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Conferences (15 each evening, Thursday and Friday). The topics of the Luncheon Panels and Firesides have been chosen because of their current interest; many are familiar sttbjects, but the Program Committee has made a particular effort to introduce as many “new faces” as possible, particularly where those investigators have contributed significantly to recent knowledge and progress. Simultaneous scientific sessions, arranged as much as possible to minimize conflicts of interest, have made it possible for the Program Cornmittee to accept a record 116 abstracts from more than 300 submitted for presentation. An innovation this year will be the Cardiovascular Film Program on Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoons and Sunday. The authors will be present to introduce their films and answer questions. The film review committee has given priority to new motion pictures of demonstrable teaching value. This program will provide a third competing session in some instances; however, with the College membership now in excess of 3,000, your Program Committee believes that this is necessary to provide maximal teaching benefits at our Annual Meeting. The Washington location of this year’s meeting has lent particular emphasis to the theme, “Contributions of International Cardiology.” This topic is being featured in several ways. First are the panel sessions (Saturday and Sunday morning) featuring distinguished scientists from England, South Africa, Australia, United States and other countries. On Saturday morning these authorities will be presenting their views on a variety of subjects such as kinekard, aortic arteritis and homograft replacement of the aortic valve. Sunday morning will

Come to the Capital ! A trip to the Sixteenth Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D. C., February 15 to 19, will be educational and inspirational. What’s more, we anticipate fun for you and your entire family. Brig. Gen. A. A. Hoffman, General Chairman, and Alfred Soffer, Chairman of the Scientific Program, and their respective committee members have assembled an imaginative and action-packed program beginning Wednesday afternoon, February 15, with a choice of scientific clinics and practical demonstrations at ten of Washington’s leading medical centers. These programs have been planned to fulfill the widest possible variety of interests. The day’s program is culminated with an evening Scientific Session arranged by Chairman Frank A. Finnerty, Jr., F.A.c.c., and jointly sponsored by the American College of Cardiology and the Washington, D. C., Heart Association. On Thursday morning the meeting will be dedicated by The Reverend Frederick Brown Harris, Chaplain of the United States Senate. Immediately following this will be the address by Dr. Jesse E. Edwards, St. Paul, Minn., President-Elect of the American Heart AssociaSeptal Detion, on the subject, “Ventricular feet : Unresolved Problems.” The next three and a half days will be devoted to scientific discussions of some 260 topics by investigators from around the world. These formal presentations will be supplemented by a wealth of scientific and technical exhibits. The design of the new Washington Hilton Hotel provides ideal arrangements for the exhibitors and for the 30 Luncheon Panels (10 each noon, Thursday through Saturday) and 30 Fireside VOLUME

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College feature the Symposium on Cardiomyopathies under the chairmanship of Dr. George Burch, F.A.C.C. Moreover, all of these men also will be participating in Luncheon Panels and Fireside Conferences. Friday evening features the International Night Dinner jointly planned by the International Cardiology Foundation and the American College of Cardiology. This banquet promises to be a gala, entertaining event to which all are invited. Special entertainment by the U. S. Air Force Singing Sergeants, guest speaker Dr. Ignacio Chavez, F.A.c.c., Mexico City, Eric Sevareid as Master of Ceremonies, and the presence of many distinguished guests are only a few of the highlights of the evening’s program. For the other panel sessions and symposia, our Scientific Program Chairman, Dr. Alfred Soffer, and his Committee have come up with a number of unusual and new program “Firsts.” Among them are the “Controversies in Cardiolafternoon featuring ogy” session on Thursday the opposing views of national authorities presented under the jurisdiction of a forceful referee carefully chosen to enforce “law and order,” if not agreement. The Seminar on Auscultation chaired by Dr. W. Proctor Harvey, F.A.c.c., assisted by an outstanding group of panelists, will have available 800 chairs, each equipped with an individual on Saturday afterstethophone ! Moreover, noon, the Robert P. Grant Memorial Symposium on Electrocardiographic Interpretation by Clinical and Computer Methods under the chairmanship of Dr. Leonard S. Dreifus, F.A.c.c., again assisted by an eminent panel of experts, will not only be unique in pitting “man against computer,” but will feature individual audience participation. Each member of the audience will receive ahead of time a packet of unknown electrocardiograms to test his own diagnostic acumen against both the experts and the computer. This will truly be a fitting memorial session to Dr. Grant for his enormous contributions to this very field; his untimely death occurred last August shortly after his appointment as Director of the National Heart Institute. Two other program “firsts” that are likely to prove of unusual interest and contribute further to the stimulating freshness of the Scientific Sessions are the “Stimulations, Provocations session Friday afternoon and New Frontiers” and Astronaut Sympoand the “Aquanaut sium” Saturday morning. In the former, the audience will hear thought-provoking theories,

News ideas and personal viewpoints of some distinguished scientists based upon their extensive experiences, but not necessarily considered proved or provable by currently available information. In the latter session the similarities as well as diversities of medical exploration of the extremes of altitude and depth will be discussed by the very men who have participated in these adventures. One of the very successful panel discussions introduced at last year’s meeting will be continued this year under the chairmanship of Dr. Eliot Corday, F.A.C.C. This session on Sunday morning will deal with the “Role of Governmental Agencies in Teaching and Research and Practice of Cardiology.” Dr. Corday’s blueribbon panel of participants includes Dr. James Goddard, Director of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Philip R. Lee, Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs, Department of HEW, Dr. Irvine Page, F.A.c.c., Director of Research at Cleveland Clinic, and Dr. Donald S. Fredrickson, the new Director of the National Heart Institute. The Sixteenth Annual Convocation, under the direction of Dr. Clifford Cherry, with its colorful pageantry and impressive ceremony will provide an exciting climax to the 1967 sessions. The Hon. Hubert H. Humphrey, Vice President of the United States, will receive the Gold Medal Award of the College and will present the Convocation Address. The Vice President’s address will undoubtedly stress the role of the practicing physician and the Federal Government in effecting the teamwork necessary in this new era of “The Partnership.” It is anticipated that his address should be of exceptional interest to all physicians, particularly those with special interests in cardiovascular disease, which today represents the number one health challenge to the Western World. You are all reminded that the College Convocation is open to the interested public, and your wives and families particularly are invited. This year, General Arrangements Chairman, Brig. Gen. A. A. Hoffman, and his Committee have made plans for the Convocation to be followed by a dinner dance in the main ballroom of the Washington Hilton. All are invited to share in this unusual opportunity for comraderie, entertainment and good fellowship. A national medical meeting of this magnitude in Washington, D. C., has been a relatively rare event because only recently have the limitations upon hotel accommodations been relieved. THE

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that any teacher or school principal will condone a day or two of school missed as time well spent. All indications point to attendance in excess of 3,000 physicians, so make your plans and reservations now ! Bring the wife, the family! See you in Washington, D. C., this February! Cordially yours, C. WALTON LILLEHEI, M.D., F.A.C.C. President American College of Cardiology

Th~is, this is not only a singular opportunity to participate in an outstanding educational event but an unequaled opportunity to bring the enIn addition to the social program tire family. and other events planned for the ladies, Washington, 1). C., is a city that belongs to every American, and a trip to its historic monuments, beautiful sites and government buildings is a Likewise, Washington is a magic city to must. visit with children inasmuch as both fun and education are so easily combined, and we dare say

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Plans are being discussed with The White’House for the presentation of the Award at some time during this Annual Scientific Session. Wednesday,

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Cardiac Clinics and Demonstrations (Admission by ticket only. from Hotel at 1 : 30 p.m.)

Bus transportation

D. C. General Hospital (Georgetown), Washington Chairman:

FRANK A. FINNERTY, JR.

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A Practical Approach to the Treatment of the Hypertensive Patient FRANK A. FINNERTY, JR. Diazoxide in the Management of Acute Hyperof Repeated Reductions of tension ; Value Arterial Pressure NIKOS KAKAVIATOS Clinical and Hemodynamic Evaluation of New Antihypertensive Agents MICHAEL DAVIDOV Toxemia of Pregnancy as Seen by an Internist DR. FINNERTY George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington

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The First Distinguished Service Award of the American College of Cardiology

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GEORGE A. KELSER of a Cardiac

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Howard University College of Medicine, Washington Chairman:

JOHN B. JOHNSON

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