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4th Annual SPAQI Meeting
March 4-6, 2010 in Miami Beach
Updates
Winter 2009 Newsletter
The Successful 3rd Annual SPAQI Meeting A summary will be in the next newsletter.
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Highlights from the Newsletter:
Medical Management Using Beta Blockers in the Perioperative Setting
Don Poldermans, M.D., Ph.D., F.E.S.C.
Although widely prescribed as a means for reducing perioperative cardiac events, the evidence supporting this indication for beta-blockers is based mainly on two small, prospectively randomized clinical trials and several observational studies. The results of the large randomized POISE trial are discussed.
Coronary Stents: Perioperative Management
Angela Bader, M.D., M.P.H.
Coronary stents: perioperative management This article will summarize the current status of the literature regarding the perioperative management of anticoagulants in patients undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery who have a history of coronary stent implantation.
Medical management using beta blockers in the perioperative setting
This article discusses several of the recent articles in the debate about the use of beta blockers in the perioperative setting and offers recommendations for the proper use.