Events of interest

Brief notices of meetings, courses, ancl symposia relevant to cardinthoracicsurgery are published as a service. They should be formaltedas follows:meeting title, dale, place, sponsor, accreditation, director, fee, minimum/maxinmmaliendance, and address/phone for further information. Announcements should be sent at least 4 nlonthsin advanceof publication 1o The Ammlso/" Thonwic Smxery, 3108 Queeny Towel, Barnes Hospital Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63110-1041; telephone, (314) 361-6084; ,.,-m,~il: [email protected].

• Third International Meeting on General Thoracic Surgery, Barcelona, Spain--April 17-18, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact the Congress Secretariat, RCT, Aul~stia i Pijoan 12, baixos, 08012 Barcelona, Spain; or telephone 34-3-415 69 38 (fax: 34-3-415 69 04).

• One Hundred Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Surgical Association, Quebec, Canada--April 17-19, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact the American Surgical Association, 13 Elm q~ Manchester, MA 01944-1314; or t~'lephone (508) 526-8330 (fax: (508) ~26-7521).

[] Mitral Valve Repair VI, Falls Church, Virginia--May 1-2, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact ProMedica International, 620 Newport Center Dr, Suite 575, Newport Beach, CA 92660; fax: (714) 759-6911.

• Fourth Scientific Meeting of the International Association for Cardiac Biological Implants, Washington, DC--May 4, 1997 For inlormation on this meeting, contact Dr Shlomo Gabbay, Inlernational Association for Cardiac Biological Implants, Department of Surgery, Rm G502, 185 South Orange Ave, Newark, NJ 07193; or telephone (201) .q240067 (fax: (201) 982-6803). !1 Seventy-seventh Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Washington, D C - - M a y 4-7, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact AATS, 13 Elm St, Manchester, MA 01944; or telephone (508) 526-8330.(fax: (508) 526-4018).

• Eighteenth Annual Scientific Sessions of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, New Orleans, Louisiana--May 7-10, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact NASPE, Natick Executive Park, 2 Vision Dr, Natick, MA 01760-2059; or telephone (508) 6470100 (fax: (508) 647-0124).

• Thirty-second Congress of the European Society for Surgical Research, Corfu, Greece--May 18-21, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact Oceanking Travel, 18, Dimokritou St, GR-10673 Athens, Greece; or telephone 3623049 or 3647066 (fax: 3645485).

• Cardiac Surge~ 97, London, [] Second International Symposium on Redo Cardiac Surgery in Adults, Washington, DC--May 2-3, 1997" For information on this meeting, presented by Pittsburgh Heart Institute of Shadyside Hospital contact Shadyside Hospital Department of CME at (412) 623-2393 (fax: (412) 623-3010). *Anadvertisementforthismeetingappearsin this issue.

England--May 19-23, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact Conference Centre, National Heart & Lung Institute, Dovehouse St, London SW3 6LY, England; or telephone 44 171 351-8172 (fax: 44 171 376-3442; e-mail: [email protected]). • G e n e 3 Thoracic Surgery, Boston, ~viassachusetts--May 22-23, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact Department of Continuing Ed-

ucation, Harvard Medical School, PO Box 825, Boston, MA 02117-0825; or telephone (617) 4~2-15Z~(e-mail: HMSCME@wan'en.rned.harvard.edu). • Sheffield Symposium on Recent Advances in Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, Sheffield, England--May 23, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact Graham Cooper, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, or Stephen Campbell, Consultant Cardiologist, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield $5 7AU, England; or telephone 44 114 271 4954 (fax: 44 114 261 0350). • Fourth International Symposium on Thoracoscopy & Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery, S~o Paulo, Brazil-May 24-26, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact the Executive Secretariat, Rua Pinto Gonfalves, 53, S~o Paulo SP, Brazil 05005-010; or telephone (5511) 873-1822/65-5354 (fax: (5511) 864-4673).

• Sixth South American Congress on Thoracic Surgery and Tenth Brazilian Congress on Thoracic Surgery, S~o Paulo, Brazil--May 27-28, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact the Executive Secretariat, Rua Pinto Gonfalves, 53, S~o Paulo SP, Brazil 05005-010; or telephone (5511) 873-1822/65-5354 (fax: (5511) 864-4673).

• Toronto Thoracic Refresher Course, Toronto, Ontario, Capada--May 29-30, 1997" For information on this meeting, contact Continuing Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 150 College St, Rm 121, Toronto, ON M5S 3E2 Canada; or telephone (416) 978-2719 (fax: (416) 971-2200).

• World Congress on Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Paris, France--May 30-31, 1997" For information on this meeting, contact ProMedica International, 620 Ann Thorac Surg 1997;63(3):A-54-7

Newport Center Dr, Suite 575, Newport Beach, CA 92660; or send a fax to (714) 759-6911. m The International Society for Cardiovascular SurgeryFFhe Society for Vascular Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts~June 1-4, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact the Association offices, 13 Elm St, Manchester, MA 01944; or telephone (508) 526-8330 (fax: (508) 526-4018). •

Asian Pacific Cardiovascular

Update 1997: The 21st Century Approach, Hong K o n g ~ J u n e 5-6, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact the Secretariat, Asian Pacific Cardiovascular Update 1997, c/o Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N'T, Hong Kong; or telephone (852) 2632 2629 (fax: (852) 2637 7974; e-mail: [email protected]).

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Seventh European Congress on Extracorporeal Circulation

Technology, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic--June 11-14, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact Mrs M. J. Wijers-Hille, Department of Extra-Corporeal Circulation, Univcrsity Hospital Rotterdam, Dr Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands; or send a fax to 31-10-4191089. • Seventh International Symposium on Cardiac

Bioprostheses, Sitges, Spain-June 13-15, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact ProMedica International, 620 Newport Center Dr, Suite 575, Newport Beach, CA 92660; fax: (714) 759-6911. • Annual Meeting of the Texas Transplantation Society, Houston, Texas--June 19-22, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact the Society at 401 W 15th St,

Austin, TX 78701; or telephone (512) 370-1512 (fax: (512) 370-1693; e-mail: [email protected] or sylvia [email protected]).

• Twelfth Symposium on Echocardiology and Ninth Meeting of the International Cardiac Doppler Society, Rotterdam, the Netherlands-June 25-27, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact Organisation Secretariat, 12th Symposium on Echocardiology and 9th Meeting of the International Cardiac Doppler Society, PO Box 593, 3700 AN Zeist, the Netherlands; or telephone 31 343 515134 (fax: 31 343 533357; e-mail: LMCCOBUS@ PI-user.pi.net).

• Twenty-third Annual Meeting of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Napa, California--June 25-28, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, 13 Elm St, Manchester, MA 01944; or telephone (508) 526-8330 (fax: (508) 526-4018).

• Second International Meeting on lnterventional

Cardiology, Jerusalem, Israel-June 30-July 3, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact the Secretariat, 2nd International Meeting on Interventional Cardiology, PO Box 50006, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel; or telephone 972 3 5140000 (fax: 972 3 5175674/5140077).

• ISCTS-the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons: Tenth Annual Meeting of the Japan Chapter, Sapporo, Japan--July 3-4, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact M. Kaneko, MD, PhD, The Tenth Annual Meeting of the ISCTS, c/o Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, S 1, W 16, Chuoku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060, Japan; or send a fax to 81-11-611-4963.

• Stenting and Adjunctive Pharmaceutical Therapy, Eilat, Israel--July 4-5, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact the Secretariat, 2nd International Meeting on Interventiona[ Cardiology, PO Box 50006, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel; or telephone 972 3 5140000 (fax: 972 3 5175674/5140077). •

Rocky Mountain Valve

Symposium, Missoula, Montana--August 13-16, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact Carole Erickson, Program Coordinator, by fax at (406) 329-5880.

• Sixth European Congress on Extracorporeal Life Support, Oxford, England--August 1922, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact EESO Congress Secretariat, Concorde Services Ltd, 10 Wendell Rd, London W12 9RT, England; or telephone 44 181 743 3106 (fax: 44 181 743 1010). Arrhythmias From Neonate to Adult, Groningen, the

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Netherlands--August 21-22, 1997 For information on this meeting, telephone Congres Office Tonne Verdonk at 31 40 2852212.

• International Congress of Thorax Surgery, Athens, Greece--July 1-8, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact Congress Secretariat, TRIAENA Congress, 24, Har Trikoupi str, 106 79 Athens, Greece; or telephone 30-1-3609 511-15 (fax: 301-3607 962). /

i Fourth World Artificial Organ, Immunology and Transplantation Symposium, Bad Oeynhausen, G e r m a n y - September 1, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact Ms Susanne Traut, Heart Center NRW, Department of Tho-

racic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Bochum, Georgstra~e 11, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; or telephone 49-57 31-97 13 33460 (fax: 49-57 31-97 13 00).

• ISCTS-the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons: Seventh World Congress, Dtisseldorf, G e r m a n y - September 2-5, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact Ms Susanne Traut, Heart Center NRW, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Bochum, Georgstra/~e 11, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, or telephone 49-57 31-97 13 33460 (fax: 49-57 31-97 13 00).

• Second International Symposium on Anterior Chest Deformities (Pectus Excavatum and Carinatum), Diisseldorf, Germany--September 6, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact A. Granetzny, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Dtisseldorf, Moorenstral~e 5, D-40225 Diisseldorf, Germany; or telephone 49-211-8 11 83 32 (fax: 49211-8 11 83 33).

• Fifth Congress of the International Society for Rotary Blood Primps, Marseilles, France--September 10-13, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact Secretariat General, 48, rue de la Procession, F 75724 Paris cedex 15, France; or telephone (33) 1 44 49 60 60 (fax: (33) 1 44 49 60 44).

• International Conference on the Surgery of Tuberculosis, Moscow, RussiaDSeptember 17-19, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact Prof. Mikhail Perelman, Center for Pulmonology, 4 Dostoevsky Str, 103030 Moscow, Russia; or telephone 7 (095) 281-7566 (fax: (095) 288-5846).

• Twenty-third World Congress of the International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, London, England-September 21-25, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact the 23rd World Congress Secretariat, International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, 13 Elm St, Manchester, MA 01944; or telephone (508) 526-8330 (fax: (508) 5267521).

• Eleventh Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Copenhangen, D e n m a r k • September 28-October 1, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact Prof Torkel/~berg, Secretary General, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital, S-901 85 Ume/t, Sweden; or telephone 46-90 785 3676 (fax: 46-90 785 3601; e-mail: eacts.secretary@mailbox. calypso.net).

• Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo, Japan--October 1-3, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact Shiaki Kawada, MD, Department of Surgery, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan; or telephone 81 3 3353 1211 (fax: 81 3 5379 3034).

port Beach, CA 92660; or send a fax to (714) 759-6911.

• American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois-October 12-17, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact American College of Surgeons, 55 E Erie St, Chiacgo, IL 60611; or telephone (3!2) 664-4050 (fax: (312) 440-7014).

• Thirteenth Biennial Asian Congress on Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 1997, Sydney, Australia--October 12-17, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact ACTCV Congress Secretariat, Conference Action Pty Ltd, PO Box 1231, North Sydney NSW 2059, Australia; or telephone 61 2 9956 8333 (fax: 61 2 9956 5154).

• Sixth Asian-Pacific Symposium on Cardiac Pacing and Physiology, New Delhi, India--October 25-28, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact Dr K. K. Sethi, SecretaryGeneral, Department of Cardiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India; or telephone 91 11 323 9977 (fax: 91 11 684-0256).

• Sixty-third Annual Scientific • Third International Workshop on Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Marina Del Rey, California--October 2-3, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact ProMedica International, 620 Newport Center Dr, Suite 575, Newport Beach, CA 92660;or send a fax to (714) 759-6911.

Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, New Orleans, Louisiana--Octoly ;r 26-30, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact American College of Chest Physicians, 3300 Dundee Rd, Northbrook, IL 60002; or telephone (708) 498-1400 (fax: (707) 498-5460).

• Forty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Southern Thoracic

Surgical Association, Naples, • Live Teleconference on Complete Arterial Grafting, Melbourne, Australia--October 9-10, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact ProMedica International, 620 Newport Center Dr, Suite 575, New-

Florida--November 6-8, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, 401 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611-4267; or telephone (312) 644-6610 or (800) 685-STSA (fax: (312) 644-1815).

II Seventieth Scientific Session of the American Heart Association, Orlando, Florida-November 10-13, 1997 For information on this meeting, contact the American Heart Association, 7320 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75231; or telephone (214) 3736300 (fax: (214) 373-3406). [] Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana--January 26-28, 1998 For information on this meeting, contact Peter C. Pairolero, MD,

The Socie.ty of Thoracic Surgeons, 401 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611; or telephone (312) 644-6610 (fax: (312) 527-6635; e-mail: donald [email protected]; lnternet: http:l/www.sts.org).

ment of Pediatric Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, 35100 lzrnir, Turkey; or telephone 90 (232) 3 75 12 88 or 3 42 21 42 (e-maik [email protected]).

[] The Paediatric Oesophagus: An Interdisciplinary Symposium (Main Topic: Gastroesophageal Reflux With a Special Interest in Alkaline Reflux), lzmir, Turkey--April 20-22, 1998 For information on this meeting, contact Prof Oktay Mutaf, Depart-

[] Second Cuneo Lung Cancer Conference, Cuneo, ItalywJune 20-24, 1998 For information on this meeting, contact Gianfranco Buccheri, MD, Ospedale A. Carle, 1-2100 Cuneo, Italy; or telephone (39) 171 441777 (fax: (39) 171 611597; e-mail: [email protected]).