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| TUESDAY,
JULY 24, 2001 |
| 08:30 - 12:30 |
POSTER HALL
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Poster Session:
PHARMACOTHERAPY FOR ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE |
| Board No. |
| 1 |
RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF A MEDICAL FOOD
FOR THE DIETARY MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC STABLE ANGINA
A.J. Maxwell, M.P. Zapien, G.L. Pearce, G. MacCallum, P.H.
Stone, Femont, CA, USA |
| 2 |
MONONITRATES IN THE TREATMENT OF
PAINFUL AND PAINLESS ISCHEMIA OF PATIENTS WITH POLYCYTHEMIA VERA
A.I. Martynov, G.N. Gorohovskaya, E. Peresechenski, O.P.
Avsetsina, V.V. Soboleva, A.P. Kondrakhin, G.K. Karabaeva,
Moscow, Russia, Great Falls, VA, USA |
| 3 |
USE NEBIVOLOL AT PATIENTS FOR
ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE WITH ACCOMPANYING CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE
BRONCHITIS
V. Kolomiets, S.N. Tyurina, N.N. Rudenko, E. Bobrova,
Donetsk, Ukraine |
| 4 |
THE DYNAMICS OF BLOOD'S REOLOGICAL
PROPERTIES AT PATIENTS WITH STAGNANT HEART INSUFFICIENCYWERE
TREATED BY SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDI IN BUCCAL POLYMERIC MEDICAL FORM
I.L. Ketchin, S.M. Spectorov, Zaporozhye, Ukraine |
| TUESDAY,
JULY 24, 2001 |
| 08:30 - 12:30 |
POSTER HALL
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Poster Session:
NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES, ENDOTHELIN: ROLE IN HEART FAILURE |
| Board No. |
| 5 |
BENEFICIAL NEUROENDOCRINE MODULATION
OF SPIRONOLACTONE THERAPY IN SEVERE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
M.F. Rousseau, A.N. Robert, S.A. Ahn, J.M. Keteislegers,
Brussels, Belgium |
| 6 |
INCREASED BRAIN AND ATRIAL
NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR
PRESSURE OVERLOAD
I.I. Tulevski, D.J. Van Veldhuisen, F. Boomsma, J.
Stoker, B.J.M. Mulder, M. Groenink, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 7 |
URINARY CONCENTRATION OF AQUAPORIN-2
WATER CHANNEL PROTEIN IS INCREASED IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC
HEART FAILURE
D.L. Xu, X. Yin, H. Hui, Y. Deng, H. Ren, Guangzhou,
Guangdong, China |
| 8 |
URINARY EXCRETION OF AQUAPORIN-2
WATER CHANNEL PROTEIN IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE RATS
D.L. Xu, X. Yin, Y. Deng, H. Hui, H. Ren, Guangzhou,
Guangdong, China |
| 9 |
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ANF
CONCENTRATION IN PF AND THE CARDIAC FUNCTION OF PATIENTS WITH
HEART DISEASES
S. Wen, C. Zhang, F. Fang, Beijing, China |
| TUESDAY,
JULY 24, 2001 |
| 08:30 - 12:30 |
POSTER HALL
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Poster Session:
NEUROHUMORAL, IMMUNOLOGIC AND CYTOKINES ASPECTS OF HEART FAILURE |
| Board No. |
| 10 |
TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR AND
INTERLEUKIN-6 PLASMA LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART
FAILURE
P.P.S. Salomon, B. Halawa, Wroclaw, Poland |
| 11 |
CHRONIC EFFECTS OF VASOPRESSIN
RECEPTOR BLOCKADE WITH TOLVAPTAN IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE: A
RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND TRIAL
M. Zampino, M. Gheorghiade, I. Niazi, J. Ouyang, F.
Czerwiec, J.I. Kambayashi, C. Orlandi, Chicago - IL,
Rockville-MD, USA |
| 12 |
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE WITH
SYSTOLIC LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION. IMPORTANCE OF
NOREPINEPHRINE
L. Menezes Falcao, M. Joao Marta, F. Pinto, A. Pereira
Silva, F. Veiga, J.M. Braz Nogueira, L. Ravara, P. Van Zwieten,
Lisbon, Portugal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 13 |
ACE INHIBITOR(ACEI) AND ANGIOTENSIN
? TYPE ?RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST (A ? A) INHIBIT TNF-a INDUCED ICAM-1
UPREGULATION IN CULTURED CARDIAC MYOCYTES
D.L. Xu, M.Y. Jia, Y. Yuan, P. Ou-Yang, Y.L. Liu,
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
| 14 |
MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY ASSISTANCE
IMPROVES URIC ACID LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CHF
M. Khalid, F.W. Smart, J. Pigott, D. Stapleton, H.O.
Ventura, New Orleans, LA, USA |
| TUESDAY,
JULY 24, 2001 |
| 08:30 - 12:30 |
POSTER HALL
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Poster Session:
PREDICTORS AND MARKERS OF HEART FAILURE OUTCOME |
| Board No. |
| 15 |
HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN CONGESTIVE
HEART FAILURE: DOES ITS DECREASE REFLECT THE HEMODYNAMIC
IMPAIRMENT AT REST AND DURING EXERCISE?
F. Edelmann, C. Weinbrenner, M. Knapp, R.H. Strasser,
Dresden, Germany |
| 16 |
THE EXAMINATION OF CLINICAL AND
PROGNOSTIC IMPORTANCE OF ATRIAL (ANP) AND BRAIN NATRIURETIC
PEPTIDE (BNP) IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
P.P.S. Salomon, W. Mazurek, Wroclaw, Poland |
| 17 |
TRANSMITRAL FLOW PSEUDONORMALIZATION
AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AS A SIGN OF LATENT HEART FAILURE
A.M. Arandjelovic, D.P. Matic, B. Obrenovic, V.T.
Radojkovic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 18 |
CARDIAC TROPONIN T FOLLOWING
REPEATED ADMINISTRATION OF NEW IRON-CHELATING AGENT (PIH)
M. Adamcova, V. Gersi, V. Pelouch, T. Simunek, I.
Klimtova, P. Ponka, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic |
| 19 |
PLASMA CONCENTRATION OF NEUROPEPTIDE
Y IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AFTER
THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY
P.P.S. Salomon, B. Halawa, Wroclaw, Poland |
| 20 |
REPLACEMENT OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS IN
PATIENTS FOLLOWING CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
V. Maravic-Stojkovic, B. Calija, L. Lausevic-Vuk, V.
Tomic, M. Jovic, M. Peric, B. Djukanovic, Yugoslavia |
| 21 |
RISK STRATIFICATION BY SIMPLE
NONINVASIVE INDICES IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE AND
SEVERE LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION
G.N. Kazianis, P. Lambropoulos, A. Stavrakis, A. Economou,
Athens, Greece |
| 22 |
PREDICTORS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR
THROMBUS FORMATION IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC DILATED
CARDIOMYOPATHY: ROLE OF ACTIVATED PROTEIN CRESISTANCE
E. Yetkin, A.R. Erbay, S. Ayaz, F. Kara, C. Sengul, I.
Hisar, K. Senen, E. Kutuk, E. Kutuk, Ayranci-Ankatra, Turkey |
| 23 |
PHYSICAL TRAINING IMPROVES QUALITY
OF LIFE AND OXYGEN UPTAKE IN PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART
FAILURE
A. Kubinyi, M. Klocek, B. Bacior, W. Szot, K.
Kawecka-Jaszcz, Cracow, Poland |
| 24 |
HEART RATE VARIABILITY AND
BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS REHABILITATION PROGRAMS
A. Kubinyi, B. Bacior, W. Szot, A. Zdzienicka, A.
Dembinska-Kiec, K. Kawecka-Jaszcz, Cracow, Poland |
| TUESDAY,
JULY 24, 2001 |
| 08:30 - 12:30 |
POSTER HALL
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Poster Session:
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY IN HEART FAILURE |
| Board No. |
| 25 |
EFFECTS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC
AND DIASTOLIC FUNCTION ON EXERCISE CAPACITY IN PATIENTS WITH
ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION HISTORY
M. Kabukcu, E. Yanik, F. Demircioglu, K. Minareci, O.
Sancaktar, F. Ersel, Antalya, Turkey |
| 26 |
THE PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT OF LEFT
HEART FAILURE PATIENTS BY USE OF CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE
TESTING WITH ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY(CPETUCG)
H. Liu, H. Wang, Beijing, China |
| 27 |
THE EFFECTS OF SIX-MINUTE WALK TEST
ON PLASMA PROINFLAMATORY CYTOKINE LEVELS AND OXIDATIVE STRESS IN
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
D.L. Xu, H. Hui, Y. Hou, Q. Li, Y. Liu, W. Lai,
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
| 28 |
SERIAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND
CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TESTING IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE:
RELATION OF CHANGES IN LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AND EXERCISE
PERFORMANCE
G.R. Ciliberto, G. Cataldo, A. Moreo, G. Piccalo, I.
Lobiati, I. Bossi, M. Parolini, F. Mauri, Milan, Italy |
| 29 |
HEPARIN REEXPOSURE IN CARDIAC
SURGERY IN HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA - FIRST USE OF
ARGATROBAN IN EUROPE
S. Selleng, N. Lubenow, H.G. Wollert, B. Mullejans, A.
Greinacher, Karlsburg, Germany |
| 30 |
DOES AMINOPHYLLINE PROTECT AGAINST
RADIOCONTRAST NEPHROPATHY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS
ANGIOGRAPHIC PROCEDURES?
N. Shammas, M.J. Kapalis, D. McKinney, E.P. Coyne, USA |
| 31 |
ANALYSIS OF 150 PATIENTS WITH RENAL
ARTERIOGRAPHY
J. Zhang, Q. Chen, J. Dong, L. Ling, C. Qiu, Zhengzhou,
Henan Province, China |
| TUESDAY,
JULY 24, 2001 |
| 08:30 - 12:30 |
POSTER HALL
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Poster Session:
NEW DIRECTIONS IN DRUG THERAPY OF HEART FAILURE |
| Board No. |
| 32 |
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF ASTRAGALOSIDE
IV INJECTION ON SERUM TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR AND IMMUNE SYSTEM IN
CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
X. Zeng, Y. Huang, X. Zeng, Sichuan, China |
| 33 |
RESTORATION OF SINUS RHYTHM IN HEART
FAILURE PATIENTS DEPENDING ON SEVERITY OF HEART FAILURE - THE
ROLE OF DIGOXIN
T. Pokk, L. Hussar, R. Kolk, Tartu, Estonia |
| 34 |
INJECTION COMPOUND SHENG MEI FOR
OLDER ISCHEMIC HEART FAILURE WITH DIASTTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC
DYSFUNCTION
X. Zeng, X. Zeng, Y. Huang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
| 35 |
LONG-TERM USE OF BISOPROLOL AMONG
PATIENTS WITH OVERT CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
V. Larina, B.Y. Bart, Moscow, Russia |
| 36 |
BISOPROLOL IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY
ARTERY DISEASE AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; POSITIVE EFFECTS
WITHOUT ACE INHIBITORS SUPPORT
Y.M. Lopatin, V. Ivanenko, N. Ryazantseva, N. Prom,
Volgograd, Russia |
| 37 |
CARVEDILOL BLUNTED THE NATRIURETIC
EFFECT
R.B. Herman, P. Jesudason, Z.A. Imran, V.T. Johgalingam,
A.M. Mustafa, R. Husain, C.C. Lang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 38 |
EFFECTS OF BISOPROLOL UPON QUALITY
OF LIFE IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
B. Taneva, J. Davceva-Pavlovska, M. Vavlukis, E.
Srbinovska, D. Proevska, V. Andova, N. Kostova, Skopje,
Macedonia |
| 39 |
IS CALCIUM BLOCKERS EFFECTIVE FOR
TREATMENT OF CHRONIC HEART FAILURE?
A.N. Gadjiev, A.I. Martinov, Moscow, Russia |
| TUESDAY,
JULY 24, 2001 |
| 08:30 - 12:30 |
POSTER HALL
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Poster Session:
ACE INHIBITORS AND ANGIOTENSIN - II RECEPTOR BLOCKERS |
| Board No. |
| 40 |
DOES MAXIMAL ACE INHIBITION IMPROVE
MAINTENANCE OF SINUS RHYTHM IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
WITH CHRONIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION?
K.O. Akosah, W. Brown, S. Smart, A. Schaper, P. Havlik,
S. Barnhart, K. Briggs, S. Devine, La Crosse, WI, USA |
| 41 |
EFFECT OF ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR
ANTAGONIST, AN ACE INHIBITOR AND THEIR COMBINATION ON ARTERIAL
STIFFNESS
A. Mahmud, J. Feely, Dublin, Ireland |
| 42 |
THE EFFECTS OF IRBESARTAN ON THE
RENAL EFFECT OF CIRCULATING NOREPINEPHRINE IN MAN
R.B. Herman, P. Jedudason, V.T. Johgalingam, A.M.
Mustafa, R. Husain, C.C. Lang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 43 |
IRBESARTAN HAS A BENEFICIAL EFFECT
ON SYMPATHETIC ACTIVITY IN HUMANS
R.B. Herman, P. Jesudason, V.T. Johgalingam, A.M.
Mustafa, R. Husain, C.C. Lang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 44 |
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF STUDIES
ASSESSING RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN RESPONSE TO ANGIOTENSIN
CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS
L.P. Wong, A. Abdul Sallam, E.S.Y. Chan, Malaysia |
| 45 |
CHRONOPHARMACODYNAMICS AND
CHRONOEFFICACY OF CAPOTEN IN PATIENTS WITH ISHEMIC HEART
DISEASE, POSTINFARCTIONAL CARDIOSCLEROSIS AND HEART FAILURE
R.M. Zaslavskaya, A.S. Akhmetova, K.A. Zhamankulov,
Moscow, Russia, Aktyobinsk, Kazakhstan |
| 46 |
EFFICACY OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY
OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN METEODEPENDENT PATIENTS
O. Libryk, I.P. Vakalyuk, V.I. Vakalyuk, I. Frankivsk,
Ivan-Frankivsk, Ukraine |
| 47 |
ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME
INHIBITORS IMPROVE EXERCISE TOLERANCE AND SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS
WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
V.R. Ter-Grigoryan, H.G. Hayrapetyan, H.S. Sisakyan,
Yerevan, Armenia |
| 48 |
DIFFERENT DOSES VALSARTAN
EFFECTIVENESS IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE NYHA III-IV TREATMENT
IN CORONARY HEART DISEASE PATIENTS
I.G. Fomina, S.A. Dovgolis, V.P. Karp, Moscow, Russia |
| TUESDAY,
JULY 24, 2001 |
| 08:30 - 12:30 |
POSTER HALL
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Poster Session:
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY, CONGENITAL HEART
DISEASE |
| Board No. |
| 49 |
MRI DOBUTAMINE STRESS IN ADULT
PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: EFFECT ON CONTRACTILITY
AND FILLING CHARACTERISTICS
I.I. Tulevski, M. Groenink, E.E. Van Der Wall, A. Hirsch,
J.S. Lemkes, H. Romkes, J. Stoker, B.J.M. Mulder, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands |
| 50 |
CATHETER CLOSURE OF PATENT FORAMEN
OVALE FOR PREVENTION OF EMBOLIC STROKE: EXPERIENCE WITH THE NEW
HELEX OCCLUDER
H. Sievert, N. Wilson, E. Zadan, U. Krumsdorf, K.
Horvath, Frankfurt, , Germany |
| 51 |
DOBUTAMINE-INDUCED INCREASE OF RIGHT
VENTRICULAR CONTRACTILITY WITHOUT INCREASED STROKE VOLUME IN
ADOLESCENT PATIENTS WITH TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES
I.I. Tulevski, M. Groenink, E.E. Van Der Wall, J. Stoker,
H. Romkes, B.J.M. Mulder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 52 |
RISK FACTORS FOR LATE ARRHYTHMIAS
AFTER FONTAN OPERATION
N. Katsadze, S. Zaets, Newark, NJ, USA |
| 53 |
NONINVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF
ARRYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA COMPARISON OF THREE
METHODS: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY AND MAGNETIC
RESONANCE IMAGING
C.T. Ginghina, I. Stoian, B. Popescu, D. Questa, M.
Marinescu, D. Dragomir, V. Ene, E. Apetrei, Bucharest, Romania |
| 54 |
INVERTED "L" MINI-STERNOTOMY
VERSUS MEDIAN STERNOTOMY FOR ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT(ASD) CLOSURE
L.C. Villela, J. Carvalho, C. Paes Alves, A. Rabelo Jr.,
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
| 55 |
SERIAL EVALUATION OF PULMONARY
FUNCTION LONG-TERM FOLLOWING ATRIAL REPAIR OF TRANSPOSITION OF
THE GREAT ARTERIES
J. Sulc, A. Jirickova, A. Zapletal, B. Hucin, J. Hruda,
J. Radvansky, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 56 |
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS DUE TO
OPERATIONS OF CONGENITAL CARDIAC ANOMALIES
K. Baysal, F. Ozturk, B. Akkin, F. Kolbakir, D. Tekin, R.
Agac, Samsun, Turkey |
| 57 |
ECTOPIA CORDIS AND ASSOCIATED
MULTIPLE CONGENITAL ANOMALIES
M.V. Espiritu, M.A. Orillaza, D.M. Giron, A.T. Mondala,
F.R. Llanera, F.S. Agno, Queszon City, Philippines |
| 58 |
LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP RESULTS OF
TRANSCATHETER SECUNDUM ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT CLOSURE IN ADULTS
I. Simkova, M. Kozlovsky, P. Chnupa, I. Riecansky, V.
Fridrich, Bratislava, Slovak Republic |
| TUESDAY,
JULY 24, 2001 |
| 08:30 - 12:30 |
POSTER HALL
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Poster Session:
ANGIOPLASTY OR SURGERY FOR MULTIVESSEL CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE |
| Board No. |
| 59 |
ENHANCED OXYGEN PRESSURE AND
ENDOTHELIUM DENUDATION ALTER HUMAN SAPHENOUS VEIN BYPASS GRAFT
REACTIVITY
D. Bettin, S. Eich, E. Katsari, H.G. Wollert, L. Eckel,
Kalrsburg, Germany |
| 60 |
MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARISATION USING
SCELETONISED INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY
B.B. Mihajlovic, J. Selestiansky, S. Nicin, M. Fabri, P.
Kovacevic, Z. Jonjev, N. Radovanovic, Sremska Kamenica,
Yugoslavia |
| 61 |
PERIOPERATIVE ANTISPASTIC TREATMENT
OF RADIAL ARTERY - PHYSIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE VERSUS CLINICAL
PRACTICE
D. Bettin, H.G. Wollert, H.G. Wollert, M. Ginesta, H.
Grossmann, L. Eckel, Kalrsburg, Germany, Karlsburg, Germany |
| 62 |
THREE VESSEL CORONARY
DISEASE-CLINICAL ASSESSMENT AND DECISION ON SURGICAL MYOCARDIAL
REVASCULARISATION. SHOULD THE MOST POTENT ARMS BE USED AT ONCE?
A.M. Arandjelovic, B. Obrenovic, B.B. Vujisic, V.T.
Radojkovic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 63 |
HOW TO INCREASE LONG-TERM PATENCY OF
BYPASS GRAFTS - LESSONS FROM IMA PHYSIOLOGY FOR DAILY PRACTICE
D. Bettin, H.G. Wollert, E. Eich, E. Katsari, L. Eckel,
Kalrsburg, Germany |
| TUESDAY,
JULY 24, 2001 |
| 08:30 - 12:30 |
POSTER HALL
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Poster Session:
NEW APPROACHES TO SURGICAL REVASCULARIZATION: MIMINALLY INVASIVE |
| Board No. |
| 64 |
MINIMAL INVASIVE OR CONVENTIONAL
RADIAL ARTERY HARVESTING. A RANDOMIZED PROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE
STUDY. PRELIMINARY RESULTS
R. Coppoolse, W. Rees, D. Oefler, T. Heydorn, G. Mahesh,
F.V. Redwitz, H. Warnecke, Bad Rothenfeld, Germany |
| 65 |
ROUTINE MINIMAL INVASIVE VEIN
HARVESTING REDUCES POSTOPERATIVE MORBIDITY IN CARDIAC BYPASS
PROCEDURE. CLINICAL REPORT OF 2000 PATIENTS
R. Coppoolse, W. Rees, D. Oefler, T. Heydorn, G. Mahesh,
F.V. Redwitz, H. Warnecke, Bad Rothenfeld, Germany |
| 66 |
THE EFFECT OF THE ST. THOMAS
CARDIOPLEGIC SOLUTION ON SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFTS
C.P. Alves, M. Abreu, L.C. Sampaio, A. Rabelo Jr.,
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
| 67 |
ENDOAORTIC PRESSURE-ADJUSTED BRAIN
PERFUSION DURING SURGERY FOR AORTIC ANEURYSM
M. Scorsin, N. Al Attar, N. Alattsr, S. Salvi, P. Nataf,
P. Menaschi, A. Lessana, Curitiba Parana, Brazil, St. Denis,
France |
| 68 |
TMLR AT TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE
I. Gregoric, M.P. Sartori, P. Herrera, L. Bryant, K.A.
Kadipasaoglu, O.H. Frazier, Houston, TX, USA |
| 69 |
SURGICAL MYOCARDIAL
REVASCULARIZATION IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
L.C. Passos, P. Spinola, M. Guedes, C. Lucena, J.M. Neto,
U. Costa, L.C. Sampaio, A. Rabelo Jr., Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
| TUESDAY,
JULY 24, 2001 |
| 08:30 - 12:30 |
POSTER HALL
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Poster Session:
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE, HEART VALVE SURGERY |
| Board No. |
| 70 |
PLASMA BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE
MEASUREMENT MAY IMPROVE THE TIMING OF SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH
CHRONIC MITRAL REGURGITATION
J. Hooper, M. Kemp, P.J. Oldershaw, N.E. Moat, London, UK |
| 71 |
THE EFFECTS OF LOSARTAN TREATMENT ON
TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS WITH
MODERATE AND SEVERE MITRAL REGURGITATION
C. Sekuri, O. Utuk, A. Bilge, O. Bayturan, Z. Kurhan,
Izmir, Turkey |
| 72 |
RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE: PHILIPPINE
HEART CENTER 8-YEAR EXPERIENCE
F.S. Agno, A. Reloza, Quezon City, Philippines |
| 73 |
PULMONARY ARTERY INVOLVEMENT IN
MARFAN SYNDROME
M.C. Porciani, G. Sani, G. Pepe, L. Giurlani, P.
Martinucci, B. Giusti, T. Brunelli, L. Evangelisti, I. Lapini,
R. Abbate, G. Gensini, Florence, Italy |
| 74 |
EFFECT OF BALLOON MITRAL
VALVULOPLASTY ON CARDIAC RESERVE FUNCTION: A CONTROLLED STUDY
D.J. Wright, S.G. Williams, Z.I. Khan, R.L. Riley, A.F.
Mackintosh, L.B. Tan, Leeds, UK |
| 75 |
LOW DOSE AMIODARONE IN CHRONIC
RHEUMATIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: PREDICTORS OF SUCCESSFUL
MAINTENANCE
A. Kapoor, A. Kumar, Stewari, Lucknow, India |
| 76 |
EFFECTS OF OBTAINING SINUS RHYTHM
*ON LEFT VENTR?CULAR GEOMETRY AND LEFT ATRIAL DIAMETER IN
PAT?ENTS WITH MITRAL STENOSIS AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
M. Kabukcu, F. Demircioglu, E. Yanik, I. Ates, O.
Sancaktar, O. Beyazit, F. Ersel, Antalya, Turkey |
| 77 |
THE EFFECTS OF OBTAINING SINUS RHYTM
ON PULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS AND FUNCTIONAL STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH
MVR SURGERY AND AF BY USING DC CARDIOVERSION AND AMIODARONE
E. Yanik, M. Kabukcu, F. Demircioglu, I. Golbasi, C.
Turkay, O. Sancaktar, O. Bayezid, F. Ersel, Antalya, Turkey |
| 78 |
LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELLING AFTER
VALVE REPLACEMENT FOR AORTIC STENOSIS: INFLUENCE OF EFFECTIVE
AREA INDEX
M. Vega, A. Amaro, F. Gude, M. Gil, Santiago de
Compostela, Spain |
| 79 |
PREVALANCE AND PREDICTORS OF
SIGNIFICANT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS WHO UNDERGO
VALVULAR HEART SURGERY IN TURKISH POPULATION
K. Sonmez, K. Sonmez, M. Gencbay, A. Akcay, A. Yilmaz, M.
Degertekin, F. Turan, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 80 |
MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT AND REPAIR
IN PATIENTS OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
A. Mehta, J. Hakim, A.C. Jain, M. Mehta, Morgantown, WV,
USA |
| 81 |
THE QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER AORTIC
VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH BIOPROSTHESES. WHERE IS THE BENEFIT FOR
THE PATIENT
C. Streinu, P. Oberwalder, H. Maechler, M. Anelli-Monti,
B. Rigler, Graz, Austria |
| 82 |
LEFT ATRIAL HEMODYNAMICS IN MITRAL
STENOSIS
P.P. San Diego, Jr, R. Antonuitti, M. Barcinas, A.G.
Medina, R.D. Jara, Quezon City, Philippines |
| TUESDAY,
JULY 24, 2001 |
| 08:30 - 12:30 |
POSTER HALL
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Poster Session:
MECHANICAL SUPPORT LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES, CARDIAC
TRANSPLANTATION |
| Board No. |
| 83 |
VENTRICULAR REPOLARIZATION FOLLOWING
CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION
H.K. Haizal, A. Azan, R. Zambahari, K.H. Tan, W. Azman,
C.G. Chan, C.U. Lang, A.M. Choy, Kuala Lampor, Malaysia |
| 84 |
USE OF MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY
ASSISTANCE (MCA) IN THE MANAGEMENT OF REFRACTORY VENTRICULAR
TACHYCARDIA
M. Khalid, F.W. Smart, H.O. Ventura, New Orleans, LA, USA |
| 85 |
IS PROPHYLACTIC INTRA-AORTIC BALLON
COUNTERPULSATION (IABP) NECESSARY?
V. Birjiniuk, T. Rocco, M. Hossain, M.D. Crittenden, S.F.
Khuri, West Roxbury, MA, USA |
| 86 |
FREE OXYGENATED RADICALS IN AN
"EX-VIVO" TRANSPLANTATION MODEL OF A PIG HEART
J. Carvalho, P. Nataf, A. Rabelo, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
| 87 |
WORSENING OF HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS
AFTER HEART TRANSPLANTATION PREDICTS MID-TERM BUT NOT LONG-TERM
MORTALITY
M. Bocchino, R. Grimaldi, M. Bobbio, P. Centofanti, M. La
Torre, M. Di Summa, G. Trevi, Turin, Italy |
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