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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;136:1-3
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Editorial

New developments in the Journal

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

^_* Address for reprints: Lawrence H. Cohn, MD, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115. (Email: lcohn@partners.org).

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As the second volume of 2008 begins, I would like to share some thoughts, some new features, and more contemplations.

In this issue, there is a summary of the proceedings of the American College of Cardiology, an important meeting with an impact on cardiovascular surgeons. Although there is surgical input to this meeting, most practicing cardiovascular surgeons rarely recognize the important context of this meeting and what our cardiology colleagues are thinking. Drs Fred Resnic and Akshay Desai from the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital have concisely summarized the topics of this meeting that pertain to the practice of cardiovascular medicine and surgery. We plan to continue to summarize the proceedings of other important meetings affecting cardiovascular and thoracic surgeons and believe that these summaries will keep us up to date with what our colleagues in the cardiovascular and thoracic service line . . . [Full Text of this Article]