EVENTS OF INTERESTBrief notices of meetings, courses, and symposia relevantto cardiothoracic surgery are published as a service. Theyshould be formatted as follows: meeting title, date, place,sponsor, accreditation, director, fee, mnurnum/maxtmumattendance, and address/phone for further information.

New Devices for the Cardiac and PeripheralVascular Laboratories. Orlando, Florida­July 2-6, 1990This meeting is sponsored b) the Pittsburgh VascularInstitute and the Pittsburgh Heart Institute of ShadysideHospital. Pittsburgh, PA, and is accredited for 15 hours incategory 1 of the Physician's Recognition Award of theAMA. For information on this meeting, contact ShadysideHospital, New Devices Technology Workshop, 5230Cen­tre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15232; or telephone (412) 622­1051.

Seventh Congress of the European Society ofBiomechanics. Aarhus, Denmark-July 8-11,1990For information on this meeting, contact Seventh Con­gress of ESB, Biomechanics Laboratory, Orthopaedic Hos­pital, Randersve] 1, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark; or tele­phone 45-616-7500, extension 4649.

My'lcardial Preservatiun Into the 21st Century,Oxford, England-August 12-15,1990For information on this meeting, contact Beverly Farrier,ProMedica International. 620 Newport Center Drive,Suite 575, Newport Beach, CA 92660; or telephone (714)640·5~70 (f'l~.,jmilt': (714) 75Q-6911).

Thirty-ninth Annual Meeting of theScandanavian Association for Thoracic andCardiovascular Surgery and the ScandanavianSociety for Extracorporeal Technology, Reykjavik,Iceland-August 29-31, 1990For information on this meeting, contact G. Olafsson,MD, Chairman, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovas-

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3108 Queeny Tower, Barnes Hospital Plaza, St. Louis,MO 63110-1041; telephone, (314) 361-6084.

cular Surgery, Landspitalinn, University Hospital, Reyk­javik, Iceland.

Thirty-ninth Congress of the European SCJdety forCardiovascular Surgery, Budapest, Hungary­September 9-12,1990For information on this meeting, contact Budapest Con­vention Centre, H-1444, PO Box 233, Budapest XI, Jagellou 1-3, Hungary; or telephone (361) 852-507 (facsimile:(361) 665636; telex: 12-7717).

Fourth Annual Meeting of the EuropeanAssociation for Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Naples,Italy-September 17-19, 1990Fer information on this meeting, contact the OrganizingSecretariat, MCM, Rione Sirignano, 5, S0121 Naples, Italy;or telephone (0)8117611085-7611277 (facsimile: (0)811664372; telex: 710626).

Second Annual Meeting of the InternationalSociety for Applied Cardiovascular Biology,Venice Lido, Italy-September 17-20, 1990For information on this meeting, contact the CongressSecretariat, Kele Teo. San Marco 4930, Venice, Italy.

Interim MeeHng of The Society of ThoracicSurgeons, Chicago, Illinois-September 21-23, 1990For information on this meeting, contact Richard P.Anderson, MD, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 111East Wacker Dr. Chicago, IL 60601-4301; or telephone(312) 644-661. .

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Mechanical Circulatory Support 1990, London,England-September 26-28, 1990For information on this meeting, contact Anne Sumner,Mechanical Circulatory Support 1990, Medical ResearchS<;rv1ces, ou Oxford St, SO\~tham.pton SO! lDL, Hants,England; or telephone 0703 231068,

,Controversies in Cardiovas-cular Disease: SurgicalVersus Medical Treatment, Ai;)lst,Belgium-September 28-29,1990For information on this meeting, contact Dr F. Wellens,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, O,L. Vrouwziek­enhuis, Moorselbaan 164, B-9300 Aalst, Belgium; or tele­phone 053/78 5353 (facsimile: 053/783876).

American College of Surgeons, San Francisco,California-October '7-12,1990For information on this meeting contact American Collegeof Surgeons, 55 EErie St, Chicago, IL 60611; or tele­phone (312) 664·4050.

Fifty-sixth Annual Scientific Assembly, AmericanCol~ege of Chest Physicians, Toronto, Ontario,Canada-October 22-26,1990This meeting is sponsored by the American College ofChest Physicians and the International Academy of Chest

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Physicians and Surgeons. For information, contact theAmerican College of Chest Physicians, 911 Busse High­way, Park RIdge, u, 60068; or telephone (708) 698-'100.

Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting of the SouthernThoracic Surgical A~sodaii(ln, Cerremar Beach,Puene Rico-November &-.10,1990For information on this meeting, contact Gordon F. Mur­ray, MD,Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, 111EastWacker Dr, Chicago, 1L 60601-4301; or telephone (312'644-6610 (facsimile: (312) 938-1214).

Sixty-third Scientific Session of the AmericanHeart Association, Dallas, Texas-­November 12-15,1990For information on this meeting, contact American HeartAssociation, 7320 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75231; ortelephone (214) 750-5300.

Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of The Societyof Thoracic Surgeons, San Francisco, Califomia-s­February 17-20,1991For information on this meeting, contact Richard P.Andel son, MD, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 111East Wal:ker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601-4301; or telephone(312) 644·6610.