Natriuretic Peptide in the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure
3. Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Special Presentations from Annual NetWork Meetings

CHEST 2006 - Title: "Cells and Genes: The Next Wave of Cardiovascular Therapeutics"
Speaker: David A. Bull, MD

Meetings

CHEST 2009, San Diego, CA, October 31 - November 5, 2009

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