Proceedings of the 4th Annual meeting, in conjunction with the 5th Annual Perioperative Medicine Summit, available.

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Highlights from the latest Newsletter:

Asymptomatic Left-Ventricular Dysfunction in Vascular Surgery Patients by W-J Flu and D Poldermans

Patients with asymptomatic isolated diastolic- or left-ventricular dysfunction undergoing open vascular surgery are at increased risk for 30-day cardiac events and long-term cardiovascular mortality.

What is New in the 2009 ACC/AHA Guideleines and Practice Advisories that are Applicable to the Perioperative Period?

by Z Zafirova

Discussion of the updates to the Guidelines for the Management of Patients with ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction and Perioperative Beta-Blockade are discussed.