Concepts and Controversies: Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Drs. J. Crayton Pruitt, A. Marc Gillinov and Adam E. Saltman discuss concepts and controversies associated with the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation.

Discussion of Systemic Inflammatory Response and the Recent Research of the SIRS Mechanism Dr. Ken Taylor of the Hammersmith Hospital in London, England presents his lecture, Discussion of Systemic Inflammatory Response and the Recent Research of the SIRS Mechanism.

Is Complete Revascularization Compromised in Off Pump Grafting? The Heart Surgery Forum®, in conjunction with Dr. James Edgerton of Medical City Dallas, and Medtronic Cardiac Surgery is pleased to offer our online visitors a multimedia educational program entitled Is Complete Revascularization Compromised in Off Pump Grafting?

Beating Heart Surgery for Coronary Revascularization: Is It the Most Important Development Since the Introduction of the Heart-Lung Machine? Listen to a debate featuring Dr. Denton A. Cooley and Dr. Michael Mack entitled Beating Heart Surgery for Coronary Revascularization: Is It the Most Important Development Since the Introduction of the Heart-Lung Machine?. The debate was held as part of the Outcomes 2000 meeting in Key West, Florida on May 27, 2000.