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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">abc</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Arq. Bras. Cardiol.</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0066-782X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1678-4170</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>S&#227;o Paulo, SP, Brazil</publisher-loc>
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          <subject>P&#225;gina do Presidente</subject>
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        <article-title>Integra&#231;&#227;o entre pa&#237;ses para promo&#231;&#227;o da educa&#231;&#227;o permanente e fortalecimento da cardiologia</article-title>
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            <surname>Chagas</surname>
            <given-names>Antonio Carlos Palandri</given-names>
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        <month>03</month>
        <year>2009</year>
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      <volume>92</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <fpage>168</fpage>
      <lpage>168</lpage>
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          <license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.</license-p>
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      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub">
        <day>17</day>
        <month>04</month>
        <year>2009</year>
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    <p>
      <bold>P&#193;GINA DO PRESIDENTE</bold>
    </p>
    <p>
      <bold>Integra&#231;&#227;o entre pa&#237;ses para promo&#231;&#227;o da educa&#231;&#227;o permanente e fortalecimento da cardiologia</bold>
    </p>
    <p>
      <bold>Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas</bold>
    </p>
    <p>Presidente da SBC</p>
    <p>
      <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="back">Correspond&#234;ncia</xref>
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    <p>No final deste m&#234;s, a Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) estar&#225; presente novamente em um dos mais importantes f&#243;runs mundiais da especialidade: o congresso do American College of Cardiology (ACC). E, pela segunda vez consecutiva, fomos, com muito orgulho, convidados a participar de uma sess&#227;o conjunta.</p>
    <p>Com o tema "O impacto das doen&#231;as cardiovasculares no Brasil e nos Estados Unidos e o que est&#225; sendo planejado em cada um dos pa&#237;ses, para combater a doen&#231;a", o <italic>joint symposium</italic> ter&#225; apresenta&#231;&#245;es de Prot&#225;sio da Luz, Eric R. Bates, Luiz A. Mattos e William E. Boden com Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas e o diretor cient&#237;fico do <italic>i2summit 2009 ACC</italic>, David R. Holmes, presidindo a sess&#227;o.</p>
    <p>O evento est&#225; programado para 30 de mar&#231;o &#224;s 12h15. Este ano, a <italic>2009 ACC 58th Annual Scientific Session</italic> acontece na cidade de Orlando, no estado da Fl&#243;rida. A iniciativa &#233; fruto do simp&#243;sio realizado em 2008, muito bem-sucedido, e inclusive elogiado pelos presidentes do ACC, James T. Dove, e da comiss&#227;o cient&#237;fica do evento, Mark E. Shelton.</p>
    <p>A repercuss&#227;o da participa&#231;&#227;o dos profissionais brasileiros foi t&#227;o positiva que, para este ano, outros 15 simp&#243;sios semelhantes foram programados com diversos pa&#237;ses para que os americanos passem a ter melhor conhecimento dos problemas e das pesquisas realizadas nas demais regi&#245;es.</p>
    <p>A aproxima&#231;&#227;o tamb&#233;m resultar&#225; na vinda de especialistas do ACC ao Brasil para o 64&#186; Congresso Brasileiro de Cardiologia, a exemplo do que ocorreu na edi&#231;&#227;o anterior do evento. E, mais importante do que as sess&#245;es propriamente, a integra&#231;&#227;o estimular&#225; a constante colabora&#231;&#227;o entre brasileiros e americanos em suas pesquisas, com o fortalecimento da especialidade de ambos os pa&#237;ses.</p>
    <p>Tamb&#233;m em rela&#231;&#227;o &#224; promo&#231;&#227;o da educa&#231;&#227;o continuada de qualidade, Comiss&#227;o Executiva e Cient&#237;fica de Congressos, em sua primeira reuni&#227;o do ano, discutiu e aprovou cerca de 80% das sugest&#245;es recebidas dos departamentos, grupos de estudos e comit&#234;s da SBC para a realiza&#231;&#227;o do nosso f&#243;rum de Salvador. A previs&#227;o &#233; que a programa&#231;&#227;o cient&#237;fica j&#225; esteja pronta no pr&#243;ximo m&#234;s. Aguardem as novidades!</p>
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      <fn id="back" fn-type="corresp">
        <p>Correspond&#234;ncia:</p>
        <p> Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas </p>
        <p> Avenida Marechal C&#226;mara, 160/330, Centro </p>
        <p> 20020-907, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil </p>
        <p> E-mail: </p>
        <p>
          <email xlink:href="acchagas@cardiol.br">acchagas@cardiol.br</email>
        </p>
      </fn>
    </p>
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          <subject>The President's Page</subject>
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        <article-title xml:lang="en">International exchange towards continuing education's and Brazilian cardiology's strengthening</article-title>
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      <p>
        <bold>THE PRESIDENT'S PAGE</bold>
      </p>
      <p>International exchange towards continuing education's and Brazilian cardiology's strengthening </p>
      <p>
        <bold>Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas</bold>
      </p>
      <p>President of SBC</p>
      <p>
        <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="back-body2">Mailing address</xref>
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      <p>At the end of this month, the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (SBC) will be once again present at one of the most important world forums of the specialty: the congress of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). And, for the second consecutive time, we are proud to say, we were invited to participate in a joint session.</p>
      <p>With the theme "The impact of cardiovascular diseases in Brazil and the Unites States and what is being planned in each of the countries to fight the disease", the joint symposium will have presentations by Prot&#225;sio da Luz, Eric R. Bates, Luiz A. Mattos William E. Boden and Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas, with the scientific director of the i2summit 2009 ACC, David R. Holmes, presiding the session.</p>
      <p>The event is programmed to take place on March 30<sup>th</sup>, 2009 at 12:15 PM. This year, the 2009 ACC 58<sup>th</sup> Annual Scientific Session will be held in Orlando, in the state of Florida. The initiative is the aftermath of the very successful symposium held in 2008, which was praised by the presidents of ACC, James T. Dove and of the scientific committee of the event, Mark E. Shelton.</p>
      <p>The results of the participation of the Brazilian professionals was so positive that 15 similar symposia have been programmed for this year in several countries, so that the North Americans can have a better knowledge of the problems and the researches carried out in the other regions.</p>
      <p>This integration will also result in the coming of ACC specialists to Brazil for the 64th Brazilian Congress of Cardiology, as it happened in the former version of the event. And, more important than the sessions themselves, the integration will stimulate the constant collaboration between Brazilian and North American professionals, with the consequent strengthening of the specialty in both countries.</p>
      <p>Moreover, regarding the promotion of quality continued education, the Congress Executive and Scientific Committee, at its first meeting of the year, discussed and approved around 80% of the suggestions received from the SBC departments, study groups and committees for the upcoming forum in Salvador. We expect the scientific program to be ready next month! News coming soon!</p>
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          <p>Mailing address:</p>
          <p>Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas</p>
          <p> Avenida Marechal C&#226;mara, 160/330, Centro</p>
          <p> 20020-907, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil</p>
          <p> E-mail: </p>
          <p>
            <email xlink:href="acchagas@cardiol.br">acchagas@cardiol.br</email>
          </p>
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        <article-title xml:lang="es">La integraci&#243;n entre pa&#237;ses para la promoci&#243;n de la educaci&#243;n permanente y el fortalecimiento de la cardiolog&#237;a</article-title>
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      <p>
        <bold>P&#193;GINA DEL PRESIDENTE</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <bold>La integraci&#243;n entre pa&#237;ses para la promoci&#243;n de la educaci&#243;n permanente y el fortalecimiento de la cardiolog&#237;a</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <bold>Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas</bold>
      </p>
      <p>Presidente de la SBC</p>
      <p>
        <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="back-body3">Correspondencia</xref>
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      <p>Al final de este mes, la Sociedad Brasile&#241;a de Cardiolog&#237;a (SBC) concurrir&#225; nuevamente en uno de los m&#225;s importantes foros mundiales de la especialidad: el congreso del American College of Cardiology (ACC). Y, por la segunda vez consecutiva, se nos invitaron a participar en una sesi&#243;n conjunta, lo que nos enorgullece bastante.</p>
      <p>Con el tema "El impacto de las enfermedades cardiovasculares en el Brasil y los Estados Unidos, y qu&#233; se ha planificado en cada uno de estos pa&#237;ses para combatirse la enfermedad", el <italic>joint symposium</italic> tendr&#225; presentaciones de Prot&#225;sio da Luz, Eric R. Bates, Luiz A. Mattos y William E. Boden. Presidir&#233; la sesi&#243;n junto al director cient&#237;fico del <italic>i2summit 2009 ACC</italic>, David R. Holmes.</p>
      <p>El evento tendr&#225; lugar el 30 de marzo, a las 12h15. Este a&#241;o, la <italic>2009 ACC 58<sup>th</sup> Annual Scientific Session</italic> ocurrir&#225; en la ciudad de Orlando, Florida. La iniciativa es fruto del simposio realizado en 2008, cuyos resultados fueron tan buenos que incluso recibi&#243; elogios de los presidentes del ACC, James T. Dove, y de la comisi&#243;n cient&#237;fica del evento, Mark E. Shelton.</p>
      <p>Ante la gran repercusi&#243;n de la concurrencia de los profesionales brasile&#241;os en el evento, adem&#225;s de su impacto positivo, se programaron para el presente a&#241;o otros 15 simposios semejantes, implicando diversos pa&#237;ses, con el objetivo de ampliar el conocimiento de los estadounidenses respecto a los problemas y las investigaciones realizadas en las dem&#225;s regiones.</p>
      <p>Dicha aproximaci&#243;n resultar&#225; tambi&#233;n en la presencia de expertos del ACC en el Brasil para concurrir al 64&#186; Congreso Brasile&#241;o de Cardiolog&#237;a, as&#237; como ocurri&#243; en la edici&#243;n anterior del evento. Adem&#225;s de ello, m&#225;s importante que las sesiones propiamente dichas, la integraci&#243;n estimular&#225; el constante aporte entre brasile&#241;os y estadounidenses en sus investigaciones, con el fortalecimiento de la especialidad de ambos pa&#237;ses.</p>
      <p>Tambi&#233;n con relaci&#243;n a la promoci&#243;n de la educaci&#243;n continua de calidad, la Comisi&#243;n Ejecutiva y Cient&#237;fica de Congresos, y su primera reuni&#243;n del a&#241;o, debati&#243; y aprob&#243; alrededor del 80% de las sugerencias recibidas de los departamentos, grupos de estudios y comit&#233;s de la SBC para la realizaci&#243;n del nuestro foro de la ciudad de Salvador. La previsi&#243;n es que la programaci&#243;n cient&#237;fica ya est&#233; lista en el mes que entra.</p>
      <p>&#161;Aguarden novedades!</p>
      <p>
        <fn id="back-body3" fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Correspondencia:</p>
          <p>Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas</p>
          <p>Avenida Marechal C&#226;mara, 160/330, Centro</p>
          <p> 20020-907, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil</p>
          <p> E-mail: </p>
          <p>
            <email xlink:href="acchagas@cardiol.br">acchagas@cardiol.br</email>
          </p>
        </fn>
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