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Sunday,
July 14, 2002
Monday,
July 15, 2002
Tuesday,
July 14, 2002
Oral Presentations Oral Presentations Oral Presentations
Poster Sessions Poster Sessions Poster Sessions
  Satellite Symposium  
MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002
8:30 - 19:00

 

POSTER HALL
 

P201 Poster Session:
IMAGING AND METHODOLOGY

 
Board No. 

 

 

EFFECT OF THE ANTHRACYCLINE GROUP CYTOSTATICS ON MYOCARDIAL PERFORMANCE INDEX
I.Moyssakis , N.J. Pantazopoulos, P. Gioldasis, H. Mihalopoulou, P. Margos, G. Pagalis, Athens, Greece.

 

TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF MITRAL REGURGITATION USING THE PROXIMAL FLOW CONVERGENCE METHOD
A. Vitarelli, Y. Conde, G. Di Benedetto, E. Cimino, T. Leone, S. D'Orazio, I. D'Angeli, R. Colantonio, I. Chiriac, Rome, Italy

 

TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION POST REPAIR OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
A. Vitarelli, Y. Conde, G. Di Benedetto, E. Cimino, T. Leone, R. Colantonio, I. D'Angeli, S. D'Orazio, Rome, Italy

 

ASSESSMENT OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY WITH RIGHT VENTRICULAR ANGIOGRAPHY
M. Dorobantu, V. Petrescu, D. Constantinescu, C. Erena, R. Niculescu, B. Popa, S. Alanescu, O. Istratescu, G. Tatu, M. Marinescu, Bucharest, Romania

 

PACED CORONARY FLOW RESERVE - ASSESSMENT BY TRANSTHORACIC DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
P.Petkow Dimitrow , J. Grodecki, M. Krzanowski, J. Lelakowski, B. Malecka, K. Kawecka-Jaszcz, A. Szczeklik, J.S. Dubiel, Krakow, Poland

 

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PREDICTORS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FILLING PRESSURE: COMPARISON OF MULTIPLE INDICES
A. Vitarelli, Y. Conde, G. Di Benedetto, E. Cimino, T. Leone, S. D'Orazio, R. Colantonio, I. D'Angeli, Rome, Italy

 

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE PRE AND POST PTCA USING TISSUE DOPPLER MEASURES OF VELOCITY AND VELOCITY GRADIENT
A. Vitarelli, Y. Conde, G. Di Benedetto, E. Cimino, T. Leone, I. D'Angeli, S. D'Orazio, R. Colantonio, Rome, Italy

 

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EXAM: ANALYSIS OF FACTORS, AFFECTING EA COMPONENT OF SPECTRAL DOPPLER ARTIFACTS
N.J. Nelassov, A.A. Kastanajan, M.A. Naumenko, V.A. Nikolaeva, N.V. Ruibalkina, E.S. Ruizkova, A.A. Shepelev, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

 
 

 

 
MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002
 

 

POSTER HALL
 

P202 Poster Session:
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE

 
Board No.     

CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFICACY OF A NOVEL COMPOUND, GLI5021
I. Langsetmo, L. Brown, S. Merat, B. Wang, S. Flaim, U. Del Balzo, Santa Clara, CA, USA

 
10 

MYOCARDIAL HIBERNATION AS A CAUSE OF HEART FAILURE IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
J.Kiyak , G. Tshngryan, Y. Zhukovsky, Lviv, Ukraine

 
11 

SURGICAL REVASCULARISATION IN PATIENTS WITH EJECTION FRACTION LOWER THAN 30% -- EXPERIENCE IN OVER 2000 PATIENTS
N. Radovanovic, B. Mihajlovic, S. Nicin, L. Petrovic, P. Kovacevic, M. Fabri, Sremska Kamenica, Yugoslavia

 
12 

HEART FAILURE (HF) IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (AMI) IN CONDITIONS OF WAR AND ECONOMIC COLLAPSE
V. Celic, M. Ristic, M. Kocijancic, S. Dimkovic, D. Milosevic, I. Markovic, I. Ilic,
S. Backovic, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia

 
13 

ACUTE EFFECTS OF SHORT TERM CLARITHROMYCINE TREATMENT ON ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
H. Gocer, C. Sekuri, O. Bayturan, O. Utuk, A Bilge, H Tikiz, U Tezcan, T Tavli, Manisa, Turkey

 
14 

SIGNIFICANCE AND MECHANISM OF HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION IN CORONAR ATHEROSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE
Y. Wang, J. Xu, W. Liu, Y. Liu, Tianjin, China

 
15 

WHY THE PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE DUE TO ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE REMAIN THE MOST COMPLICATED IN SPITE OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF TREATEMENT?
S.K.Tolno , V.V. Ivanenko, Y.M Lopatin, Volgograd, Russia

 
16

 TREATMENT OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION COMPLICATED WITH VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA AND FIBRILLATION
L. A.Lazarov , S.D. Tosev, V.D. Boskov, M.K. Dimitrovski, I.T. Trajkov, N.V. Zlatanovik, T.R. Caparoska, H.K. Pejkov, N.Z. Gramatnikovska, Skopje, Republic
of Macedonia , Yugoslavia

 
17 

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF QT DISPERSION IN DIFFERENT PHASES IN PATIENTS WITH HEALING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Y. Wang, J. Xu, L. LIU, Tianjin, China

 
18 

DEPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND SYMPATHETIC HYPERACTIVITY DIAGNOSED WITH POWER SPECTRAL AND NON LINEAR ANALYSIS OF HEART VARIABILITY
B. Milovanovic, M. Krotin, L. Vusovic, V. Bisenic, S. Kulezic, N. Hajder, R. Vukovic, J. Ilic, M. Dragojevic, A. Milovanovic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

 
MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002
 

 

POSTER HALL
 

P202 Poster Session:
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE (cont)

 
Board No. 

 

 
19 

THE PRESENCE OF THE INFLAMMATORY MARKERS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS (FIBRINOGEN AND C REACTIVE PROTEIN) IN THE PATIENTS ADMITTED FOR CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND CORONARY DISEASE. COMPARED RISK FACTORS ANALYSIS
I.A. Gutiu, L. Susman, Bucharest, Romania

 
 

 

 
 

P203 Poster Session:
NEW CLINICAL TRIALS IN HEART FAILURE

 
20 

EFFECTS ON BLOOD PRESSURE OF INCREMENTAL DOSE INCREASES OF NESIRITIDE VS. DE NOVO USE OF HIGHER DOSES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
T. LeJemtel, Bronx, NY, USA

 
 

 

 
 

P204 Poster Session:
DIGOXIN AND OTHER NEW INOTROPIC AGENTS IN HEART FAILURE

 
21 

LONG-TERM IMPACT OF LEVOSIMENDAN INFUSION ON THE SURVIVAL OF HOSPITALISED HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
F.Follath , J.G.F. Cleland, V.S. Moiseyev, M.S. Nieminen, P. Poder, Zurich, Switzerland, Kingston-upon-Hull, UK, Moscow, Russia, Helsinki, Espoo, Finland

 
22 

PST-2744, A NOVEL COMPOUND TO TREAT HF, IMPROVES HEART FUNCTION AND SURVIVAL RATE IN CARDIOMYOPATHIC HAMSTER
P. Lo Giudice, A. Bellucci, G. Magni, T. Quagliata, G.G. Mattera, L. Pacifici, J.P. Gagnol, P. Carminati, Pomezia, Italy, Montpellier, France

 
23 

PROLONGED ENHANCEMENT OF CARDIAC PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING 24-HOUR INFUSION OF LEVOSIMENDAN
W.S.Colucci , M.T. Slawsky, M. Kivikko, Boston, MA, USA, Espoo, Finland

 
24 

CHRONIC ORAL TREATMENT WITH PST-2744, A NOVEL AGENT TO TREAT HF, IMPROVES HEART RATE VARIABILITY (HRV) IN CARDIOMYOPATHIC HAMSTER
P. Lo Giudice, G. Buffone, A. Careddu, G. Magni, G.G. Mattera, L. Pacifici, J.P. Gagnol, P. Carminati, Pomezia, Italy, Montpellier, France

 
25 

THERAPEUTIC VALUE OF DOPAMINE IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
P. Bara, Tirana, Albania

 
 

 

 
MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002
 

 

POSTER HALL
 

P205 Poster Session:
RENAL ASPECTS

 
Board No. 

 

 
26 

SPIRONOLACTONE QUENCHES NEUROENDOCRINE ACTIVATION IN PATIENTS WITH CHF UNDER STANDARD TREATMENT FOLLOWING LOOP DIURETIC WITHDRAWAL
C. Giannarelli, F. De Negri, R. Fioriti, A. De Giorgi, F. Carmassi, Pisa, Italy

 
27 

POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE PRESENTING AS CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
S. Singh, S. Sunitha, N. Sheikh, H. Jain, Darby, PA, USA

 
 

 

 
 

P206 Poster Session:
ACE INHIBITORS AND ANGIOTENSIN-II RECEPTOR BLOCKERS

 
28

 IRBESARTAN EFFECTS ON STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL HEART CONDITION AND HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, COMPLICATED WITH HEART FAILURE
L.T.Malaya , I.I. Knyazkova, S.R. Dadash-Zade, Kharkov, Ukraine

 
29 

LONG-TERM LOSARTAN TREATMENT IN SEVERE ISCHEMIC HEART FAILURE WITH CHRONIC PULMONARY HEART DISEASE
X.H. Zeng, Y. Li, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

 
30 

CARVEDILOL AND ENALAPRIL TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION
D. Constantinescu, V. Petrescu, M. Marinescu, O. Istratescu, C. Erena, R. Niculescu, S. Balanescu, B. Popa, G. Tatu, M. Dorobantu, Bucharest, Romania

 
 

 

 
 

P207 Poster Session:
BETA BLOCKERS IN HEART FAILURE

 
31 

EFFECTIVITY OF B-RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT IN CHIDREN WITH HYPERKINETIC HEART SYNDROME
A. Jurko, A. Jurko, Jr., Z. Farska, Martin, Slovakia

 
32 

LONGTERM TREATMENT FOLLOW UP OF 364 CASES OF HEART FAILURE (HF) WITH DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY (DCM)
A. Kumar, S Singh, H Kaur, V Mohan, P Devi, Amritsar, Punjab, India

 
33 

PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF EFFECT OF METOPROLOL THERAPY ON HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
J.A. Figueiredo, C. Mady, C. Grupi, Saint Luis, MA, Saint Paulo, SP, Brazil

 
 

 

 
MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002
 

 

POSTER HALL
 

P208 Poster Session:
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS IN HEART FAILURE

 
Board No. 

 

 
34 

LONG-TERM DILTIAZEM TREATMENT FOR SEVERE ISCHEMIC HEART FAILURE WITH ASTHMA
X.H. Zeng, Y.Y. Li, Y.H. Zeng, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

 
35 

TREATMENT WITH VERAPAMIL DOES NOT INCREASE EXERCISE TOLERANCE IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSIVES WITH LATENT HEART FAILURE
D. Matisone, A. Vitols, I. Kukulis, V. Dzerve, I. Dinne, U. Kalnins, Riga, Latvia

 
36 

SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF LACIDIPINE ON PATIENTS WITH DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE
S. Uzelac, G. Uzelac, Zagreb, Croatia

 
 

 

 
 

P209 Poster Session:
CARDIAC PACING IN HEART FAILURE II

 
37 

OPTIMIZATION OF NON-EXCITATORY ELECTRICAL SIGNALS APPLIED TO THE RV SEPTUM
W. Haddad, I. Shemer, Y. Mika, S. Ben-Haim, Tirat Hacarmel, Haifa, Israel

 
38 

ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY BY QUANTITATIVE GATED BLOOD POOL SPECT IMAGING
D.C. Russell, P. Kosolcharoen, Madison, WI, USA

 
39 

CORONARY SINUS ANATOMY IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED HEART FAILURE - A EUROPEAN REGISTRY
A. Curnis, G. Mascioli, F. Bianchetti, N. Breuls, D. Gras, C. Duby, Brescia, Italy, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Nantes, France, Diegem, Belgium

 
40 

EXCHANGE OF CORONARY VEIN LEADS IN PATIENTS WITH BIVENTRICULAR PACING
B. Hansky, S. Schulte-Eistrup, J. Vogt, H. Gueldner, B. Lamp, K. Minami, D. Horstkotte, R. Koerfer, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

 
41 

EFFECT ON THE LEARNING CURVE OF THE NEW GUIDE CATHETERS FOR LV IMPLANT
G.Luzzi , A. Andriani, D. Quagliara, C. Duby, D. Gras, A. de Porto, Giovanni Luzzi, Bari, Italy, Diegem, Belgium, Nantes, France, Den Helder, The Netherlands

 
42 

NOVEL GUIDE CATHETERS TO FACILITATE LV TRANSVENOUS LEAD IMPLANTS
A.Proclemer , D. Facchin, F. Zanon, A. de Porto, D. Gras, C. Duby, Udine, Rovigo, Italy, Den Helder, The Netherlands, Nantes, France, Diegem, Belgium

 
 

 

 
MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002
 

 

POSTER HALL
 

P210 Poster Session:
MISCELLANEOUS I

 
Board No. 

 

 
43 

INCREASE OF BLOOD SURFACE TENSION DURING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: PRELIMINARY STUDY
T.A. Esitashvili, M. Msuknishvili, Telavi, Kakheti Region, Rep.Of Georgia

 
44 

CIRCADIAN VARIATION OF SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA IN HYPERTENSIVES AND ITS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN A 24 HOUR HOLTER MONITORING
C.A. Ibanez, R. Ramboyong, E. Caguioa, R. Anastacio, Manila, Philippines

 
45 

CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS OF INJECTION SHEN MEI FOR CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
X.H. Zeng, X.J. Zeng, Y.Y. Li, Z.Y. Chun, Y. Liu, Y. Lu, Chengdu, Sichuan, Shuntou, Ganadong, Xian Shannxi, Poto, Ganadong, China

 
46 

CLINICAL EFFECTS OF ACUPUNCTURE IN COMBINATION WITH PHYSIOTHERAPY ON FUNCTIONAL MOTOR RECOVERY AFTER STROKE
X.H. Zeng, Y.H. Zeng, X.J. Zeng, Y. Li, Y.H Huang, Sichuan, China

 
47 

THE USE OF HIGH RESOLUTION ECG AND HEART RATE VARIABILITY METHODS IN DIAGNOSING MYOCARDIAL ELECTRICAL INSTABILITY IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS
O.S. Musa, G.G. Ivanov, H.Y. Shehade, Y.F. EL-Miary, N.V. Pevchenko, K.M. Shumilova, A.V. Tyurin, F.Y. Korylov, Moscow, Russia

 
48 

EFFECT OF VANADYL SULFATE ON FRUCTOSE-INDUCED INSULIN RESISTANCE IN THE RAT
M. Harati, M. Ani, Zahedan, Isfahan, Iran

 
Sunday,
July 14, 2002
Monday,
July 15, 2002
Tuesday,
July 14, 2002
Oral Presentations Oral Presentations Oral Presentations
Poster Sessions Poster Sessions Poster Sessions
  Satellite Symposium