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SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
09:00 -
10:15
OPENING CEREMONY
OPENING
LECTURE
10:15 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION
10:45 –
13:15
Hall A
PL01: Plenary Session
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, GENETIC STUDIES
SARCOLEMMAL REMODELING IN HEART FAILURE DUE TO MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION
(Invited Lecture)
N.S. Dhalla,
St. Boniface Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB,
Canada
REVERSAL OF MALADAPTIVE FETAL GENE PROGRAM FOLLOWING
THERAPY WITH CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY MODULATION
NON-EXCITATORY
ELECTRIC SIGNALS
(Invited Lecture)
H. Sabbah,
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA
A
GENERAL PARADIGM OF PROGRESS OF HEART FAILURE WITH THE
CLEAVAGE AND TRANSLOCATION OF MYOCARDIAL DYSTROPHIN (Invited Lecture)
T. Toyo-oka,
H. Kumagai, T. Kawada, F. Masui, A. Tezuka, T. Ebisawa, S. Kostin, M. Nakazawa, J. Schaper, K. Ozawa, University of
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
GENDER DIMORPHIC RESPONSE OF HIF TO ACUTE ISCHEMIA
(Invited Lecture)
M. Zampino, P. Goldspink, D. Geenen, P. Buttrick, University of
Illinois at Chicago,
Chicago, IL, USA
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CARDIAC PROTEIN KINASE C
(Invited Lecture)
M. Boutjdir,
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, NYU School of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY,
USA
HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
A.A. Knowlton,
University of California, Davis, CA and VA Medical Center,
Sacramento, CA, USA
CARDIOVASCULAR PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF UROGUANYLIN IN
DAHL-IWAI SALTS SENSITIVE RATS
Y. Momose,
S. Yamamura, F. Okabe, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY AS A DISEASE OF THE COSTAMERE
N.E. Bowles,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
GENETIC ALTERATION IN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR-A DEFINES NOVEL
TARGET FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STATES
K.N. Pandey,
Tulane University Health Sciences Center and School of Medicine, New
Orleans, LA, USA
ROLES OF THE GAP JUNCTION IN ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING AGAINST MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION
T. Miura,
Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
10:45 –
13:15
Hall B
PL02: Plenary Session
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES, ACUTE MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION, ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY
PROTEOMICS A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR THE STUDY OF BIOMARKERS DURING THE ACUTE
CORONARY SYNDROMES (Invited Lecture)
A.L. Lopez
Farre,
Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
WHAT HAVE THE INTRODUCTION OF TROPONIN AND THE NEW AMI
DEFINITION DONE TO THE CORONARY CARE UNIT? IMPACTS ON CASE MIX, CASE
LOAD AND PATIENT OUTCOME
(Invited
Lecture)
D. Zahger,
Department
of Cardiology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
RISK
STRATIFICATION POST MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: IMPLICATIONS FROM THE INSPIRE
TRIAL (Invited Lecture)
John
Mahmarian,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, Methodist DeBakey Heart
Center, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN THE
CARDIOVASCULAR PATIENT (Invited Lecture)
J.H.
Chesebro,
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA
INCIDENCE
OF HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA (HIT) AND ITS PROBLEMS IN JAPAN
(Invited Lecture)
Takanobu Tomaru,
Cardiology Center, Toho University Sakura Hospital
BIVALIRUDIN
AS THE ANTICOAGULANT DURING PCI WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENTS: THE
ADEST STUDY (Invited Lecture)
G. Dangas,
P. Teirstein, D. Cox, M. Ghali, W. Knapp, S. Lewis, J. Stella, T. Henry, D. Ebersole,
G. Stone
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
THE MECHANISM
OF ACTION OF GP IIB/IIIA BLOCKADE IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC SYNDROMES (Invited
Lecture)
M Marzilli,
GM Sambuceti,
University
of Siena, Siena, Italy
COMPARISON OF PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY
INTERVENTION AND FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH ST-ELEVATION
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBANALYSES FROM THE DANAMI-2 TRIAL (Invited
Lecture)
H. Kelbaek, H.R. Andersen, RigshoSpitalet and Skejby Hospital, Denmark
EARLY USE OF
LIPID LOWERING DRUGS IN ACS (Invited Lecture)
S. Gottlieb,
Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
SLEEP APNEA,
ARRHYTHMIA AND SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH (Invited Lecture)
V.K.
Somers, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
10:45 –
13:15
Hall C
S51 Session
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PATHOGENESIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HEART
FAILURE, PULMONARY PULMONARY CIRCULATION ASPECTS, PULMONARY
HYPERTENSION
PHARMACOLOGICAL STIMULATION OF BETA2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS
(AR) ENHANCES THERAPEUTIC EFFECTIVENESS OF BETA1 AR BLOCKADE IN RODENT
DILATED ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
I. Ahmet,
E.G. Lakatta, M.I. Talan
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore,
MD, USA
LEVOSIMENDAN IMPROVES LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION
COMPARED WITH DOBUTAMINE IN THE TREATMENT OF CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
COMPLICATING REVASCULARIZED ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
M.
Garcia-Gonzalez, A. Dominguez-Rodriguez, J. Ferrer-Hita, P. Abreu-Gonzalez,
M.
Bethencourt-Munoz
Hospital Universitario de Canarias. La Laguna, Tenerife. Spain,
EFFECT OF
TELMISARTAN AND LOSARTAN ON GLUCOSE METABOLISM IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS
WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME
C. Vitale,
A Cornoldi, C. Castiglioni, A. Tulli, M. Volterrani, M. Fini, G.M.C.
Rosano
Fondazione San Raffaele IRCCS – Roma,
Italy
CANDESARTAN
CILEXITIL REDUCES NEUROHUMORAL AND PROINFLAMMATORY ACTIVATION IN
PATIENTS WITH SEVERE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
A.E.
Berezin,
State Medical
University, Hospital Therapy, Zaporozhye, Ukraine
A SYSTEMATIC
REVIEW OF DIGOXIN FOR TREATMENT OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IN PATIENTS
IN SINUS RHYTHM
W.B. Hood,
Jr.,
A.L. Dans, G.H. Guyatt, R. Jaeschke, J.J.V. McMurray
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
MULTIDICIPLINARY TREATMENT IN SEVERE HEART FAILURE
PATIENTS R.M. Ganam, D. Hermoni, M. Abu-Rass
Cardiology Department, Meir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, Israel
CLINICAL
EFFICACY OF SILDENAFIL IN PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
B.K.S.
Sastry,
C. Narasimhan, N.K. Reddy, B.S. Raju
CARE Hospital, Hyderabad, AP, India
HIGHLY ACTIVE
ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF NAIVE PATIENTS WITH
HIV-ASSOCIATED PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
G. Barbaro,
A. Lucchini, G. Barbarini
University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AS A PREDICTOR OF POOR OUTCOME IN ROBOTIC CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY
S. Joshi, A. Fischer, T. Sichrovsky, J.J. Derose, Jr., R.C. Ashton, S. Balaram,
S. Bangalore,
D. Gopinath, M. Vloka, J.S. Steinberg
St. Luke's
–Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians
and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
LEVOSIMENDAN
EFFECTIVELY REDUCES PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN HEART
TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES
E. Herrera
Garza,
C. Macias Hidalgo, P. Martinez Bermudez, F. De la
Fuente Magallanes, L. Elizondo Sifuentes
Hospital de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares y del Torax, Nuevo Leon,
Mexico
INTRAVASCULAR
THROMBOSIS FOLLOWING HYPOXIA-INDUCED PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IS REGULATED
BY CYCLOOXYGENASE-2
M.C.
Cathcart
,
A. Bradford, G. Chen, K. O' Byrne, D.J. Fitzgerald, G.P. Pidgeon
T.C.D./St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
10:45 –
13:30
Hall D
S52: Session
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: ATHEROSCLEROSIS: PRIMARY PREVENTION,
TREATMENT, MODIFICATION OF LIPOPROTEINS
INFLAMMATORY BIOMARKERS AND CAD - HYPE AND HOPE (Invited Lecture)
R Schnabel,
S Blankenberg
Medical Clinic II, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
ATORVASTATIN
REDUCES INFARCT SIZE IN AN ISOLATED RAT HEART MODEL BY ACTIVATING
PRO-SURVIVAL KINASES
K Mensah,
M.M. Mocanu, D.M.Yellon
The Hatter Institute and Centre for Cardiology, University College
London Hospitals and Medical School, London, United Kingdom
REGULATION OF MACROPHAGE SCAVENGER RECEPTOR EXPRESSION - NEW PLEIOTROPIC EFFECTS OF STATINS
J. Han,
X. Zhou, M. Parson, A.C. Nicholson, A.M. Gotto, Jr., T. Yokoyama, D.P.
Hajjar
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
REDUCTION OF
ATHEROSCLEROSIS, SERUM LIPIDS AND OXIDATIVE STRESS, AND ELEVATION OF
SERUM HDL-C BY LIGNAN COMPLEX ISOLATED FROM FLAXSEED
K Prasad, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of
Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
LIPID OXIDISING CHLAMYDIA ANTIBODIES AS A NEW DRUG TARGET IN THE
TREATMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
I.M. Petyaev,
Cambridge Theranostics Ltd., Bioscience Innovation Centre,
Cambridge, UK
SHORT AND
LONG TERM CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY
ANGINA USING CARDIAC SHOCK WAVE THERAPY
A
Gutersohn,
G Caspari, R Erbel
University Essen Dep Cardiology, Essen, Germany
A RANDOMIZED
CONTROLLED TRIAL OF DIETARY FIBER INTAKE ON SERUM LIPIDS
J Chen,
P.K. Whelton, J. He
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
PRIMARY
PREVENTION OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN
M. Hochleitner,
A. Bader, B. Wildt
Innsbruck University Hospital, LBI Gender Studies, Women's Health Ofice,
Innsbruck, Austria
PREVENTIVE
DENTAL CARE MAY PREVENT CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY
A. Blum,
E. Front , A. Peleg, K. Kruger, F. Vigder, Z. Laster
Poria Medical Center, Lower Galilee, Israel
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
08:30 –
12:30
Poster Hall
P101 Poster Session
VASCULAR BIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH I
RELEASE OF
CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE FROM THE ISOLATED MOUSE HEART:
ROLE OF DIFFERENT PROTON-SENSITIVE MECHANISMS
T.
Strecker,
P.W. Reeh, M. Weyand, K. Messlinger
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen,
Bavaria, Germany
INDUCTION OF
HO-1 SUPPRESSES ENDOTHELIAL ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME EXPRESSION IN
PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE
W.H Yin,
PL Liu, MS Young, SJ Lin, YR Kou
Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, and National Yang-Ming University,
Taipei, Taiwan
EFFECT OF
CAVEOLIN-1 AND SR-A1 IN OX-LDL INDUCED CHOLESTEROL ACCUMULATION IN RAW
264.7 MACROPHAGES
D.F Liao,
R.R Wang, P.K Yan, B.Y Zhu
Nanhua University, Hengyang, Hunan, PR China
RESPONSES OF
VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS TO CIGARETTE SMOKE PARTICULATE MATTER
M.D Gaca,
N. Cockcroft, A. Richter, E.D Massey
British American Tobacco, Southampton, Hants, UK
REGULATION OF
DISCOIDIN DOMAIN RECEPTOR 2 BY CYCLICAL MECHANICAL STRETCH IN CULTURED
RAT VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS
B.W Wang,
K.G Shyu, P. Kuan
Shin Kong Wu
Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
CARDIOVASCULAR CHANGES DURING EPILEPTIC SEIZURES IN CONSCIOUS
RATS
M.I Beig,
R. Chandra, A. Katyal, M. Fahim, A. Talwar
University of Delhi, Delhi, India
THROMBOSIS IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEOINTIMA: ROLE OF GROWTH FACTORS,
CYTOKINES AND OXIDATIVE STRESS
C.T Beneli,
P.F Barbosa, F.S Ramalho, M.A Rossi, S.G Ramos
University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
COMPOUNDS
FROM RED WINE IN ISOLATED RAT AORTA AND PORCINE CORONARY ARTERY: DO THEY
ACT AS PHARMACOLOGIC OR PROTECTIVE AGENTS?
I. Music, B.
Bradesko, D. Dobovsek, J. Kuzner, V. Katalinic, D. Modun, G.
Drevensek, M Budihna, M
Boban, University of Ljubljana,
Slovenia
CATECHIN
ENHANCES THE LEVEL OF THE INTRCELLULAR HIF-1ALPHA PROTEIN
F.
Tsukiyama,
M. Yoshida, T. Tokuhara, Y. Nakai, H. Hayashi, K. Hirota, T. Katsumata
Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
08:30 –
12:30
Poster Hall
P102 Poster Session
DIAGNOSTIC METHODS
AN APPROACH
TO QUANTIFY DIFFUSELY DISEASED CORONARY ARTERIES; ECG-GATED 3D
INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND (IVUS) RECONSTRUCTION METHOD
S.
Yokoyama,
S. Saito, Y. Li, T. Takayama, S. Saruya, M. Akabane, T. Kawano, M. Ichikawa,
J. Honye, Nihon University School of Medicine,
Tokyo, Japan
MICRO-CORONARY VESSEL IMAGING USING PHASE-CONTRAST X-RAY COMPUTED
TOMOGRAPHY
J. Wu,
T. Takeda, L. Thet Thet, A. Yoneyama, Y. Tsuchiya, T. Imazuru, S.
Matsushita, Y. Hirai, M.
Minami, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki,
Japan
CAROTID
ARTERY WALL ACCELERATION IS A MARKER OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
O. Pascal, G.
Pelle, J.L Dubois Rande, C. Carville, L Belhassen,
Hopital Prive d'Antony, Antony and Hopital
Henri Mondor, Creteil, France
LESION
CHARACTERISTICS OF CORONARY CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSIONS EVALUATED BY
INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND
T Takayama,
Y Li, S Saito, J Honye, S Yokoyama, T Saruya, M Akabane, T Kawano, M Ichikawa, N
Fukuda, Nihon University School of Medicine,
Tokyo, Japan
A NEW
STEP-WISE STRATEGY FOR THE DETECTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE USING
VASCULAR ULTRASONOGRAPHY
A.M
AbdelWahab,
E Baligh, M Mokhtar, A.M Zaki, Cairo
University, Cairo, Egypt
TRANSCUTANEOUS TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION OF ATHEROMA BASED ON ELASTICITY
IMAGING WITH ULTRASOUND
H Hasegawa,
J Inagaki, H Kanai, M Ichiki, F Tezuka, Tohoku
University, Sendai, Japan,
FRACTIONAL
FLOW RESERVE TO ASSESS CORONARY LESIONS OF UNCERTAIN SEVERITY IN
UNSTABLE ANGINA: MEDIUM-TERM FOLLOW-UP
L.A. Inigo-Garcia,
O. Sanz, F.Torres, F. Ruiz-Mateas, M. Pombo, G. Rosas, J. Carretero,
C. Corona, A. Gutierrez, M.J. Garcia, Hospital
Costa del Sol,
Marbella, Spain
VARIABILITY
IN QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF THE SAME SEGMENT WITH TWO DIFFERENT
INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND
Y Li,
J Honye, S Saito, T Takayama, S Yokoyama, T Saruya, M Akabane, T Kawano, M Ichikawa, S
Kunimoto, Nihon University School of Medicine,
Tokyo, Japan
IMPACT OF NEW
ANGIOSCPY SYSTEM FOR VIAUALIZATION OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIES
T Sakurai,
K Nakamura, K Shimizu, M Kanai, K Yoshinaga, K Aoyagi, M Takahashi, Y Uhcida, Y
Sugiyama, T Tomaru, Toho University Sakura
Hospital, Sakura, Chiba, Japan
CHARACTERISTICS OF INFARCT RELATED ARTERY AFTER THROMBOLYSIS
S Yokoyama,
Y Li, T Takayama, T Saruya, J Honye, S Saito
Nihon
University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
08:30 –
12:30
Poster Hall
P103 Poster Session
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
DIRECT STENT
IMPLANTATION WITHOUT PREDILATATION THROUGH FIVE FRENCH
GUIDING-CATHETERS
C
Brasselet,
D Metz,
S Perotin, L Ducher, S Duval, B Maillier, A Deschilcre, J
Elaerts
Hopital Robert Debre, CHU, Reims, France
WHETHER ORAL CRUSHED CLOPIDOGREL WILL INHIBIT PLATELET
AGGREGATION EARLIER THAN WHOLE TABLETS?
J-M Lee,
H-J Yoon, C-S Park, K-W Moon, S-W Jin, K-D Yoo, D-S Jeon, W-S Chung,
J-J Kim, K-B Seung, J-H Kim, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul,
Republic of Korea
TREATMENT
SEEKING BEHAVIOR AMONG THOSE WITH SIGN AND SYMPTOM OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION
A.
Shahmohammadi Mousavi, S. Sadeghe, Iran Medical
University, Tehran, Iran
“FIRST
EXPERIENCE IN TRANSCATHETER CLOSURE OF SECUNDUM ATRIAL SEPTAL
DEFECTS USING THE AMPLATZER SEPTAL OCCLUDER IN VIETNAM”
N.L. Hieu, P.M. Hung, N.N Quang, D.D. Loi, N.M Ngoc, K.N Huong, N.L Viet, P.G Khai,
L.T Phi, T.
Nguyen, Vietnam Heart Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam
USE OF A
COMBINED MOBILE PHONE AND FAX SOLUTION SPEEDS UP THE SELECTION OF
PATIENTS FOR ACUTE CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION
J Ravkilde,
Skejby Hospital - Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus Denmark
TREATMENT OF
SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT ANEURYSM WITH THE POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE-COVERED
STENT: ONE-YEAR CLINICAL AND ANGIOGRAPHIC FOLLOW-UP
P.C Ho,
C.Y Leung, Hawaii Region Kaiser
Permanente, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
“TRANSCATHETER
OCCLUSION OF CORONARY ARTERY FISTULAE IN VIETNAM”
N.L Hieu,
P.M Hung, N.N Quang, D.D Loi, K.N Huong, N.L Viet, P.G Khai, L.T Phi
Vietnam Heart
Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam,
AORTIC
ISTHMUS STENT-GRAFT TREATMENT: HUMAN IMPLANTATION OF INNOVATIVE
DEDICATED DEVICES
E. de Cillis,
A.S. Bortone , D. D'Agostino, L. de Luca Tupputi Schinosa
Institute of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bari, Italy
CORONARY
ANGIOPLASTY AFTER NON ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
CARRIES A WORSE SHORT TERM OUTCOME WHEN COMPARED TO THAT OF ST ELEVATION
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION OR UNSTABLE ANGINA
Y Y
Abdelmonem
,
M Abdelhameed, H I Kandil, Sh F Eltobgi,
Cairo
University,
Cairo, Egypt
SIXTH MONTHS
CLINICAL FOLLOW UP POST BYPASS GRAFT DISEASE TREATED WITH DRUG-ELUTING
STENTS VERSUS BARE METAL STENTS
D.A Locca,
G Girod, C Imsand, P Vogt, Sion Hospital, Sion,
Switzerland
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
08:30 –
12:30
Poster Hall
P104 Poster Session
RENAL ASPECTS
EVALUATION OF
N-ACETYLCYSTEINE ON CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY: COMPARISON OF
CAUCASIANS, HISPANICS, AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS
H.
Gnanasekeram,
V.K. Verma, T.R Engel, J.E Parrillo, E.A Iliadis
Cooper Hospital - UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden,
NJ, USA
PREVENTION OF
RADIOCONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY USING N-ACETYLCYSTEINE AFTER CORONARY
ANGIOGRAPHY IN THE HISPANIC POPULATION
H.
Gnanasekeram,
V.K Verma, T.R. Engel, J.E. Parrillo, E.A. Iliadis
Cooper Hospital - UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, NJ.
USA
P105 Poster Session
PREDICTORS AND MARKERS OF HEART FAILURE OUTCOME I
A COMPARISON
OF THE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF THE LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION
DETERMINED BY NUCLEAR PERFUSION IMAGING AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
M Yamini, N
Ahmed, M.X Pham, P.A Heidenreich
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford University, Palo Alto,
CA, USA
PREDICTORS OF
RECURRENT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS IN A LARGE HEART FAILURE CARE
PROGRAM
S Brar,
A Mehany, R Zadegan, A Lai, A Shen
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
LOW HDL IS
ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER NYHA CLASS AND PREDICTS DEATH IN PATIENTS WITH
LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION
T
Sampietro,
F Bigazzi, B Dal Pino, P Landi, M Puntoni, B Pennato, A Bionda, C Carpeggiani
CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy
PERIPHERAL
EDEMA: PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATION WITH OUTCOME IN PRIMARY CARE
N Ahmed, M Park, P Nagarajan, M Yamini, P.A Heidenreich
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
BLOOD UREA
NITROGEN LEVEL AT ADMISSION - PROGNOSTIC MARKER IN PATIENTS WITH
CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
M Roik
,
S Stawicki, MH Starczewska, A Solarska, O Warszawik, D Kosior, G Opolski
Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
PREDICTING
RISK FACTORS FOR PATIENTS DEVELOPING ACUTE FULMINANT MYOCARDITIS
C.H Lee
, WC Tsai, PY Liu, CS Hsu, JY Chen, LJ Lin
National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
CARDIAC
TROPONIN T (CTNT) PREDICTS SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS WITH DECOMPENSATED HEART
FAILURE (DHF) ON HOSPITAL ADMISSION
M.D Oliveira,
J Alvares, L.C Brant, M.C Moreira
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Hospital Felicio Rocho
CYSTATIN C AND
CREATININE-BASED ESTIMATION OF RENAL FUNCTION IN CACHECTIC AND
NONCACHECTIC HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
P Rozentryt,
J Nowak, A Brachowska, L Polonski, R Deja,
W Bartnik
Silesian Center
for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland
HEART FAILURE
: PATIENTS VIEWS TO GUIDE FUTURE PRACTICE
S.M Deepak,
W Khan, T
Coppinger, C Wywell,
N.H Brooks,
Wythenshawe Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, Manchester, UK
P106 Poster Session
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES OF MAPPING AND
RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION
NEURONAL
SYNAPTOGENESIS IS AUGMENTED BY NORMAL HDL AND IS
PREVENTED BY
DYSFUNCTIONAL HDL
K Navab
UCLA Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
WHICH
COMPONENT IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE SUCCESS OF MODIFIED MAZE SURGERY
: TRIGGER OR SUBSTRATE MODIFICATION?
K.J Choi,
J Kim, G.B Nam, Y.H Kim, Asan Medical Center,
Seoul, Korea
ANALYSIS OF
SINUS NODE ACTIVATION BY NONCONTACT VOLTAGE MAPPING
R.C Klein,
University of Utah, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
CRYOABLATION
FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: THE SURGIFROST TM CRYOSURGICAL
SYSTEM
S
Christiansen,
R Autschbach, University of Aachen, Germany
COMPARISON
OF UNIPOLAR VERSUS BIPOLAR PACING THRESHOLDS AND IMPEDANCES
J.S.
Goodman, K.J. Chase, S. Merkel, FACC, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
P107 Poster Session
INTERNAL DEFRIBRILLATION/IMPLANTABLE ANTIARRHYTHMIC DEVICES/PACING
IMPLANTATION
SUCCESS RATE OF BIVENTRICULAR PACEMAKERS IN REAL LIFE CLINICAL PRACTICE
S.G Williams,
A Patwala, D.J Wright, D.T Connelly, W.J Hobbs, J Pyatt, D.M Todd
Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, UK
CARDIAC
RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DOES NOT REDUCE VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS
G Lin,
P.A Brady, T.L Webster, S.C Hammill, R.F Rea, D.L Hayes
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
LONG TERM
STABILITY OF CORONARY SINUS LEADS FOR CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY:
A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
G Lin,
P.A Brady, T.L Webster, R.F Rea, D.L Hayes
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
ENDOTAK
RELIANCE G EVALUATION OF HANDLING AND ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE (REFLEX)
STUDY - MULTICENTER, RANDOMIZED, PROSPECTIVE TRIAL
R.A.S Cooper,
K Chase, Guidant Corporation, St. Paul,
MN, USA
IMPROVEMENT
OF SLEEP APNEA BY TRANSIENT ATRIAL OVERDRIVE PACING IN A PATIENT WITH
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
C Suga,
K Matsumoto, R Kato, M Kanazawa, T Miyashita, T Okumura,
S Nishimura,
S Nakazawa, G Hoshina, M.E Benser,
Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan
P108 Poster Session
MISCELLANEOUS 1
MAJOR CAUSES
OF DEATH IN CHINA: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 169,871 MEN AND WOMEN
J He,
D Gu, J Chen, K Reynolds, C Chen, R Wildman, P Whelton
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
MINOCYCLINE
IS EFFECTIVE FOR THE ACTIVE TAKAYASU ARTERITIS
A
Matsuyama,
N Sakai, M Ishigamai, H Hiraoka, S Yamashita
Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Osaka, Japan
SPATIAL
RESOLUTION EFFECT IN MYOCARDIAL FATTY ACID METABOLIC IMAGE IN
FLUORESCENT X-RAT CT
T Takeda,
J Wu, T.T Lwin, N Sunaguchi, T Yuasa, F.A Dilmanian, M Minami,
T Akatsuka
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba-shi,
Ibaraki, Japan
ONE YEAR
ATROVASTATIN THERAPY FOR SEVERE ISCHEMIC HEART FAILURE WITH COR
PULMONALE
X.H Zeng, X.J
Zeng, Y.Y Li, T Yuan, Chengdu Red Cross
Hospital, Chengdu, China
SMOKING
INCREASES COLD-PRESSOR MEDIATED ARTERIOR STIFFNESS
A
Nishiyama,
T Nakata, M Sakai, T Oonishi, M Setsuda, A Kasai, N Houda, Y Kakuta
Yamada Red Cross Hospital, Watarai, Mie, Japan
MIXED SALAD
VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION IMPROVES PLASMA LIPID STATUS, AND PREVENTS PLASMA
LIPID OXIDATION AND CELLULAR DNA DAMAGE IN HEALTHY MAN
M.R Kim,
Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea
THE
ASSOCIATION BETWEN BODY MASS INDEX LEVEL AND DEGREE OF SEVERITY OF
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Al
Rostamzade,
K Khademvatan, Z Yekta, T Afshariyan
Uromia Medical Science of University, Uromia, Iran
THE EFFECT OF
CRITICAL PATHWAY ON DISCHARGE TIME AFTER CABG
F Kamrani,
M Khalighi Monfared, R Alizadehnoori
Shahi Beheshti Medical Sciences University, Tehran, Iran
HEMODYNAMIC
CHANGE AFTER HALF BODY BATHING IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR RISK
FACTOR
W.I Rhee,
Y.J Ko,
Catholic
University, Seoul, Korea
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
14:00 –
16:45
Hall A
PL03 Plenary Session
ARRHYTHMIAS I: SUDDEN
CARDIAC DEATH / CARDIOPULMONARY
RESUSCITATION /
IMPLANTABLE ANTIARRHYTHMIC DEVICES
RISK
STRATIFICATION FOR SUDDEN DEATH--IS EJECTION FRACTION ALONE SUFFICIENT?
(Invited Lecture)
M.E. Cain,
Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
MINIMIZING
UNNECESSARY RIGHT VENTRICULAR PACING IN AN ICD
(Invited Lecture)
B Olshansky, D Lerew, S.P. McQuillen, J. Day,
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
INDICATIONS
FOR ICD IMPLANTATION-GUIDELINES FOR THE CLINICIAN
(Invited Lecture)
C.T.
Peter,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA,
USA
THE
IDENTIFICATION OF HEART FAILURE PATIENTS PRONE TO BENEFIT FROM CARDIAC
RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY (Invited Lecture)
M.V.
Pitzalis,
M. Iacoviello, R. Romito, E. De Tommasi, P. Guida, G. Luzzi
University of Bari, Bari, Italy
PACING
THERAPY: LESSONS LEARNED FROM MULTICENTER CLINICAL STUDIES
(Invited Lecture)
Paul
Levine,
St. Jude Medical CRMD, Sylmar, CA, USA
THE FULLY
AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR: THE REALITY
OF A NEW MEANINGFUL SCENARIO (Invited Lecture)
A
Martinez-Rubio,
Hospital de Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
UBIQUINONE
AND HYPOTHERMIA AFTER CARDIAC ARREST: CLINICAL
RESULTS, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PREDICTORS
M.S.
Damian,
D. Ellenberg, R. Gildemeister, G. Simonis, J. Lauermann, W. Sauter, C.
Georg, University Hospitals of
Leicester, Leicester, UK
CORONARY VEIN
BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY FOR LEFT VENTRICULAR PACEMAKER
LEAD IMPLANTATION
B Hansky,
J. Vogt, H. Gueldner, J. Heintze, B. Lamp, D. Horstkotte, R Koerfer
Heart Center NRW, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular
Surgery, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
INTEGRATION OF
CARDIAC MRI, CARDIAC CT SCANNING, AND NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY IN CLINICAL
ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS WITH KNOWN OR SUSPECTED CHRONIC CAD: WHICH TEST
FOR WHICH PATIENT?
(Invited Lecture)
D.S. Berman, A. Rozanski, L. Shaw, R. Hachamovitch, N. Wong, S. Hayes, J.D. Friedman, L.E.J. Thomson, G. Germano
Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
14:00 –
16:45
Hall B
PL04 Plenary Session
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CARDIAC IMAGING
NONINVASIVE ULTRASOUND
TECHNIQUES IN THE EVALUATION OF SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE—STATE OF THE ART (Invited Lecture)
J.M. Gardin,
St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
ULTRASOUND
ASSESSMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK (Invited
Lecture)
P.R.
Liebson,
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Il, USA
CORONARY
CALCIUM, SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHAEMIA AND INFLAMMATORY BIOMARKERS IN
ASYMPTOMATIC TYPE 2 DIABETIC SUBJECTS WITHOUT PRIOR CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
V.A.
Dhakshinamurthy, E. Lim, D. Hopkins, R. Corder, A. Lahiri
Cardiac
Imaging and Research Centre, Wellington Hospital, London, UK
NUCLEAR
CARDIOLOGY: WHICH GOLD STANDARD FOR SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY? (Invited Lecture)
P Marzullo,
A Gimelli, A Giorgetti, A Kusch, EM Ferdeghini
Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR, Pisa, Italy
NEW
METHODS OF MEASURING ATRIAL FUNCTION (Invited
Lecture)
B.D. Hoit,
University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, OH, USA
ADVANCES IN
CARDIOVASCULAR MOLECULAR IMAGING (Invited
Lecture)
V
Dilsizian, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
NUCLEAR
CARDIOLOGY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEART DISEASE IN DIABETES
(Invited Lecture)
R.G.
Schwartz,
Preventive &
Nuclear Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center,
Rochester, NY, USA
STRAIN-RATE
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
(Invited Lecture)
C Pislaru,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
STRESS
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: STATE-OF-THE-ART (Invited
Lecture)
P.A.
Pellikka,
Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA
ASSESSMENT OF
MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION BY CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE
(Invited Lecture)
L.J.
Jimenez-Borreguero,
Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid,
Spain
INTIMAL REMODELING IN HYPERTENSION AND STEADY FLOW OR NORMOTENSION AND
TURBULENT FLOW
(Invited Lecture)
C.M. Prado, S.G. Ramos, J.C. Alves-Filho, J. Elias Jr., M.A. Rossi
Faculty
of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
14:00 –
16:45
Hall C
S53
Session
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY/CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
MICRODELETION OF CHROMOSOME 22 IN A SERIES OF PATIENTS WITH
NON-SELECTIVE CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
E.S.
Elsobky,
A.A. Kotby, S.M. Elsayed
Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
RESYNCHRONISATION THERAPY IN ADULTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
B Skaria,
T Bharucha, J Boullin, J.M. Morgan, A.P. Salmon, B. Keeton, G. Veldtman
Adult
Congenital Cardiac Unit, Southampton University Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire, UK
QUALITY OF
LIFE AND CARDIOVASCULAR STATUS TEN AND MORE YEARS AFTER FONTAN
OPERATION: IS DETERIORATION INEVITABLE?
V.P.
Podzolkov, M.R. Chiaureli, M.M. Zelenikin, S.G. Chikhladze, K.A.
Mchedlishvili, G.I.
Kassirsky, L.M. Zotova, T.O. Astrakhantseva, Y.N. Shamrin, S.B. Zaets
UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
TRANS-HEPATIC
ULTRASOUND-GUIDED PUNCTURE IN THE FETAL LAMB: A NEW APPROACH FOR
TRANSCATHETER CARDIAC INTERVENTIONS
Y.
Boudjemline,
J.M. Jouannic, J.M. Benifla, D Bonnet
Pediatic Cardiology, Necker for Sick Children Hospital, Paris, France,
EMUI, Necker University, Paris, France
TRANSCATHETER
OCCLUSION OF CORONARY ARTERY FISTULAE IN VIETNAM
H. Nguyen
,
H. Pham, P.M. Hung,
N.N. Quang,
P.G. Khai, N.L. Viet,
D.D. Loi,
Vietnam Heart Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam
UNIVENTRICULAR OR BIVENTRICULAR REPAIR AFTER POSTNATAL DUCT STENTING AND
BILATERAL PULMONARY BANDING
D Schranz
,
I. Michel-Behnke, K Valeske, J Bauer, H Akintuerk
Pediatric Heart Center Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
5-YEARS
FOLLOW-UP OF TRANSCATHETER PFO CLOSURE USING INTRACARDIAC
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
E. Onorato,
L. Pedon, F. Casill, M. Mbala-Mukendi, G.P. Anzola, M. Zanchetta
Department of Cardiology, Humanitas Gavazzeni Clinic, Bergamo,
Italy
4-YEAR
FOLLOW-UP OF TRANSCATHETER ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT CLOSURE
USING
M.
Zanchetta,
L. Pedon, M. Zennaro, A. Carrozza, F. Casilli, E. Onorato
Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Cittadella General Hospital,
Padova, Italy
PATHOLOGY AND
APOPTOSIS OF THE CARDIAC CONDUCTION SYSTEM IN 100 VICTIMS OF SUDDEN
INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS)
G
Ottaviani,
AM Lavezzi, L Matturri
Lino Rossi Research Center for the Study and Prevention of
Unexpected Perinatal Death and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Institute of
Pathology, University of Milan, Italy
14:00 –
16:45
Hall D
S54
Session
CORONARY
ARTERY DISEASE: SECONDARY PREVENTION, PROGNOSIS, RISK
STRATIFICATION
COMPLEMENTARY
ANALYSIS OF EFFICACY AND SAFETY AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS FOR LONG-TERM
SECONDARY PREVENTION OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM WITH XIMELAGATRAN
S Schulman,
T Lundstrom, K Wahlander, S Billing Clason, H Eriksson
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
PREDICTION OF
THE MULTIVESSEL DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY
SYNDROMES WITHOUT ST ELEVATION ON PRE-ANGIOGRAPHY BASIS
R
Glowczynska,
M Grabowski, K.J. Filipiak, G. Karpinski, L.A. Malek, J Kochman, G. Opolski,
Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
TISSUE
INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE (TIMP)-1 A RISK PREDICTOR FOR FUTURE
CARDIOVASCULAR DEATH
E Lubos,
R Schnabel, H.J. Rupprecht, C. Bickel, R. Walscheid, S. Prigge, L. Tiret, T. Münzel, S.
Blankenberg
Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
RISK FACTORS
AND COMPRESSION OF CARDIOVASCULAR MORBIDITY- A LIFE
HISTORY ANALYSIS OF THE 46-YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF THE FRAMINGHAM
HEART STUDY
A.A. Mamun,
GM Williams, A. Peeters, L. Bonnuex,
University of Queensland,
Queensland, Australia
CIRCULATING PLACENTA GROWTH FACTOR LEVELS CORRELATE
WITH PROGNOSIS IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE PATIENTS
A. Chevtchenko,
O. Orlova, N. Tcherviakova, M. Tulikov, O.P. Shevchenko
Russian Medical State University, Moscow, Russia
SURVEY OF THE EFFECTIVE FACTORS ON SLEEP QUALITY IN PATIENTS AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT (CABG) SURGERY IN RASHT,
2002
M. Ehsani, M. Baghaei, C. Mitra, N. Kazem, Azad University, Tonkabon, Iran
DIFFERENT
EFFECT OF CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION IN ANGINA AND POST_INFARCTION
PATIENTS
C
Carpeggiani,
P Landi,
E Barberini, A Niccolini, A L'Abbate
CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy
MELATONIN: A
NOVEL PREDICTOR OF PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE IN PATIENTS WITH
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
A.
Dominguez-Rodriguez, P. Abreu-Gonzalez, M.
Garcia-Gonzalez,
J. Ferrer-Hita,
M. Bethencourt-Munoz, R.J. Reiter
Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
14:00 –
18:00
Poster Hall
P201 Poster Session
MOLECULAR CARDIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH 1
HUMAN
CONNEXIN40 GENE POLYMORPHISMS AFFECT PROMOTER ACTIVITY BY
ALTERING BINDING OF NFAT AND GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS
M Firouzi,
M.F Bierhuizen, B Kok, B.E Teunissen, A Jansen, A Brutel de la Riviere, W.A
Groenewegen, H.J Jongsma, UMC,
Utrecht, The Netherlands
CHANNELOPATHY
AND EXAGGERATED CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS MEDIATED BY ET SYSTEM AND OVER-PHOSPHORYLATION
D.Z Dai,
Y Zhang, M Ji, Z.J Huang, T Na, T Wang, Y Feng
China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
D-4F AN
APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I MIMETIC PEPTIDE DECREASES HDL LIPID HYDROPEROXIDES
AND INCREASES PARAOXONASE ACTIVITY
E
Bachini,
UCLA Medicine Los Angeles, CA, USA
THE
PROINFLAMMATRY PROPERTIES OF HDL ARE INVERSELY CORRELATED WITH THE
ABILITY OF HDL TO REMOVE CHOLESTEROLFROM HUMAN MONOCYTE MACROPHAGES
S Pak,
UCLA Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
CARDIAC
CHANGES IN EXPERIMENTAL SEPSIS
M Rubia
Nunes Celes,
D.T Duenas, J.C Alves-Filho,
F.Q Cunha, M.A Rossi
Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
ALPHA-LIPOIC
ACID AMELIORATES DOXORUBICIN-INDUCED MYOCARDIAL TOXICITY
A.A Al-Majed,
A.M Gado, O.A Al-Shabanah, M.A Mansour
College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
THE ROLES OF
SERUM MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES IN PATIENTS WITH PERSISTENT ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION TO HEART FAILURE
M.H Chang,
G.P Jong, T Ma, S.D Kuo
Armed Force Taichung General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
MATRIX
METALLOPROTEINASES AS NOVEL DISEASE MARKERS IN TAKAYASU ARTERITIS
A
Matsuyama,
N Sakai, M Ishigamai, H Hiraoka, S Yamashita
Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Osaka, Japan
CYCLOPHOPHAMIDE FACILITATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHAGASIC
MYOCARDIOPATHY IN RATS INFECTED WITH TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI
M.J
Labrador-Hernandez, O.J Suarez-Graterol, C.R Alvarez-Yepez, L.P Rumenoff-Soto,
C.C Rodriguez-Bonfante, R.A Bonfante-Cabarcas
Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto, Lara,
Venezuela
13 (S)-HPODE
CONVERTS HDL TO PROINFLAMMATORY THAT I SREVERSED BY D-4F
N Yu,
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
P202 Poster Session
BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS OF ACUTE ISCHEMIA
COST-EFFECTIVENESS IS LOW WHEN MEASURING CARDIAC MARKERS AFTER ELECTIVE
PCI
S
Hjortshoj,
J Ravkilde, Aalborg hospital - Aarhus
University Hospital, Denmark
PRE-PERCUTANEOUS
CORONARY INTERVENTION HOMOCYSTEINE PLASMA CONCENTRATION: USEFUL
PREDICTOR OF ANGIOPLASTY-INDUCED MYOCARDIAL DAMAGE
C
Brasselet,
R Garnotel, S Perotin, F Vitry, L Ducher, D Metz, J Elaerts, P Gillery,
Hopital Robert Debre, Reims, France
EFFECTS OF
SIMVASTATIN ON ANTI-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKIN IL-10 IN PATIENTS WITH UNSTABLE
ANGINA WITHIN FOUR WEEKS
J.J Li,
Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union
Medical Science, Beijing, China
INTERLEUKIN-6
AND VEGF IN ACUTE PHASE OF STEMI IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH PRIMARY
ANGIOPLASTY
M Pyda,
M Lanocha, A Katarzynska, O Trojnarska, Z Sarnowska, O Araszkiewicz, A Pyda, T
Mularek, M Lesiak, A Cieslinski
University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
THE
ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION TEST AS A CYTOKINE SENSITIVE BIOMARKER. A MODEL
IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE/TIA
I. Shapira,
E. Ben Assayag, I. Bova, H. Peretz, N.M Bornstein, S. Berliner
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
IMPACT OF
DIAGNOSTIC CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY (DCA) ON TROPONIN I TEST: FACTORS
AFFECTING THE RESULT
F
Bishehsari,
A Tayebi Meybodi, M Mahdavinia, A Sanati
Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
SIGNIFICANT
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH A FALSE-POSITIVE CARDIAC
TROPONIN I TEST
P.H Chu,
C.J Ng, H.D Ning, J.C Chen, H.L Wu
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
ECOCARDIOGRAPHY AND TROPONIN I IN PATIENTS WITH ISCAHEMIC HEART
DISEASE
S .E
Alansari,
B.C Croal, Armed Forces Hospital,
Ministry of Defense, Kuwait
THE
PREVALANCE OF HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH SOME RISK
FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH DEFINED CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Z Yekta,
K Khademvatan, A Rostamzade,
N Nasiry, A Alahyary
Uromia Medical University, Uromia, Iran
P203 Poster Session
THE PLAQUE AND ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
PREGNANCY
ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A AND INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN ACUTE CORONARY
SYNDROMES
A
Chevtchenko,
O Orlova, E Kotchetova, O Prirodova, O.P Shevchenko
Russian Medical State University, Moscow, Russia
ROLE OF HEAT
SHOCK PROTEINS IN CARDIAC PATIENTS
S.E
Alansari,
B.C Croal, Armed Forces Hospital,
Ministry of Defense, Kuwait
EVALUATION OF
PLATELET INDICES AND COUNT IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE PATIENTS COMPARED
TO NORMAL
POPULATION
N Mesbah
Ardakani,
M Saravi, S Shafahi, M Sharbatdaran, K HajianBabol
University of Medical Science, Babol, Iran
IN
THROMBUS-CONTAINING LESIONS, WHAT DETERMINES IMPROVEMENT IN LEFT
VENTRICULAR REGIONAL FUNCTION AFTER SUCCESSFUL PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY
INTERVENTION
A.M
Mahrous,
M.M Abdelghany, S Ghareeb, S Eltobgy,
Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
P204 Poster Session
MYOCARDIAL STUNNING, HIBERNATION AND PRECONDITIONING
THE
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF CHRONIC STATIN TREATMENT ARE NOT MEDIATED BY
DIRECT EFFECTS ON THE ISCHAEMIC MYOCARDIUM
K Mensah,
M.M Mocanu, D.M Yellon
University College London Hospitals and Medical School, London, United
Kingdom
URACIL
NUCLEOTIDES PROTECT CARDIOMYOCYTES FROM HYPOXIC STRESS
S Yitzhaki,
V Shneyvays, K. A Jacobson, A Shainberg
Bar-Ilan
University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
PROTECTION
"OUTSIDE THE BOX" (SKELETAL REMOTE PRECONDITIONING) IN RAT MODEL IS
TRIGGERED BY FREE RADICAL PATHWAY
Y.S Chen,
C.T Chien, M.C Ma, Y.Z Tseng, C.F Chen, I.H Wu, S.C Huang, N.H Chi
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiepi, Taiwan
P205 Poster Session
HYPERTENSION, BASIC AND CLINICAL
ASSOCIATION OF ADIPONETCITN T94G POLYMORPHISM AND PLASMA PAI-1 IN
PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT HYPERTENSION
J.R Jeng,
J.H Wang, S.Z Lin
Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
BERBERINE FOR
OVERWEIGHT/OBESE NON-DIABETIC ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
X.H Zeng,
X.J Zeng,Y.Y Li,
Chengdu
Second People's Hospital,
Chengdu,
China
CLINICAL
OBSERVATIONS OF EFFECTS OF BERBERINE ON TNF-ALPHA AND ACTIVITY OF ALDOSE
REDUCTAS IN CARDIORENAL SYNDROME SECONDARY TO DIABETIC HEART FAILURE
X. H Zeng,
X.J Zeng, Y.Y Li, Chengdu Second
People's Hospital, Chengdu, China
ROLE OF
OVERWEIGHT AND DISADVANTAGE ON HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN AFRICAN ORIGIN AND
WHITE ADOLESCENTS: THE UK MRC DASH STUDY
S Harding, M
Maynard, J.K Cruickshank
Clinical Epidemiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Group, University of
Manchester, UK
THE
PREVALENCE AND PATTERN OF ABNORMAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE IN ADULT NIGERIANS
WITH PRIMARY HYPERTENSION
C.O Odigwe,
O.E Essien
University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State,
Nigeria
EFFECT OF
CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTATION ON PREVENTION OF PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION
M
Kashanian,
M Rayka, Iran University of Medical
Sciences, Tehran, Iran
LEFT
VENTRICULAR FILLING ABNORMALITIES AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED HYPERTENSION:
RELATIONSHIP WITH OVERPRODUCTION OF CIRCULATING TRANSFORMING GROWTH
FACTOR BETA 1
G
Parrinello,
A Licata, D Colomba, T Di Chiara, C Argano, P
Bologna,
S Corrao, G Avellone, R
Scaglione, G Licata
University of Palermo, Italy
HEART RATE OF
HYPERTENSIVE INDIVIDUALS DURING HANDGRIP AND POSTEXERCISE CIRCULATORY
OCCLUSION
M.C.V
Moreira,
D.P Albuquerque, L Napoleao-Lopes, M.S Rosa, I.A.T Fonseca, K.P.M
Oliveira, F.C Magalhaes, L.G Madeira, F.C Campos, L.O.C Rodrigues
UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
SERUM MATRIX
METALLOPROTEINASE TISSUE INHIBITOR TYPE 1 LEVELS
E Onrat,
M Serteser, A Celik, D Kaya, A Kahraman, T Koken, M Melek,
M Alpaslan
Afyon Kocatepe University, School of Medicine, Afyon, Turkey
THE EFFECT OF
CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTATION ON PREVENTION OF PREGNANCY INDUCED
HYPERTENSION(PIH)
M
Kashanian,
M Rayka
Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
DIASTOLIC
BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT WITHOUT USING STETHOSCOPE
F Fallahi,
S Sadeghian, S Faghihzadeh
Faramarz-Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
P206 Poster Session
PRACTICE GUIDELINES, COST CONTAINMENT
PRACTICE
GUIDELINES INCORPORATED INTO TECHNICIAN LED FOLLOWUP CLINICS BOTH,
IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND REDUCE THE COST OF CARE, IN HEART VALVE DISEASE
W Taggu,
A Topham, L Hart, N.R Patel, G Lloyd,
Eastbourne DGH, East Sussex, UK
PATIENT
ADHERENCE TO AHA GUIDELINES PRE- AND POST AMI
A Kuznik ,
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
DIFFERENCES
IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE AND PRESERVED VERSUS
DEPRESSED LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC FUNCTION – GUIDELINES COMPARE TO
CLINICAL PRACTICE
S Stawicki,
M Roik, M.H Starczewska, A Solarska-Polchlopek, D Kosior, O Warszawik, A
Tuzimek, R Rodzoch, J Kochanowski, G Opolski
Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
THE STUDY OF
EFFECTS OF GROUP THERAPY ON DEPRESSION FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Z Ghazavi,
T Mehrabi, M Nasiri, F Sheikhi
Isfahan University of Medical & Science, Isfahan, Iran
THIENOPYRIDINE THERAPY IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS RESIDING IN
GERMANY
P.L
McCollam,
M.J Lage
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA
LONG-TERM
THIENOPYRIDINE THERAPY IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS RESIDING IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM
P.L
McCollam,
M.J Lage, L Bowman
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
14:00 –
18:00
Poster Hall
P207 Poster Session
COMPUTERS IN CARIOLOGY
THREE
DIMENSIONAL MYOCARDIAL MORPHOLOGICAL OBSERVATION OF CARDIOMYOPATHIC
HAMSTER BY PHASE-CONTRAST X-RAY CT
T.T Lwin,
T Takeda, J Wu, Y Tsuchiya, M Minami
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki,
Japan
WHAT OF
CLEAVAGE PLANES? CARDIAC ACTIVATION AND THE IMPACT OF A DISCONTINUOUS
MYOCARDIUM
M.LTrew,
G.B Sands, D Hooks, I LeGrice, A Pullan, B Smaill
Bioengineering Institute, The
University
of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
ARTIFICIAL
NEURAL NETWORKS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE CORONARY
COMPLICATIONS
J.L Patel,
L.D Patel, R.K Goyal, C.R Chaudhry, K.S Patel, B.D Antala, A.M Suthar
S. K. Patel College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ganpat
Vidyanagar, Mehsana, Gujarat, India
COMPUTER-ASSISTED CLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSIS
M Alami,
D Pospai, Ghandi Cardiology Center,
Casablanca, Morocco
P208 Poster Session
MISCELLANEOUS ll
BENEFICIAL
EFFECT OF MIXED SALAD VEGETABLE SUPPLEMENTATION ON THE PLASMA
CHOLESTEROL STATUS AND LIPID PEROXIDATION IN MICE FED ATHEROGENIC DIETS
M.R Kim,
Y.H Yang, F Penelope, D.E Sok
Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
PREVENTIVE
TREATMENT OF TYPE II ENDOLEAK: THE FEASIBYLITY OF A NEW METHOD
M
Zanchetta,
L Pedon, M Zennaro, F Faresin, M Riggi, S Ronsisvalle
Dipartimento di Malattie Cardiovascolari, Cittadella, Padova, Italy
USE OF
ATROPINE IN PATIENTS WITH INCOMPLETE EXERCISE STRESS TEST
S Ghaffari, B
Sohrabi, M Toofan, A Sajjadieh Khajouei, A Maneshgar
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Eastern Azarbaiijan, Iran
SERUM TOTAL
AND LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL LEVELS AND AWARENESS, TREATMENT AND CONTROL
OF HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA IN CHINA
J Chen,
D Gu, K Reynolds, P.K Whelton, J He
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
UPDATE ON
POTENTIAL PULMONARY INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEMS AS ALTERNATIVES OF INSULIN
INJECTIONS
J.L Patel
S. K. Patel College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ganpat
Vidyanagar, Ta. and Dist.-Mehsana,
Gujarat,
India
RACE AND
RENAL DETERIORATION AFTER CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY: IMPACT OF N-ACETLYCYSTEINE
ON RENAL FUNCTION
H
Gnanasekeram,
V.K Verma, T.R Engel, J.E Parrillo, E.A Iliadis
Cooper Hospital - UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, NJ,
USA
SURVEY OF
RESEARCH PROBLEMS FROM THE INSIGHT OF MANGEERS, SCIENTIFIC STAFFS AND
RESEARCH EXPERTS IN ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
H. Naji,
M. Kianpour, P. Bahmanziari, S. Arti,
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
ADVERSE DRUG
REACTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS IN CCU AND POST CCU WARDS IN AN IRANIAN
UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL
N Golchin,
K Gholami
Food and Drug Affairs ,Ministry of Health, Tehran, Iran
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
16:45 –
19:45
Hall A
PL05 Plenary Session
VASCULAR BIOLOGY, ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION
VASCULAR
EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE. LESSONS FROM ANIMAL MODELS
(Invited Lecture)
G Kojda,
Institut fuer Pharmakologie und Klinische Pharmakologie, Heinrich-Heine
Universitaet, Duesseldorf, Germany
ESTRADIOL AND
VASCULAR HEALING: A PROMISING THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY
(Invited Lecture)
J-F
Tanguay,
P. Geraldes, M.G. Sirois, I. Cloutie
Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal, Montreal, Qc, Canada
CONTROLLING
INFLAMMATORY CELL ACTIVATION AND RESTORING ENDOTHELIAL
CELL FUNCTION DURING OXIDATIVE STRESS THROUGH NOVEL
CELLULAR TARGETS (Invited Lecture)
K Maiese,
Z.Z. Chong, F. Li
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
NF-KAPPAB
SIGNALING IN VASCULAR REPAIR (Invited Lecture)
Z.Q. Yan
,
W. Erl, D.X Bu, R de Martin, G.K Hansson
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden,
ROLE OF
ANGIOTENSIN II AND MECHANICAL PRESSURE IN OXIDATIVE STRESS IN
ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION
(Invited Lecture)
Y Higashi,
Hiroshima University, Cardiovascular Physiology and Medicine, Hiroshima,
Japan
CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE INHIBITION IN
REPERFUSION INJURY AND IN HEART FAILURE
(Invited Lecture)
C Szabo,
Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Beverly, MA, USA
RESPECTIVE
ROLE OF NITRIC OXIDE AND PROSTAGLANDINS IN ENDOTHELIAL
DYSFUNCTION (Invited Lecture)
L
Belhassen, Hopital Prive d'Antony, Antony, France
IS
EXPRESSIONAL UPREGULATION OF ENDOTHELIAL NO SYNTHASE A PRACTICAL
APPROACH TO PREVENT VASCULAR DISEASE (Invited
Lecture)
U.
Forstermann, H. Li
Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
IN VIVO
CASPASE INHIBITION PREVENTS PLAQUE PROGRESSION IN A MOUSE MODEL OF
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
R. Hutter,
C. Valdiviezo, B. Sauter, J.J. Badimon, V. Fuster
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
16:45 –
19:15
Hall B
PL06
Plenary Session
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PATHOGENESIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE
CONTEMPORARY
DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHM FOR PERICARDIAL DISEASES: LESSONS TO BE
LEARNED FROM THE FIRST EUROPEAN GUIDELINES
(Invited Lecture)
P.M.
Seferovic,
University Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
AN ANIMAL
MODEL OF DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; IMPLICATION OF MEDICAL TREATMENT
(Invited Lecture)
M Hori,
K Yamamoto, Y Sakata, T Masuyama
Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan,
ASSESSMENT OF
LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC FUNCTION: ROLE OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC
TECHNIQUES (Invited Lecture)
S.F.
Nagueh,
Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
ENDOCARDIAL
RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF SEPTAL HYPERTROPHY (ERASH) FOR
HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY: A NEW
MODALITY OF GRADIENT REDUCTION? (Invited
Lecture)
T Lawrenz
,
F Lieder, M Bartelsmeier-Schmale, H Kuhn
Bielefeld Klinikum, Dept. of Cardiology,
Bielefeld, Germany
VASOACTIVE
INTESTINAL PEPTIDE: A NEW TREATMENT FOR PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
(Invited Lecture)
I
Rubinstein,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
THE MUSCLE
HYPOTHESIS IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE: MYTH OR FACT?
(Invited Lecture)
M.F.
Piepoli,
A. Capucci, G.Q. Villani
Cardiology, G da Saliceto Hospital. Piacenza, Italy
CARDIORENAL
SYNDROME IN HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
U. Elkayam,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN RENAL FAILURE: AN OVERVIEW
(Invited Lecture)
R.R. Wenzel,
Clinic of Internal Medicine, Cardiology & Nephrology – Cardiovascular
Research Zell am See, Austria
IS EMPATHY AN
EFFICIENT ADJUNCT THERAPY IN SEVERE HEART FAILURE?
(Invited Lecture)
H. J.
Geschwind,
Paris 12 University, Creteil and EHESS, Paris, France
SEX, LIES AND
HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
M.
Martinez-Selles,
University Hospital Gregorio Maranon, Madrid, Spain
16:45 –
19:30
Hall C
S55
Session
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION TO PREVENT STROKE IN SUB-OPTIMAL
WARFARIN CANDIDATES: INTERIM RESULTS OF THE EUROPEAN MULTICENTER
REGISTRY TRIAL
H Sievert,
Y. Bayard, H. Omran, L.Thuesen, M.
Pichler; E. Rowland, A. Bartorelli;
P. Brugada, P.W. Serruys; W. Budts; A. Ramondo; A. Vahanian; P. Probst;
G. Montalescot; J-F. Piéchaud; K-H. Kuck; W. Ruzyllo, J. Marco, T.
Wichter, E. Garcia,
E Onorato, E. Fischer, M. Leetz, S. Ostermayer,
F. Büscheck, H. Lissmann-Jensen, K. Lang
CardioVascular Center Frankfurt, Sankt Katharinen, Frankfurt, Germany
SYSTEMIC
NANOPARTICLE ALBUMIN-BOUND PACLITAXEL (ABI-007) FOR PREVENTION OF IN-STENT
RESTENOSIS (SNAPIST-I): A FIRST IN MAN SAFETY AND DOSE
FINDING STUDY
J.E.
McDonald,
W.P. Klinke, J. Margolis, R. Heuser, R. Waksman, R Virmani, J. Fajadet,
J.D. Hilton
Victoria Heart Institute Foundation, Victoria, BC, Canada
IMPACT OF
ABCIXIMAB ON CORONARY RESTENOSIS IN DIABETIC PATIENTS UNDERGOING
ELECTIVE PACLITAXEL-ELUTING STENT IMPLANTATION
L. De Luca,
G. Sardella, G. De Persio, A. Di Roma, G. Benedetti, G. Conti, M Mancone,
F. Fedele
Dept. of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, La Sapienza
University, Rome, Italy
NEW INSIGHT
IN TRANSCATHETER VALVE REPLACEMENT : APPROACHING THE
ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVES. AN ANIMAL STUDY
Y
Boudjemline,
G Agnoletti, D Bonnet, D Sidi, P Bonhoeffer
Pediatic Cardiology, Necker for Sick Children Hospital, Paris, France,
EMUI 0016, Necker University, Paris, France
DOES VASCULAR
PATENCY OF CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION(CTO) CONTRIBUTE TO
IMPROVE THE LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS?
K. Hirano,
T. Muramatsu, R. Tsukahara, Y. Ito, Y. Furuse, S. Nishimura, T. Tsubota, T
Orita
Kawasaki Social Insurance Hospital,
Kawasaki City, Japan
IN-STENT
RESTENOSIS OFTEN MANIFESTS AS ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME:
IMPLICATIONS FOR WIESPREAD USE OF DRUG-ELUTING STENTS
V.N. Singh,
R. Sharma, M. Richardson
Suncoast Cardiovascular Research, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTION TO THE UNPROTECTED LEFT MAIN
CORONARY ARTERY: TWELVE MONTH EXPERIENCE OF UNSELECTED CASES
A.K. Jain, E.J.Smith, S.K. Shukla, A. Mathur, J.C. Hogan, C.J. Knight, A.D. Timmis,
M.T. Rothman
Barts and The
London NHS
Trust, London, England, U.K.
STENT-GRAFT
TREATMENT OF COMPLETE ACUTE AORTIC TRANSECTION AND PSEUDO-COARTACTION
E. de Cillis,
A.S. Bortone , D. D'Agostino, L. de Luca Tupputi Schinosa
Institute of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bari, Italy
LONG-TERM RESULTS OF CAROTID STENTING
H.
Sievert,
E. Schluessmann,
J.Sugita, K. Rabe, H. Goedel, H. Lissmann-Jensen,
A.
Römer, K. Lang, I. Hofmann, T. Middeldorf, P. Schneider, U. Oetjen, C.
Thomalske
CardioVascular Center Frankfurt, Sankt Katharinen, Frankfurt, Germany,
TOWARDS
OFF-SITE PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL
V Umans,
H Peels, H de Swart, R Hautvast
Medical
Center Alkmaar, The Netherlands
MONDAY,
JULY 18, 2005
08:30 – 11:15
Hall A
PL07:
Plenary Session
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY: VARIOUS ETIOLOGIES
DIAGNOSIS
ANS TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY CARDIOMYOPATHY
(Invited Lecture)
H. Schultheiss,
Charite-University Medicine Berlin- Campus Benjamin Franklin, Germany
OBESITY
CARDIOMYOPATHY: PATHOGENESIS, CLINICAL RECOGNITION AND
MANAGEMENT
(Invited Lecture)
M.A. Alpert,
St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, USA
COLLAGEN
AND CARDIOVASCULAR REMODELING. WHY BOTHER?
(Invited Lecture)|B.I.
Jugdutt,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
HIV
INFECTION AND THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
(Invited Lecture)
G. Barbaro,
Medical Pathophysiology, University of La Sapienza, Italy
PROGNOSTIC
FACTORS AND RISK STRATIFICATION IN CHAGAS
HEART DISEASE
(Invited Lecture)
A., Jr.
Rassi,
Anis Rassi Hospital, Goiania, GO, Brazil*
CARDIAC CA2+ CHANNELS PROVIDE A MAJOUR PATHWAY FOR IRON ENTRY
INTO HEART CELLS
(Invited Lecture)
P.H. Backx,
M.G. Trivieri, G.Y. Oudit, Univeristy of Toronto, Canada
"IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY: AN ISCHEMIC MYOCARDIAL
DISEASE?"
(Invited Lecture)
D. Neglia,
CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy
FABRY
CARDIOMYOPATHY: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
(Invited Lecture)
A. Frustaci,
Department of Cardiology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
DOBUTAMINE-INDUCED
HYPERSENSITIVITY MYOCARDITIS IN END-STAGE HEART FAILURE
PATIENTS
(Invited Lecture)
C.Y. Lui, J.R. Younger, R.E. Sobonya, F.A. Arabia, J.G. Copeland, U.
Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
PROSPECTS
OF PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OF DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY, CAUSED BY
VIRAL DAMAGE OF HEART (CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES) (Invited
Lecture)
N.
Kipshidze,
Institute of Experimental and Clinical Therapy, Tbilisi, Georgia
MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005
08:30 –
11:15
Hall B
PL08:
Plenary Session
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
THE PROBLEM
OF PCI IN THE ELDERLY
(Invited Lecture)
W. Kübler,
Neckargemünd,
Germany
TRANSCATHETER CLOSURE OF PATENT FORAMEN OVALE FOR SECONDARY PREVENTION
OF TIAS AND STROKES: ACUTE RESULTS AND FOLLOW UP IN 770 PATIENTS
(Invited Lecture)
H. Sievert, M. Taaffe, R. Hein, F. Büscheck,
Bayard, M. Reschke,
S. Ostermayer, K. Billinger, Römer, H. Lissmann-Jensen,
T. Middeldorf, N. Wilson, I. Hofmann, K. Lang
CardioVascular, Center Frankfurt Sankt Katherinen,
Frankfurt, Germany
SIX YEARS OF ALCOHOL SEPTAL ABLATION FOR HOCM: LESSONS
LEARNED (Invited Lecture)
N. Lakkis, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
PERCUTANEOUS CAROTID INTERVENTIONS UNDER
NEUROPROTECTION - AN
UPDATE 2005
(Invited Lecture)
H. Mudra,
Dept. of Cardiology, Krankenhaus Munchen Neuperlach, Munchen, Germany
DRUG ELUTING STENTS IN CURRENT CORONARY INTERVENTIONAL
PRACTICE (Invited Lecture)
V. Mathew, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
ADVANCES IN BIOENGINEERING AND
BIOMATERIALS: IMPROVING
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
(Invited Lecture)
S.R.
Bailey,
University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
GENE-ELUTING STENTS FOR PREVENTION OF RESTENOSIS: AN ANTI-INFLAMMATION STRATEGY FOR NEXT-GENERATION INTRAVASCULAR THERAPY
(Invited Lecture)
K.
Egashira,
Gaduate Schoold of Medical Sciences,
Kyushu University, Fukuaka, Japan
RENAL
ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING UNDER PROTECTION. THE WAY FOR THE
FUTURE?
(Invited Lecture)
M. Henry,
I. Henry, A. Polydorou, A.D. Polydorou, E. Le Borgne, M. Hugel
Cabinet de Cardiologie, Nancy France
MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005
08:30 –
11:15
Hall C
S 56
Session
HYPERTENSION, DIABETES MELLITUS, OBESITY AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS,
BASIC AND CLINICAL
IMPAIRED HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSE TO THE CARDIAC EXERCISE STRESS
TEST IN DIABETIC SUBJECTS
A.R.
Khoshdel,
S.L. Carney, S. White, P. Fletcher
John Hunter
Hospital, Dept. of Nephrology, The
University of
Newcastle,
NSW, Australia
CARDIAC
OVER-EXPRESSION OF CATALASE ABLATES INSULIN RESISTANCE-INDUCED
CARDIAC CONTRACTILE DYSFUNCTION AND PROTEIN CARBONYL FORMATION
INDEPENDENT OF INSULIN RECEPTOR SIGNALING
F. Dong, C.X. Fang, B.H. Zhao, J. Ren, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
FASTING
SERUM APOLIPOPROTEIN B-48 LEVEL MEASURED BY NOVEL ELISA IS A GOOD MARKER
OF POSTPRANDIAL HYPERLIPIDEMIA AND PREDICTS CORONARY HEART
DISEASE
S. Yamashita, T. Sugimoto, K. Tsujii, I. Shimomura, Y.
Masuda, A. Ikeda, T. Okuno, Y.Uchida, N. Sakai,
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita,
Osaka, Japan
INSULIN
RESISTANCE IN SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE CARDIOMYOCYTES: ROLE OF
PPAR-GAMMA
F. Gao, H.F. Zhang, J. Li, H. Ma, R. Li, Q.H. Ji, W.Y. Guo, H.C.
Wang
Cardiovascular Research Center, Xijing Hospital, Fourth
Military Medical
University,
Xi¡ an, China
THE EFFECT
OF BODY MASS INDEX CHANGES BETWEEN AGES 5 AND 14 ON BLOOD PRESSURE AT
AGE 14: FINDINGS FROM A BIRTH-COHORT STUDY
A.A. Mamun, G.M. Williams, D.A. Lawlor, M.
O'Callaghan, J.M. Najman
University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
LIGHT/DARK VARIATIONS OF CELL-MEDIATED INMUNITY ACTIVATION IN
PATIENTS WITH ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
M. Garcia-Gonzalez A. Dominguez-Rodriguez,
P Abreu-Gonzalez,
J. Ferrer-Hita, M. Bethencourt-Munoz
Hospital
Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
EFFECT OF SOYBEAN PROTEIN ON BLOOD
PRESSURE: A RANDOMIZED
CONTROLLED
TRIAL
|J. He,
D. Gu, X. Wu, J. Chen, P.K. Whelton, Tulane
University, New Orleans, LA, USA
AUTONOMIC
DYSFUNCTION IN ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS WITH TTR MET30+.
J. Freitas, R. Santos, M. Carvalho, E. Azevedo, E. Teixeira, F.
Rocha-Goncalves
Hospital de Sao Joao, Porto, Portugal
URIC
ACID STIMULATES VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL PROLIFERATION BY INCREASING
ENDOTHELIN-1 EXPRESSION
T.H. Cheng,
H.H. Chao, J.C. Liu, H.Y. Yang, J.Y. Liou, K.G. Shyu,
Taipei Medical University-Wan Fang Hospital & Graduate
Institute of Medical Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan
ROLE OF
HYPERPOLARIZATION AND NITRIC OXIDE IN THE RADIAL ARTERY OF ESSENTIAL
HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS
I. Kardasz,
Scuola Superiore S.Anna University, Pisa, Italy
INFLUENCE OF DIABETES MELLITUS OVER PROGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT
OF NON
ST
ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
J.
Ferrer-Hita,
A.
Dominguez-Rodriguez, M. Garcia-Gonzalez, Abreu-Gonzalez, M. Bethencourt-Munoz,
F. Marrero-Rodriguez
Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife,
Spain
MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005
08:30 –
12:30
Poster Hall
P301 Poster Session
MOLECULAR CARDIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH II
D-4F AN APOLIPOPROTEIN MIMETICPEPTIDE CAUSES THE MOVEMENT OF APOA-I FROM
LARGER TO SMALLER HDL PARTICLES
C. Chyu,
UCLA, Dept of Medicine,
Los Angeles, CA, USA
COLLAGEN AND
PICROSIRIUS RED STAINING: A POLARIZED LIGHT ASSESSMENT OF FIBRILLAR HUE
AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
L Rich, P Whittaker,
University of Massachusetts Medical School,
Worcester, MA, USA
HIGH DENSITY FORM
PATIENTS WITH PERIODONTAL DISEASES IS NOT PROTECTIVE AGAINST LOW DENSITY
OXIDATION
A Meshakat,
UCLA Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA, USA
REGULATION OF CARDIAC
MUSCARINIC RECEPTORS IN CHAGAS DISEASE: IN VIVO AND IN VITRO ANALYSES
K.R Peraza-Cruces, L.A
Gutierrez-Guedez, D.D Castaneda-Perozo, C.R Alvarez-Yepez, C.S.R
Lankford, C.C Rodriguez-Valenzuela, R.A Bonfante-Cabarcas
Universidad
Centro Occidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela
SUPPRESSION OF COLLAGEN
PRODUCTION IN CARDIAC FIBROBLASTS USING TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINAL
COMPOUNDS
C.M Yu,
Yu Huang, E.K.C Kong, K.P Chen, J.E Sanderson
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
ISCHEMIA OR
REPERFUSION: WHICH IS A MAIN TRIGGER FOR CHANGES IN NITRIC OXIDE
SYNTHASES EXPRESSION
D Pevni,
I Frolkis, L de Perini, I Shapira, A Kramer, G Bolotin, G Uretzky
Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center, Israel
INHIBITORY EFFECT OF
HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF SANDIMMUNE ON CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE-DEPENDENT
MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION IS REVERSIBLE BY EXTERNAL CYTOCHROME C
A.V. Todor
, V.G. Sharov, H.N. Sabbah,
Henry Ford Health System,
Detroit,
MI, U.S.A.
ASTROCYTE SUPPORT OF
SYNAPTOGENESIS IS AUGMENTED BY NORMAL HDL AND IS PREVENTED BY
DYSFUNCTIONAL HDL
K. Navab,
UCLA Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
DISTURBED ICA.L BY
HYPERPHOSPHORYLATION TO WORSEN CARDIAC FUNCTION IS RELIEVED BY CPU86017
H.L Wang, D.Z Dai,
W.F Lu, S.B Li, F Yu,
China
Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN
SPORT AND PATIENTS’ RECOVERY AFTER GENERAL SURGERIES AND ANESTHESIA IN
RECOVERY UNITS OF SELECTED HOSPITAL OF ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL
SCIENCES IN 2004
H. Farahmand, A. Fereshtehnejad, A.
Fereshtehnejad, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan,
Iran
MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005
08:30 –
12:30
Poster Hall
P302 Poster Session
CARDIAC IMAGING
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE RIGHT VENTRICLE MOTION USING CINE MRI IN
PATIENTS REFERRED FOR SUSPECTED ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR
DYSPLASIA
A. Azarine,
X. Lyon, F. Hidden-Lucet, A. Redheuil, O. de Sauniere, E. Mousseaux, HEGP, Paris, France
MULTISLICE COMPUTER
TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY FOR EVALUATION OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING LIVER
TRANSPLANTATION
G.J Friedrich,
S Abbrederis, O Pachinger, D zurNedden, I Graziadei, E Gassner, W Vogel, G.M Feuchtner,
University Hospital, Cardiology Dept,
Innsbruck, Austria
MULTISLICE COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY FOR EVALUATION OF CORONARY
ARTERY LESION MORPHOLOGY AND RELATION TO CLINICAL PRESENTATION
G.J. Friedrich,
M. Frick, W. Dichtl, F. Weidinger, O. Pachinger, W. Grander,
W Koelli, G.M Feuchtner, University Hospital,
Cardiology Dept, Innsbruck, Austria
COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT
HEART RATE-LOWERING BETA-BLOCKER PROTOCOLS FOR CORONARY CT-IMAGING
A. Azarine,
X. Lyon, M. Sapoval, A. Redheuil, B. Mader, E. Mousseaux
HEGP,
Paris, France
THE VALUE OF 18FDG
COINCIDENCES SPECT FOR DETECTION MYOCARDIAL VIABILITY IN FASTING
/GLUCOSE LOADING
H. Shi,
X. Zhang, S. Chen, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan
University, Shanghai, China
P303 Poster Session
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
SEMIAUTOMATIC DETECTION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR CAVITY IN ATTENUATED HARMONIC
CONTRAST IMAGES
S Yoshifuku,
S Chen, EM McMahon, I Ochiai, J Korinek, M Belohlavek
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
ROLE OF FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF COMPLEX HEART
DEFECTS WITH DECREASED PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW
L.A. Bockeria, E.D. Bespalova, A.I. Tyumeneva, O.G. Suratova, E.S.
Sinkovskaya
Bakoulev Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow,
Russia
DOES CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IMPROVE LV VOLUME ANALYSIS IN A ROUTINE
SETTING?
J S Silberbauer, W Taggu, M Hankins, A Topham, A Arya, J Vrahimides,
N R Patel, G W Lloyd
Eastbourne District General Hospital, Eastbourne, East
Sussex, UK
EARLY CONTRACTILE
DETERIORATION IN HYPERTENSIVE LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY
E.M Escudero,
A.L Tufare, V Ankudowicz
Italian Hospital, National University of La
Plata, La Plata, Argentina
TRANSESOPHAGEAL
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IS NOT NECESSARY PRIOR TO RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF
ATRIAL FLUTTER
U.N Kumar,
S Akhtari, E Foster, B.K Lee,
University
of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
ACCURACY OF DOBUTAMINE
STRESS ECG FOR DIAGNOSIS OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
S. Khoaropanah,
M Zafar, Shiraz University of Medical
Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
P304 Poster Session
ANGIOPLASTY OR SURGERY FOR MULTIVESSEL CORONARY
ARTERY DISEASE
EFFECTS OF GENDER AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS ON PLATELET AND
NEUTROPHIL INTERACTIONS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY
INTERVENTION (PCI)
Z-Y Jiang,
N. Azzi, Y. Merhi,
J-F Tanguay,
Montreal Heart Institute, QC. Canada
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS
GRAFT IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS. A MULTICENTER CASE CONTROL STUDY
F. Boccara, G. Odi, E. Di Angelantonio, A. Cohen, G. Barbarini, G.
Barbaro
Saint Antoine University Hospital, Paris, France
THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
PHYSIOLOGICAL CAPACITY OF THE HEART POST CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT
SURGERY
A.Y Patwala,
D Barker, S.G Williams, M Jackson, L.B Tan, D.J Wright
The Cardiothoracic Centre, Thomas Drive, Liverpool, Meseyside, UK
SEQUENTIAL ENDOVASCULAR
COIL EMBOLIZATION FOR A TRAUMATIC CERVICAL VERTEBRAL AV FISTULA
C.L Hung
, YJ Wu, C.J.Y Hou,
Mackay
Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
WITH THE MODIFIED BOOT STRAP ANGIOPLASTY PROCEDURE FOR DOUBLE VESSEL
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
A.D. Vrachatis, M.A.
Fraley, D.J. Nikas, A.A. Zacharoulis, M.A. Alpert
St. John's
Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, USA
P305 Poster Session
PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN THE HEALTHY
ADULT AND CHILDREN
ACUTE EFFECTS OF NICOTINE AND VASOMOTOR ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN YOUNG
MALE SMOKERS
G.E. Roytberg,
M.A. Angelina, T.I. Ushakova, Russian State
Medical University, Moscow, Russia
CHARACTERISTICS OF APPARENTLY HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS WITH VERY LOW C
REACTIVE PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS
I. Shapira,
O. Rogowski, S. Toker, S. Melamed, A. Shirom, D. Zeltser, S. Berliner
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv and Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv, Israel
THE INFLUENCE OF AGE AND SEX ON SYMPTOM PRESENTATION IN ACUTE CORONARY
SYNDROME
S Moshar, P Aghajanzadeh, Heshmet Hospital, Rasht, Iran
ASSOCIATION OF TEENAGE
PREGNANCY WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME IN MIDDLE AGE
M H Akbar,
Guilan
University of Medical Sciences, Rasht. Iran
HIGH RATES OF
ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN SUBJECTS RISK STRATIFIED AS
LOW RISK PER FRAMINGHAM
K.O Akosah,
V.L McHugh, A.M Schaper, S.I Barnhart, M.A Mathiason, P.A Perlock
Gundersen
Lutheran Health System, La Crosse and University of Wisconsin Madison,
Madison, WI, USA
PREVALENCE OF
CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN KUWAIT
F.A Al Assomi,
Surra Health Center, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait
ON-SITE CASE MANAGEMENT
IS BETTER THAN TELEPHONIC MONITORING FOR WEIGHT LOSS
D.A Marshall,
E.M Walizer, M.N Vernalis
Walter Reed
Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF
OBEDIENCE OF NURSING-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP PRINCIPLES FROM THE VIEWPOINTS
OF PATIENTS AND NURSES IN ALZAHRA HOSPITAL
M. Nasiri,
Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran
P306 Poster Session
MODIFICATION OF LIPOPROTEINS AND CORONARY DISEASE
PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 LEVELS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND
REDUCED WITH STATIN THERAPY
S.H Kim,
J.H Zo, M.A Kim, J,S Lee
Boramae
Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTIOXIDANT PEPTIDES DERIVED FROM HIS RESIDUE-CONTAINING
SEQUENCES PRESENT IN HUMAN PARAOXONASE1
S.D Nguyen, M.R Kim,
D.E Sok
Chungnam National University, Daejon, South Korea
THE EFFECTS OF FOLATE ON SERUM LIPOPROTEINS,HOMOCYSTEINE AND TOTAL
ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY IN HYPERCHOLESTOLEMIC PERSONS
F. Shidfar,
R. Homayonfar, A. Kalani
Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT OF GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLE EXTRACTS ON THE OXIDATION OF
HUMAN LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
M.R Kim, Y.H Yang,
D.E Sok
Chungnam
National University, Daejon, Korea
EFFECTS OF SOY PROTEIN
ISOFLAVONES ON LIPID PROFILE AND SERUM HORMONES IN HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC
MEN
R Amani,
A Zand-Moghaddam,
Ahvaz
Jundi-Shapour University, Ahvaz, Iran
P307 Poster Session
PHARMACOLOGIC MODULATION OF VASCULAR-ENDOTHELIAL
FUNCTION
THE EFFECT OF LONG-TERM CARVEDILOL TREATMENT ON ENDOTHELIAL PROTHROMBOTIC
AND FIBRINOLYTIC FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
E.V. Shlyakhto, K.A.
Khmelnitskaya, M.U. Sitnikova
Pavlov State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
NCX 6550, A
NITRO-DERIVATIVE OF PRAVASTATIN IMPROVES ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN SHR
C Presotto,
D Miglietta, R Olivieri, A Monopoli, Nicox
Research Institute,
Bresso, MI,
Italy
CHRONIC SILDENAFIL THERAPY IMPROVES RESPONSIVENESS OF ENDOTHELIAL
FUNCTION IN DIABETIC PATIENTS
G.M.C Rosano,
C Vitale, M Fini, G Marazzi, M Volterrani,
Fondazione San Raffaele IRCCS - Roma, Italy
A THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY
USING SUBCUTANEOUS MAGNESIUM TO REDUCE SPACE FLIGHT ISCHEMIC INJURIES
W.J.
Rowe,
Medical College, Ohio at Toledo, U.S.A
THE EFFECTS OF STATINS
ON PLASMA ADIPONECTIN LEVELS IN NON-DIABETICS, HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC
PATIENTS
Y.A Ding,
P.F Hsu, T.M Lu
Taipei Veterans
General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
AN OPEN LABEL CROSSOVER
TRIAL OF EFFECTS OF METRONIDAZOL ON HYPERLIPIDAEMIA
K Shamkhani,
M.A Pira, M.H. Akbar, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
INHIBITION OF CYCLIC STRAIN-INDUCED ENDOTHELIN-1 SECRETION BY TRILINOLEIN
W. Ko, P.
Chan, T. Cheng
Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
AUTONOMIC FUNCTIONS IN
PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
E Onrat, C Kilit, D Evcik, N Kara, T Cakir, M Melek, A Avsar, V Kavuncu
Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey
EFFECTS OF SIMVASTATIN
ON EXERCISE-INDUCED MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA AND PLASMA
ENDOTHELIAL-1 LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH STABLE ANGINA WITHIN FOUR WEEKS
J-J Li,
R-T Hui, Chinese Academy of Medical Science
and Peking Union Medical Science, Beijing, China
P308 Poster Session
MISCELLANEOUS III
DIFFERENT ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE SYNDROMES PATTERNS IN HEAD-UP TILT
EVALUATION
J. Freitas, R. Santos, M. Carvalho, F. Boomsma, A.
Meiracker, F. Rocha-Goncalves
Hospital de Sao Joao, Porto, Portugal
ADHERENCE TO STATINS, BETA-BLOCKERS, AND ACE INHIBITORS FOLLOWING A
CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT. A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY
D.F. Blackburn,
R.T. Dobson, J.L. Blackburn, T.W. Wilson, M.R. Stang, W.W. Semchuk
University
of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
CLINICAL SYMPTOMS AND
NON-INVASIVE TESTING FAIL TO PREDICT THE PRESENCE OF SIGNIFICANT
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN MEN AND WOMEN UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY
W Taggu,
AF Cooper, N.R Patel, Guy Lloyd
Eastbourne
DGH, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK
ASSESSMENT OF CORONARY
VEIN ANATOMY WITH CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY
A Roka,
B Kovacs, S Szilagyi, L Geller, B Merkely
Semmelweis
University, Budapest, Hungary
THE EFFECT OF
TONGXINLUO ON ET-1 IN A MINI-SWINE MODEL OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
AND REPERFUSION
J.L Zhao,
Y.J Yang, J,L Chen,
Fuwai
Heart Hospital, Beijing, China
USEFULNESS OF
MEASUREMENT OF DIABETIC CONTROL INDEX AS A POINT OF CARE
S.E Alansari,
Armed Forces Hospital, Ministry of Defense, Kuwait
EFFICACY
OF PLASMA SEPARATION IN COMPLEX THERAPY OF OLD PATIENTS WITH
POSTINFARCTIONAL CARDIOSCLEROSIS AND HEART FAILURE
R.M.
Zaslavskaya,
G.V Lilitsa, M.I Kalinina, M.M Tejbloom
Hospital
No. 60, Moscow, Russia
COMPARISION OF PLASMA LEPTIN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH
NORMAL, LOW, MODERATE
AND HIGH RISK MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SCAN
A.H. Bagheri, R.Olamaei, A.
Khosravi M.S Khosravi
M. Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahroud Faculty of Medical Sciences, Islamic
Republic of Iran
MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005
11:15 –
13:45
Hall A
PL09:
Plenary Session
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE / HEART VALVE SURGERY / DISEASES OF
THE THORACIC AORTA / SURGICAL REVASCULARIZATION
MOLECULAR/CELLULAR PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: POSSIBLE BASIS FOR CLINICAL MANAGEMENT
IN REGURGITANT VALVULAR DISEASES? (Invited Lecture)
J. Borer,
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
AORTA: FUNCTION-DYSFUNCTION-CLINICAL
IMPLICATIONS (Invited Lecture)
H.
Boudoulas,
Foundation Biomedical Research, Academy of Athens, Greece
INCITING
EVENTS FOR ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION (Invited Lecture)
J.A.
Elefteriades,
I. Hatzaras, J. Bible
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
PERCUTANEOUS MITRAL VALVE REPAIR (Invited Lecture)
T. Sanborn,
Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, Illinois, USA
MITRAL VALVE REPAIR IN PATIENTS WITH
END-STAGE CARDIOMYOPATHY: WHO
WILL
BENEFIT? (Invited Lecture)
D.M. Meyer,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
PATIENT-PROSTHESIS MISMATCH: DEFINITION (Invited Lecture)
P. Pibarot,
Research Center of Laval Hospital, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada
SURGERY FOR
END-STAGE CORONARY DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
K.A.
Horvath,
National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
COMPLETE
MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION BY “EXCLUSIVE MAMMARY ARTERY
GRAFTING”: RESULTS OF A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH (Invited Lecture)
P. Nataf,
N. Al Attar, R. Ramadan, R. Raffoul, F. Nappi
CCN, Center Cardiologique du Nord, Saint Denis,
France
OSTEOBLASTOGENESIS IN AORTIC VALVE DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
N.M.
Rajamannan,
Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, IL, USA
FACTORS
DETERMINING BLEEDING RISK AFTER MECHANICAL VALVE REPLACEMENT
- 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN 1766 PATIENTS
E.G.
Butchart,
N. Payne, G.G. Grunkemeier
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK
15 YEARS
CLINICAL AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FOLLOW-UP RESULTS IN 493 PATIENTS
UNDERGOING SUCCESSFUL MITRAL BALLOON VALVOTOMY AND PREDICTORS
OF LONG-TERM OUTCOME
M.E. Fawzy
, W Hassan,
F. El Shaer, A.Al Sanei, M Shahid, A. ElDali, M. Al Amri
King Faisal
Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005
11:15 –
14:00
Hall B
PL10:
Plenary Session
ATHEROSCLEROSIS: PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT
NUTRITION,
INFLAMMATION, AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS (Invited Lecture)
R. Paoletti,
University of Milan, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Milan,
Italy
SUCCESSFUL GENE THERAPY AGAINST ATHEROSCLEROSIS BY RAAV DELIVERY OF IL-10
(Invited Lecture)
J.L. Mehta,
Y. Liu, J. Chen, J. Xie, S. Bandyopadhyay, A.R. Nemarkommula, P. Mehta D. Li, P.L.
Hermonat, University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
THE ROLE OF STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS IN THE
PATHOGENESIS OF
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS (Invited Lecture)
Q. Xu,
St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
MECHANISM OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE INSTABILITY: ROLE OF
ANGIOTENSIN II (Invited Lecture)
A. Mezzetti, Atherosclerosis Prevention Center, "G.
d'Annunzio" University
Foundation,
Chieti Scalo, Italy
INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS1 (Invited Lecture)
S. Amar,
Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
HAS THE
TIME COME FOR SCREENING FOR ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE? (Invited Lecture)
S. Stern,
Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
CARDIOPROTECTION WITH ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING: IS EFFICACY
MAINTAINED IN AGING COHORTS? (Invited Lecture)
K.
Przyklenk,
University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dept. of Emergency
Medicine, Worcester, MA, USA
ANTIANGINAL
THERAPY AND STRESS TESTING (Invited Lecture)
R.
Sicari, CNR, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy
NEW AND
EVOLVING TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR CHRONIC REFRACTORY ANGINA
(Invited Lecture)
G. Barsness,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
MONDAY,
JULY 18, 2005
11:15 –
14:00
Hall C
S57:
Session
VASCULAR BIOLOGY, VASCULAR RESEARCH
THE ROLE OF
ARGINASE IN ATHEROSCLEROTIC ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION
Z. Yang,
X.F. Ming, C. Barandier, H. Viswambharan, B.R. Kwak, D. Hayoz
Department
of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
ROLE OF
CIRCULATING TISSUE FACTOR ON STENT THROMBOSIS IN AN IN VITRO SYSTEM
T.
Palmerini,
B. Coller, V. Cervi, L. Tomasi, A. Marzocchi, C. Marrozzini, P. Ortolani,
O. Leone, M. Picciolo, A. Branzi,
Policlinico S. Orsola, Bologna, Italy
EXPRESSION
OF VEGFR-2 ON CD14+ PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONOCYTES IS ESSENTIAL
FOR THEIR ENDOTHELIAL-LIKE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
E. Elsheikh, M. Uzunel, Z. He, J. Holgersson, G.Nowak, S.
Sumitran-Holgersson,
Divisions of Transplantation Surgery, Karolinska University, Stockholm,
Sweden
EFFECT OF
STATINS ON INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN CLAUDICANTS WITH PERIPHERAL
ARTERIAL DISEASE (PAD)
R.G.
DePalma,
V.W. Hayes, P. E. May, H.T. Cafferata, L.R. Zacharski, B.K. Chow, G. Shamayeva, H.A. Mohammadpour, L.A. Briggs,
Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC,
USA
OF HYDROGEN
PEROXIDE ON CIRCULATING CELLS WITH ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR
CAPACITY IN MICE
G. Kojda,
S. Kumpf, V. Adams, T. Suvorava, R. Hambrecht,
Heinrich-Heine Universitaet, Duesseldorf,
Germany
THROMBOXANE A2 INHIBITS EXPRESSION OF INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE
SYNTHASE AND REGULATES VASCULAR TONE
T. Yamada, T. Fujino, K. Yuhki, A. Hara, K. Matsubara, S.
Narumiya, F. Ushikubi,
Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan
DOES
PERIODONTAL DISEASE INFLUENCE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK? A RANDOMIZED
CONTROLLED PILOT TRIAL
F. D'Aiuto, L. Nibali, M. Parkar, J. Suvan, M.S. Tonetti,
Eastman Dental Institute and Hospital, University
College London, London, UK
IN VIVO PPARALPHA ACTIVATION REDUCES BLOOD PRESSURE AND
ENDOTHELIAL
DYSFUNCTION IN SALT-SENSITIVE HYPERTENSION
L.X. Li,
G.D. Fink, A.F. Chen, Michigan State University, East Lansing,
MI, USA
ENDOTHELIAL
FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL ANEMIA DURING AND AFTER
SICKLE CELL CRISES
A. Blum,
A. Peleg, K. Kruger, F.Vigder, S. Yegane, K. Khazim
Poria
Medical Center, Lower Galilee, Israel
PARTICULATE
MATTER REDUCES VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION
N. Bai, M. Khazaei, I. Laher, S.F. Van Eeden,
Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics,
University of British Columbia,Vancouver, BC, Canada
COMAPRATIVE
ANALYSIS OF INFLAMMATORY MOLECULAR EXPRESSIONS IN PROTEOMIC
STUDY ON A NEW MODEL OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC RAT
P.Y. Yang, Y.C. Rui, L. Lu,
Second Military Medical University, Dept. of Pharmacology, School
of Pharmacy, Shanghai, China
S 18886
IMPROVES ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION ON A LONG TERM BASIS IN
ATHEROSCLEROTIC PATIENTS
L. Belhassen, G. Pelle, J.L. Dubois Rande, S. Adnot, Hopital
Prive d'Antony, Antony, France
11:15 –
14:00
Hall D
S58 Session
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME, ACUTE MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION, ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY, BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS
POLY-ADP-RIBOSE-POLYMERASE-1 (PARP-1) IS ACTIVATED BY ACUTE MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION AND PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY
INTERVENTION
C. Szabo,
Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Beverly, MA, USA
S TROPONIN ELEVATION AS A SINGLE VARIABLE SUFFICIENT TO
REFER A PATIENT
FOR
CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION?
Y. Selektor, T. Hanane, H. Faraz, J. Guzman, P.J.
McLaughlin, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
THE
PROSTAGLANDIN E2-EP4 SYSTEM PROTECTS THE HEART FROM ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION
INJURY
K. Yuhki, A. Hara, S. Narumiya, F. Ushikubi, C.Y. Xiao, T. Fujno,
Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan
THE EFFECT OF ADENOSINE ON THE NOS MRNA EXPRESSION IN THE
INFARCTED REFLOW AND NO-REFLOW MYOCARDIUM OF MINI-SWINES
Y.J. Yang,
J.L. Zhao, R.L. Gao, J.L. Chen, Fuwai Heart Hospital, Beijing, China
IMPACT OF
THE ESC/ACC CONSENSUS REPORT ON RE-DEFINITION OF MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES
S. Hjortshoj,
J.E Otterstad, B. Lindahl, R. Danielsen, K Pulkki, J RavkildeDept. of Cardiology Aalborg Hospital - Aarhus
University Aalborg, Denmark
TARGETED CARDIAC POPULATION PROTEOMICS
U.A. Kiernan,
D. Nedelkov, E.E. Niederkofler, K.A. Tubbs, R.W. Nelson
Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc., Tempe, AZ, USA
IMPROVEMENT OF LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION (LVF) IN PATIENTS WITH
AMI AFTER INFUSION OF BONE MARROW STEM CELLS (BMSC)
S. Grajek,
M. Popiel, P. Breborowicz, M. Lesiak, R. Czepczynski, A. Czyz, L. Gil, M. Kozlowska- Skrzypczak, K. Sawinski, A. Cieslinski, First
Department of Cardiology, Poznan, Poland
EFFICACY OF AIR AMBULANCE SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE
MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION
N. Hata, N. Kobayashi, T. Imaizumi, S. Yokoyama, T. Shinada, M.
Ishikawa, K. Shiiba, Y. Suzuki, J. Tanabe, K. Mashiko, Nippon Medical
School, Inbagun, Chiba, Japan
TEN YEARS
FOLLOW-UP OF BRAUNWALD CLASS III AND IV REFRACTORY UNSTABLE
ANGINA WHO WERE TREATED WITH ABCIXIMAB FACILITATED PCI
V.A. Umans, C.J. Broers, S. Schrijver, J.H. Cornel,
Dept. of Cardiology,
Medical
Center Alkmaar, The Netherlands
COMPLETE
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL RESOLUTION OF ST
ELEVATION
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION UPON ADMISSION ; CLINICAL FEATURES AND COURSE
WITH AN EARLY INVASIVE APPROACH
S.R. Dacca, A. Friemerman, D. Blondheim, A. Shotan, R.
Meisel
Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
TRANSCATHETER CLOSURE OF POST MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONVENTRICULAR
SEPTAL
RUPTURE- A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
M.
Vijayakumar,
M. Krishnakumar, K.K. Haridas
Amrita
Institute of Medical Science & Research Center, Elamakkara, India
14:00 –
16:45
Hall A
PL11:
Plenary Session
CLASSIC PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY/ADULT CONGENITAL
AND FETAL CARDIOLOGY
LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS IN PEDIATRIC MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT
(Invited Lecture)
B.W. Duncan, Children's Hospital at the Cleveland Clinic,
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
PATHOGENESIS AND MANAGEMENT OF KAWASAKI DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
M. Terai,
Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
OUTCOMES
FOR ADULTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
G.L. Rosenthal, F. Xu, B.W. Duncan, L.A.
Latson, A.A. Rimm
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
MATERNAL
LOW PROTEIN DIET INDUCES NEONATAL AND ADULT CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION
(Invited Lecture)
P.S. Tappia,
K.K. Cheema, M.R. Dent, N. Aroutiounova
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
PATHOGENESIS AND MANAGEMENT OF AORTIC DILATION IN ADULTS WITH
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
A. Yetman,
University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
ARRHYTHMIC
RISK STRATIFICATION IN PATIENTS OPERATED ON FOR TOTAL CORRECTION
OF TOF: ACCURACY OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND ITS
CORRELATION WITH MORPHOFUNCTIONAL STATUS (Invited Lecture)
L. Daliento, University of Padua, Italy
DANON DISEASE AS A FREQUENT CAUSE OF HYPERTROPHIC
CARDIOMYOPATHY IN CHILDREN
Z. Yang, C.J. McMahon, L.R. Smith, J. Bersola, A.M. Adesina,
D.L. Kearney, S. Berger, J.A. Towbin, K.R. Bowles, N.E. Bowles
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
COLOR
M-MODE PROPAGATION VELOCITY IN HUMAN FETUSES CHANGES THROUGH
GESTATION
A.J
Moon-Grady,
T.A. Tacy,
D. Taylor, L.K. Hornberger
University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
OFF-PUMP
REPLACEMENT OF THE PULMONARY VALVE IN LARGE RIGHT VENTRICULAR
OOUTFLOW TRACTS: A HYBRID APPROACH
Y.
Boudjemline,
S. Schievano, D. Bonnet, D. Sidi, P. Bonhoeffer
Neckerfor Sick Children Hospital, Neckler University,
Paris, France
DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION ASSESSED BY TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING IN
PATIENTS WITH REPAIRED TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
K.C. Cumbermack,
A.J. Moon-Grady, S.K. Bennett, T.A. Tacy
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
MANAGEMENT OF LATE HEART FAILURE WITH REVISION AFTER CLASSIC
FONTAN PROCEDURE
M. Ruzmetov,
P. Vijay, M.D. Rodefeld, M.W. Turrentine, J.W. Brown
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
14:00 –
16:45
Hall B
PL12:
Plenary Session
ARRHYTHMIAS II: DIAGNOSIS / DRUG THERAPY / ABLATION
INTERATRIAL BLOCK --- FORERUNNER OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: A POORLY
PERCEIVED
PANDEMIC (Invited Lecture)
D.H.
Spodick,
University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, USA
ASYMPTOMATIC OR "SILENT" ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (Invited Lecture)
R.L. Page,
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
PHARMACHOLOGICAL THERAPY OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: FIRST OR LAST SOLUTION?
(Invited Lecture)
A. Capucci,
G.Q. Villani, M.F. Piepoli, Cardiology, G. da Saliceto Hospital, Piacenza, Italy
ARRHYTHMOGENIC EFFECTS OF ILLICIT DRUGS IN ATHLETES (Invited Lecture)
F.
Furlanello,
S. Bentivegna, A. Bertoldi, F. Terrasi, R. Cappato, L. De Ambroggi,
University of Milan, San Donato Milanese (MI) – Italy
ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION: THE ROLE OF AVN ABLATION AND PACING (Invited Lecture)
W.K. Shen,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
LONG TERM
TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF RECURRENT VENTRICULAR
TACHYARRHYTHMIAS (Invited Lecture)
M.A. Wood,
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA
THE EVOLUTION OF ABLATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION (Invited Lecture)
P.G. Guerra, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada
RATE CONTROL OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: INSIGHTS FROM AFFIRM
STUDY
B.
Olshansky,
L.E. Rosenfeld, A.L. Warner, A.J.
Solomon, G. O'Neill, A. Sharma, E. Platia, G.K. Feld, T. Akiyama, L.H.
Greene
University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
RSD1235 IV FOR CONVERSION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION THE ATRIAL
ARRHYTHMIA CONVERSION TRIAL (ACT I)
D. Roy, C. Pratt, D.G. Wyse, E. Toft, C. Torp-Pedersen, S.
Juul-Moller, Montreal Heart Institute Research Center, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada,
CHARACTERIZATION OF SVC MYOCARDIAL SEGMENTS AND RIGHT ATRIAL CONNECTIONS
BY NONCONTACT MAPPING
R.C. Klein,
University of Utah Health Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
14:00 –
16:45
Hall C
_________________________________________________________________________________
S59
Session
NEW DIAGNOSTIC METHODS AND IMAGING TECHNIQUES
WHAT IS THE
PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF A NORMAL BUT SUBMAXIMAL
PREOPERATIVE DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAM?
S.B. Labib,
M. Goldstein, P.M. Kinnunen, E.C. Schick, Lahey
Clinic, Medical Center,
Burlington,
MA, USA
SUPERIORITY
OF TRANSTHORACIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOBUTAMINE
STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF PRESENCE AND
EXTENT OF ISCHEMIA; A COMPARATIVE STUDY WITH SIMULTANEOUS CONVENTIONAL
TWO-DIMENSIONAL DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THALLIUM SPECT AND
QUANTITATIVE CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY
H.F.
Mannaerts,
J.A. Van der Heide, O. Kamp, J. Twisk, C.A. Visser, M.G. Stoel,
F.C. Visser,
VU
Medical
Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
MONITORING
OF CORONARY RESTENOSIS AFTER STENT IMPLANTATION
USING TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
P.S. Wild,
T. Gaidzik, T. Geisler, R.J. Zotz, Medizinische Klinik, Schwalmstadt, Hessen, Germany
EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELING AFTER
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, ASSESSED BY TRANSTHORACIC 3D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
H.F.
Mannaerts,
J.A. Van der Heide, O. Kamp, M.G. Stoe, J. Twisk, C.A. Visser,
VU Medical
Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ASSOCIATION
OF QRS DURATION WITH RATE OF MORTALITY AS AN EARLY
PREDICTOR
IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Z. Yekta,
K. Khademvatan, A. Rostamzade, Z. Braty, K. Alizade,
Uromia
Medical University,
Uromia, Iran
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTROCARIOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN
HEMORRHAGIC AND ISCHMIC CEREBROVASCULAR ATTACK PATIENTS
Z. Yekta,
K. Khademvatan, A. Fatalahy, Z. Razavy, S. Alizade
Uromia Medical University, Uromia, Iran
APPLICATION OF GATED-SPECT IN THE EVALUATION OF THERAPEUTIC
RESPONSE OF STEM CELLS IMPLANTED AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
H. Shi,
X. Zhang, S. Chen, Y. Li, J. Ge, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
MAGNETIC
RESONANCE IMAGING ABNORMALITIES AND OUTCOME OF RF ABLATION IN
PATIENTS WITH RVOT TACHYCARDIA
R.
Krittayaphong,
S. Keawkamthong, T.Boonyasirinun, P. Saiviroonporn, S. Nakyen, P. Thanapiboonpol, W. Waranaprakarnchai,
Siriraj
Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
QUANTIFICATION OF CORONARY ARTERY STENOSES BY A NEWLY
DEVELOPED 3-DIMENSIONAL SOFTWARE IN INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY - A
COMPARISON
WITH QCA
H. Rittger,
B. Schertel, V. Schibgilla, H. Marom, M. Lichtlein, J. Brachmann
KIinikum
Coburg, Coburg, Germany
EFFECTS OF LEVOSIMENDAN ON LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC
FUNCTION AFTER PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY FOR ACUTE ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION
L. De Luca, P. Proietti, B. Brasolin, A. Di Roma, G.
Benedetti, G. Sardella, F. Fedele,
La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
RELATION OF CORRECTED TIMI FRAME COUNT AND ST SEGMENT RESOLUTION TO MYOCARDIAL TISSUE PERFUSION AFTER AMI
X.H. Zhang,
X.J. Ma,
Shandong Provincial Hospital,
China
14:00 –
16:45
Hall D
S60
Session
MOLECULAR CARDIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH
LOSS OF
ATP-INDUCED SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION MECHANISM IN THE STUNNED
MYOCARDIUM
DUE TO ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY
(Invited Lecture)
H.K. Saini,
N.S. Dhalla, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
DUAL EFFECT
OF THE AT2 RECEPTOR IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM - AT2 MEDIATES
CELL GROWTH IN THE HEART BUT NOT ARTERY
O. Watanabe,
T. Saito, R. Ding, N. Wang, G.D. Frank, T. Inagami, T. Senbonmatsu,
Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, TN, USA
IN VITRO
DIFFERENTIATION OF HUMAN CARDIAC PROGENITOR CELLS INTO
CARDIOMYOCYTES
A. Brutel
de la Riviere, M.J. Goumans, A. Smits, P. van Vliet, C. Seinen, R.
Hassink, P. Doevendans, HLCU, Ultrecht, The Netherlands
ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING IN INTACT RAT HEART IS MEDIATED BY
ENDOGENOUS CANNABINOID RECEPTORS
A.R.
Hajrasouliha,
S. Tavakoli, P. Jabehdar-Maralani, F. Ebrahimi, A.R. Dehpour,
Tehran
University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
FUNCTIONAL
SIGNIFICANCE OF CARDIAC BETA3-ADRENORECEPTORS IN ALCOHOLIC
MONKEYS
H.J. Cheng,
K.A. Grant, J.B. Daunais, D.P. Friedman, W.C. Little, C.P. Cheng,
Wake Forest
University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
HEPARIN ADDED TO CARDIOPLEGIC SOLUTION INHIBITS TNF-ALPHA
PRODUCTION AND ATTENUATES MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIC-REPERFUSION INJURY
I. Frolkis, D. Pevni, I. Shapira, Y. Paz, N. Nesher, R.
Mohr, G. Uretzky,
Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center andTel Aviv University, Israel
INTRAMYOCYTE DETECTION OF EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS GENOME BY LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY
CARDIOMYOPATHY
C Chimenti ,
M Pieroni, A Russo, F Calabrese, R Verardo, G Thiene, A Maseri, MA Russo, A Frustaci, Department of Cardiology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
DAILY
URINARY ISOPROSTANE EXCRETION AS MARKER OF CHRONIC HEART
FAILURE
S Radovanovic, M Krotin,
N Ninkovic, M Zaja, A Savic-Radojevic, M Opacic,
M Pljesa-Ercegovac, J
Mimic-Oka, DV Simic, T Simic,
University
Hospital Bezanijska Kosa, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro
THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND CONNEXIN
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE RABBIT AND RAT ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION AXIS
Y.S. Ko, H.I.
Yeh,
N.J. Severs, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
THE ROLE OF
MAST CELLS IN AORTIC INTIMA IN DEVELOPMENT OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
H.J. Sommer,
Ruppiner-Kliniken, Academic Hospital of the Charite, Berlin, Germany
CYCLOSPORINE A IMPROVES MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION IN ISOLATED FAILING
CARDIOMYOCYTES
V.G. Sharov,
A.V. Todor, Y. Ishigai, M. Imai, H.N. Sabbah,
Henry Ford
Health System, Detroit, MI, USA
IN VIVO
STUDY OF THE ROLE OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE-CONDUCTANCE
REGULATOR CL CHANNELS IN EARLY AND LATE CARDIAC ISCHEMIC
PRECONDITIONING
L Ye, L Dwyer, D
Duan,
University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
MONDAY,
JULY 18, 2005
14;00-18;00
Poster Hall
P401:
Poster Session
VASCULAR BIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH II
INTERFERON-BETA ATTENUATES ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE
PROGRESSION AND DECREASES MACROPHAGE CONTENT OF LESIONS
M.A. Hook, Z.
Zhou, M Kiedrowski, P Heeger, V.K. Tuohy, A Maroo, E.J. Topol,
M.S. Penn, The
Cleveland
Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
REPETITIVE EXPOSURE TO
HIGH TGRLS: A CAUSE OF EARLY VASCULAR INJURY?
F.N. Mbai, J.C.
Rutledge, A.A. Knowlton, University
of California, Davis, and VA Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
ENDOTHELIAL
PROTHROMBOTIC AND FIBRINOLYTIC FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC HEART
DISEASE AND CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
E.V. Shlyakhto, K.A.
Khmelnitskaya, M.U. Sitnikova,
Pavlov
State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
MIXTURE OF NATURAL
NUTRIENTS REDUCES COLLAGEN MATRIX CONTRACTION DRIVEN BY
AORTIC SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS
V Ivanov,
S Ivanova, MW Roomi, A Niedzwiecki, M Rath,
Matthias
Rath Research Institute, Santa Clara, CA, USA
IS SUCCESSFUL CORONARY
SINUS LEAD PLACEMENT PREDICTABLE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIAC
RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY?
C Suga, K Matsumoto, R Kato, H Ishida,
S Nakahara, T Namiki, S
Nishimura
Saitama
Medical School, Saitama, Japan
COMPARISON OF INDICES
OF ARTERIAL ELASTICITY IN PROGRESSIVE AGE RELATED ENDOTHELIAL
DYSFUNCTION IN TWO DIFFERENT ETHNIC POPULATIONS IN PUNE AND GOA IN
INDIA
N.M Kulkarni,
J.S Hiremath, G.V Prabhu, M Mehta,
Poona
Hospital & Research Institute Pune India, Poona, India
THE EFFECT OF GENISTEIN
ON MYOCARDIAL PROTECTION AND PRECONDITIONING IN HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA
E Sbarouni,
G Vlachou, I Andreadou, A Zoga, EK Iliodromitis, DTh Kremastinos,
Onassis
Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece
MONDAY,
JULY 18, 2005
14;00-18;00
Poster Hall
P402:
Poster Session
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: THROMBOLYSIS AND
REPERFUSION
INSULIN IMPROVES CARDIAC FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY WITHOUT INCREASING
MYOCARDIAL OXYGEN CONSUMPTION IN MI/R DOGS
H.C Wang,
J.H Huo, H.X Zhang, Q.J Zhang, L.Z Xiong, H Su, W.Y Guo, F Gao
Xijing
Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi¡¯an, China
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF
NICORANDIL ON MYOCARDIAL NO-REFLOW IN A MINI-SWINE MODEL OF ACUTE
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND REPERFUSION
Y.J Yang,
J.L Zhao, R.L Gao, J.L Chen, Fuwai Heart
Hospital, Beijing, China
FOSINOPRIL IS EFFECTIVE
IN PREVENTING MYOCARDIAL NO-REFLOW AFTER AMI AND REPERFUSION
Y.J Yang,
J. Zhao, R. Gao, J.Chen, S.J.You, Fuwai Heart
Hospital, Beijing, China
MYOCARDIAL INTOLERANCE
TO OXIDATIVE STRESS PEAKS AT MIDDLE AGE IN MALE RATS
J.W. Starnes,
B.J. Mathis, R.P. Taylor, University of Texas,
Austin, TX, USA
COMPARISON OF
ST-SEGMENT RESOLUTION IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
TREATED WITH BOLUS INTRAVENOUS OF HEPARIN AND FRAXIPARIN
I Balla,
N Kuke, A Gace, G Bardhaj, A Kondili, University Hospital Center "Mather Tereza" Tirana, Albania
EXTENT OF DELAY AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PRE-HOSPITAL DELAY IN ACUTE
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF KARACHI,
PAKISTAN
M.S
Khan,
T.H Jafar,
F.H Jafary,
A M
Faruqui, S.I Rasool
J.
Hatcher,
N. Chaturvedi, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
THE RISK OF UPPER
GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING AND THE USE OF PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS IN ACUTE
CORONARY SYNDROMES
M. Abdallah,
K. Barada, A. Sharara, H. Tamim, H. Dakik,
American
University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF
ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING ON MYOCARDIAL NO-REFLOW IN A MINI-SWINE MODEL
OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND REPERFUSION
Y.J Yang,
J.L Zhao, R.L Gao, J.L Chen, Fuwai Heart
Hospital, Beijing, China
ASO TITER AND EFFICACY
OF STREPTOKINASE IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
M.A Ostovan,
M.R Kalantar, S.H. Hooshmand, Shiraz
University, Shiraz, Iran
MANAGEMENT OF PATIENT
WITH LOW RISK CHEST PAIN AT THE TIME OF ADMISSION
A.R Ziaei Torbati,
M Ziaei Torbati, R Parvizi,
University
of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
MONDAY,
JULY 18, 2005
14;00-18;00
Poster Hall
P403:
Poster Session
SECONDARY PREVENTION, PROGNOSIS, RISK STRATIFICATION, CARDIAC
REHAB
OUTCOMES IN HEART
FAILURE PATIENTS WITH PRESERVED LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC
FUNCTION. ONE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP RESULTS
S Stawicki,
M Roik, MH Starczewska, A Solarska, D Kosior, O Warszawik, G Opolski,
Medical
University of Warsaw, Poland
RESISTANCE TO ROUTINE ANTIPLATELET MEDICATION AND THE EFFICACY OF
LONG-TERM ASPIRIN AND THIENOPYRIDINE THERAPIES
T Alexy, Z
Marton, B Horvath, K Koltai, G Feher, G Stef, L Szapary, G Kesmarky, L Czopf, K Toth, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
THE EFFECT OF
RALOXIFENE ON NEW MARKERS OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK
E Sbarouni,
E Psarros, I Fostinis, D Kremastinos, Onassis
Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece
IMPLEMENTING SELF-CARE
IN THE CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROGRAM
H.J. Kennedy-Symonds,
Burnaby Hospital, Burnaby, British Columbia,
Canada
MILD OR MODERATE
CREATINE KINASE MB ELEVATION AFTER CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY IS NOT
ASSOCIATED WITH ADVERSE SHORT TERM CLINICAL OUTCOME
Y.Y. Abdelmonem,
M. A. Abdelhameed, H. I. Kandil, Sh. F. Eltobgi,
Cairo
University, Cairo, Egypt
ANEMIA IN PATIENTS WITH
DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE – CLINICAL PICTURE, PREVALENCE AND
PROGNOSIS
M. Roik,
S. Stawicki, M.H. Starczewska, A. Solarska, O. Warszawik, D. Kosior, G. Opolski,
1st.
Department of Cardiology, Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
THE EFFECTS OF
HEMODIALYSIS ON AUTONOMIC FUNCTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL
FAILURE
M Melek, S Yuksel, A
Celik, E
Onrat, I
Dogan, A Avsar, G Acarturk, I Uslan
Afyon
Kocatepe University, School of Medicine, Afyon, Turkey
CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF CAROTID ARTERIES AND CORONARY ARTERY CHANGES
M. Krotin,
O. Stojanovic, B. Milovanovic, N. Ninkovic, B. Zivanovic, S. Hinic, S. Djordjevic, D.
Vukovic, D. Celektic, M. Ostojic,
University
Hospital Bezanijska Kosa, Belgrade, Serbia
THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND CONNEXIN CHARACTERIZATION
MARITAL RELATION AMONG
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED IN CCUS
M. Moeini,
T. Mehrabi,
Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
NEW DIAGNOSTIC GUIDELINE OF RESTENOSIS AFTER CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY IN OLD
PEOPLE
TC Chang,
GP Jong, T Ma,
Armed- Force Taichung General Hospital, Taiping, Taichung,
Taiwan, ROC
THE IMPACT OF
METABOLIC SYNDROME ON LATE OUTCOME AFTER PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY
INTERVENTION
E.E.
Guerios,
R.R.L. Bueno, J.C.E. Tarastchuk, D.C. Nercolini, P.M.P. Andrade, A.L.A.
Pacheco, F.T. Ultramari
Interventional Cardiology Dept, Hospital Universitario Evangelico,
Curitiba, Brazil
FAMILIAL
PREMATURE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE MORTALITY AND OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
A.S. Gami,
S Rader, A Svatikova, R Wolk, M Winnicki, VK Somers,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
P404:
Poster Session
DIABETES MELLITUS, OBESITY, INSULIN AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS
PRE-EXISTENCE OF
METABOLIC SYNDROME DOES NOT AFFECT LONG TERM SURVIVAL OF HEART
TRANSPLANTED PATIENTS
A.A.
Peter,
R. Vatthyam, J. Osorio-Filho, J. Chirinos, J. Jimenez,
Jackson
Memorial Hospital, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
THE O-SIGN IN THE
OBESE-NORMAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
W. Li,
D. Bloomfield,
St. Vincent
Catholic Medical Center, Staten Island, NY, USA
LONG-TERM AEROBIC
EXERCISE IMPROVES INSULIN SENSITIVITY IN THE HEART: KEY ROLE OF NOS
Q.J. Zhang,
Q.X. Li, K.R. Zhang, H. Su, W.Y. Guo, H.C. Wang, F. Gao,
Fourth
Military Medical University, China
ACCUMULATION OF
CHYLOMICRON REMNANTS (CR) IN DIABETIC PATIENTS IN RELATION TO CORONARY
HEART DISEASE (CHD) -- ANALYSIS BY A NOVEL ELISA FOR APO B-48
S Yamashita,
T Sugimoto, K Tsujii, M Koseki, I Shimomura, Y Uchida, N Sakai,
Osaka
University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
EFFECT OF L-CARNITINE
ON LIPID METABOLISM AND CARDIAC PERFORMANCE IN EXPERIMENTAL TYPE 2
DIABETES
J L Patel,
P A Bhatt, R K Goyal,
S. K. Patel
College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ganpat Vidyanagar,
Mehsana, Gujarat, India
IMPACT OF BODY MASS
INDEX ON OUTCOMES OF OBESE PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY
INTERVENTION
E.E. Guerios,
R.R.L. Bueno, J.C.E. Tarastchuk, D.C. Nercolini, P.M.P. Andrade, A.L.A. Pacheco, F.T.
Ultramari,
Hospital
Universitario Evangelico, Curitiba, Brazil
STRESS TEST IMAGING IN
PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME AND DIABETES MELLITUS
R. Mastouri,
M. Meda, F. Azzouz, M. Kamalesh,
Indiana
University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
EVALUATING THE CONTROL
OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS (CRF) IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS
SUBMITTED TO CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY (CA)
M A Cosso, M.C.
Moreira, M Marino, C C Cesar, L C Brant, M Paiva, L M Diniz,
School of
Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
EVALUATION OF METABOLIC
DISORDERS AND INFLAMMATION MARKERS IN PATIENTS WITH VISCERAL TYPE OF
OBESITY
N. Kipshidze,
T. Gamezardashvili, T. Talakvadze, G. Nikolaishvili,
National Center of Therapy, Tbilisi, Georgia
THE DETECTION OF
LOW-GRADE AND SMOLDERING INTERNAL INFLAMMATION IN OBESE INDIVIDUALS
I. Shapira, O. Rogowski, D. Samocha-Bonet, Y. Goldin, T.
Tolshinsky, T. Mardi,
D. Zeltser, S. Berliner,
Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
ACCURACY OF VASCULAR
DUPLEX IN PREDICTING CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. THE IMPACT OF DIABETES
MELLITUS
A.M. AbdelWahab,
E. Baligh, M. Mokhtar, A. M. Zaki,
Cairo
University, Cairo, Egypt
CHARACTERISTICS OF
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN YOUNG PATIENTS WITH DIABETES COMPARED WITH
NON-DIABETICS
D. Javidi,
B. Gharaei, S.
Fateh,
Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran
P405:
Poster Session
DILATED CARDIOMYPATHY: VARIOUS ETIOLOGIES
MYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS AND
LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AN IMBALANCE IN THE
MATRIX-DEGRADATING-SYSTEM IN CVB-3 INDUCED
CHRONIC MYOCARDITIS
S Rutschow,
M Pauschinger, Charite - Campus Benjamin
Franklin, Berlin, Germany
RAPID UPTITRATION OF
CARVEDILOL IS SAFE IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH SYSTOLIC HEART
FAILURE
I Castillo, M
Martinez-Selles, T Datino,
N Barrueco, A Pascual, M Dominguez,
Hospital
Gregorio Maranon. Madrid, Spain
MANAGING
LIFE THREATENING VIRAL MYOCARDITIS WITH DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY BY
DROTRECOGIN ALFA AND CIRCULATORY ASSISTED DEVICES
T.P Tsai,
SM Tsao, YL Wu, JM Yu, KC Chan, KC Ueng, Chung Shan
Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
STRUCTURAL MYOCARDIAL
CHANGES AND ELEVATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE IN PULMONARY CIRCULATION IN
PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC VIRAL HEPATITIS C
E.V. Shlyakhto, A.Y.
Gudkova, E.N. Semernin, O.V. Voronova, S.N. Proshin, A.N. Krutikov, E.A.
Poretskova, A.D. Lioznov, T.V. Antonova, T.V. Belyava
Pavlov
State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
MONDAY,
JULY 18, 2005
14:00 –
18:00
Poster Hall
P406 Poster Session
PULMONARY CIRCULATION ASPECTS, PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
STUDY OF SILDENAFIL IN
IMPROVING SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
B.K.S Sastry,
NK Reddy, C Narasimhan, BS Raju, GS Prakash, NV Rayudu, B Anand,
CARE Hospital, Hyderabad, AP, India
COAGULATION AND
RHEOLOGICAL PROFILE IN PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS AND
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
M.G. Plyusch, N.N.
Samsonova, L.G. Klimovitch, S.V. Gorbachevsky, V.V. Shverdina, S.B.
Zaets, UMDNJ – New Jersey Medical
School, Newark, NJ, USA
HEART RATE TURBULENCE
IN PATIENTS WITH SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME
E Onrat,
M Unlu, A Karakas, A Celik, F Fidan, L Tetik, M Melek, D Kaya, Z Kara, C Kilit,
Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey
ASYMPTOMATIC DISSECTION OF THE LEFT PULMONARY ARTERY IN A PATIENT WITH
PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
F. Bosa Ojeda, M. Vargas Torres, A. Lara Padron, A. Bonilla, M.
Cruz, A. Rodriguez Gonzalez, M. Bethencourt Munoz, S. Samimi, F. Marrero
Rodriguez,
Hospital
Universitario de Canarias, Spain
P407 Poster Session
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY IN HEART FAILURE
EFFECTS OF EXERCISE TRAINING ON PLASMA ET-1.BNP AND TNF-ALPHA , AUTOMATIC
BALANCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY HEART FAILURE SECONDARY TO
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
X.H Zeng, X.J Zeng, Y.Y Li, Y.H Huang,
Chengdu
University. Chengdu, China
USING ELECTRICAL VAGAL STIMULATION TO INCREASE LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC
FUNCTION IN PATIENTS HAVING CAD WITH DECREASED EJECTION FRACTION
E. Pavlioukova,
A. Afanasjev Sergei, V. Efimova Elena, S.
Karpov Rostislav, Institute of
Cardiology, Tomsk, Russia
DOES VENTRICULAR SYNCHRONY CHANGE DURING MAXIMAL AEROBIC EXERCISE IN
HEALTHY MALE SUBJECTS?
J Silberbauer,
P Mullan, G Carr-White, G Brickley, G W Lloyd, Eastbourne District General Hospital, Eastbourne, East
Sussex, UK
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN EXERCISE TESTING PERFORMANCE
(Invited Lecture)
Y. Charuzi, J. Mirocha, T.W.
Lang, B. Coleman, S. Goland,
Cedars Sinai Medical Center/UCLA
P408 Poster Session
NEUROHUMORAL, IMMUNOLOGIC AND CYTOKINE ASPECTS OF
HEART FAILURE
EARLY STATINS THERAPY IN
CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY: IMMUNOMODULATION OF INTERLEUKIN-6 (IL-6) AND C-RECTIVE
PROTEIN (CRP)
C Caorsi, F Pineda, C
Munoz, INTA, University of Chile,
Santiago, Chile
ADRENOMEDULLIN
ADMINISTRATION IMMEDIATELY AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AMELIORATES
PROGRESSION OF HEART FAILURE IN RATS
R Nakamura,
J Kato, K Kitamura, H Onitsuka, T Imamura, Y Cao, K Marutsuka, Y Asada, K Kangawa, T Eto,
Miyakonojo Resional
Medical
Center, Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, Japan
MONDAY,
JULY 18, 2005
16:45 –
19:30
Hall A
PL13:
Plenary Session
GENE AND CELL BASED THERAPIES
MYOGENESIS:
PROMISES AND PITTFALLS (Invited Lecture)
R. Laham,
BIDMC/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
STEM-CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A STATUS
REPORT (Invited Lecture)
M.S. Lee, R.R. Makkar, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
EFFICACY OF
EMERGENT TRANSCATHETER TRANSPLANTATION OF STEM CELLS FOR
TREATMENT OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (TCT-STAMI) (Invited Lecture)
J. Ge,
Y Li, J. Qian, J. Shi, Q. Wang, Y. Niu, B. Fan, X. Liu, A. Sun, Ou
Zhongshan
Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
DUAL IN VIVO MR EVALUATION OF
MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS AND THEIR FUNCTIONAL EFFECTS IN MOUSE MODEL
OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
PC Yang, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA, USA
REGENERATION THERAPY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES USING GRANULOCYTE
COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR -FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE
(Invited Lecture)
H Fujiwara ,
K Suzuki, M Arai, Y Li, G Takemura,
S Minatoguchi, T Fujiwara, Graduate School of Medicine Gifu
University, Gifu, Japan
THERAPEUTIC ANGIOGENESIS USING HGF (HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR)
GENE TO TREAT ISCHEMIC PERIPHERAL AND HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
R.
Morishita,
N. Tomita, M. Aoki, T. Ogihara, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
IN VIVO
OPTICAL IMAGING OF VASCULAR GENE EXPRESSION (Invited Lecture)
X. Yang,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
VEGF
REGULATES REENDOTHELIALIZATION AND NEOINTIMA FORMATION IN A MOUSE MODEL
OF ARTERIAL INJURY
R. Hutter,
C. Valdiviezo, B. Sauter, J.J. Badimon, V. Fuster, F. Carrick,
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
INFLUENCE
OF G-CSF ON THE HEART AND ARTERY WITH RAT ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
AND CAROTID ARTERY BALLOON INJURY MODEL
Y Li
, N Fukuda,
S Yokoyama, T Takayama, S Saito, J Honye, Y Kusumi,
T Matsumoto, M
Mitsumata, H Mugishima, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
ANGIOMYOGENESIS USING MYOBLASTS WITH VEGF165 AND
ANGIOPOIETIN-1
PK Law,
L Ye, HKH Haider, S Jiang, R Ge, EKW Sim, CTAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
BONE MARROW-DERIVED CELL MOBILIZATION WITH CONCURRENT G-CSF
AND GM-CSF ADMINISTRATION IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A PILOT STUDY
EVALUATING
FEASIBILITY, SAFETY AND EFFICACY
S. Marra, P. Scacciatella,
T. Usmiani, M. D'Amico, M. Giorgi, M. Andriani,
M. Baccega, C. Tarella, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy
MONDAY,
JULY 18, 2005
16:45 –
19:30
Hall B
S61:
Session
ARRHYHMIAS AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
ARE
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS ASSOCIATED WITH ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION RECURRENCE OR STROKE? RESULTS FROM THE AFFIRM
STUDY B. Olshansky, E.N. Heller, L.B. Mitchell, W. Slater, M.
Green, M. Brodsky, M. Chandler, P. Barrell, H.L. Greene,
University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
ASSESSMENT OF CONDUCTION RECURRENCE ACROSS RF LESIONS
PRODUCING ELECTRICAL DISCONNECTION AT PULMONARY VEIN OSTIUM
S Bentivegna
, S
Negroni, D Pecora, PP Lupo, A Carolei, C Esposito, F Furlanello, L De Ambroggi, R
Cappato,
Arrhythmia
and Electrophysiology Centre, Policlinico San Donato, Milanese, Milan,
Italy
DELAYED
INCREASE IN PEAK VO2 FOLLOWING HAEMODYNAMICALLY SUCCESSFUL
CARDIAC RESYNCHRONISATION THERAPY
A.Y. Patwala,
D. Barker, S.G. Williams, P. Woods, D.F. Goldspink, L.B. Tan, D.J.
Wright,
The
Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, UK
ONE-YEAR OUTCOME OF CARDIOVERSION OF
RHEUMATIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
R. Krittayaphong,
C. Chotinaiwatarakul, R.Pankingthongkum, P. Panchavinnin, D. Tresukosol, D. Jakrapanichkul, B. Kitrattana, C. Kangkagate, S.
Keawkamthong, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok,
Thailand
THE LACK OF IMPROVEMENT IN LOWER LIMB SKELETAL MUSCLE
FUNCTION POST CARDIAC RESYNCHRONISATION THERAPY
AY Patwala
, D Barker,
SG Williams, RE Clements, DF Goldspink, LB Tan, DJ Wright,
The
Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, UK
COULD (HIGH RESOLUTION) SIGNAL AVERAGED
ECG EXPLAIN THE CAUSE OF
SUDDEN
DEATH IN YELLOW OLEANDER POISONING?
W Taggu,
A Gurtoo, R Anilkumar, J Balachander, T Manimaran, A Taggu, R Singh, KR Sethuraman,
Registrar Cardiology, NHS Trust Eastbourne DGH, Eastbourne, East
Sussex, UK
INCREASED
DIAGNOSTIC CONTRIBUTION OF HEART RATE VARIABILITY AT 0.1HZ
PACED
BREATHING
P Jurak,
J Halamek, VK Somers, J Nykodym, P Leinveber, P Frana, M Eisenberger, T
Kara,
Institute of Scientific Instruments ASCR, Brno, Czech
Republic
SUCCESSFUL
CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: FEASIBILITY OF
NAVX AND
DIGITAL IMAGE FUSION WITH CARDIAC MRI MAPPING OF THE LEFT ATRIUM
J.D. Day,
B.G. Crandall, J.S. Osborn, J.P. Weiss, J.A. Anderson, T. Foley, S.
Allison, S. Allison, J. Nelson, D.L. Lappe,
Utah Heart Clinic LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
NOVEL
LINEAR ABLATION METHOD FOR RAPID ISOLATION OF PULMONARY VEINS
N.M. Elameri, P.
Lambiase, T. Kotsakis, J.S. Gill, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, London, UK
FARMACOGENETICS OF TREATMENT WITH FLECAINIDE AND PROPAFENONE
IN PTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
M.
Martinez-Selles,
T. Datino, H. Bueno, University Hospital Gregorio Maranon, Madrid, Spain
DIASTOLIC
ASYNCHRONY FAILS TO PREDICT A FAVORABLE RESPONSE TO CARDIAC
RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY
C.M. Yu, J.E. Sanderson, J.W.H., Fung, H.C.K. Chan, Q. Zhang, Y.S.
Chan, H. Lin, G.W.K. Yip, A. Chan, L.C.C. Kum,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005
16:45 –
19:30
Hall C
S62:
Session
HYPERTROPHIC AND DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHIES, EXERCISE
PHYSIOLOGY IN HEART FAILURE
GREATER
SYMPTOM DURATION PREDICTS RESONSE TO IMMUNOMODULATORY THERAPY IN
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
C.M.
Stanton,
S. Cha, P. Aukrust, R. Wojinicz, F. Mookdadm, L.T. Cooper,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
COMPARATIVE
CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PROGNOSIS OF VIRAL AND NONVIRAL
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
N.N.
Kipshidze, K.A. Nadaraia, M.A. Rogava,
National Center of Therapy, Tbilisi, Georgia*
FACTORS
ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICAL NON-ADHERENCE IN HEART FAILURE
PATIENTS
S.V.
Pamboukian,
I.Nisar, S. Patel, L. Gu, M. McLeod, M.R. Costanzo,
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
EFFECT OF
TRIMETAZIDINE ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH
ISCHEMIC
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
C Vitale, M Fini, M
Volterrani, GMC Rosano,
Fonsazione
San Raffaele IRCCS – Roma, Italy
RENIN
ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM ACTIVATION AND CHRONIC ALCOHOL-INDUCED
CARDIOMYOPATHY
C.P. Cheng,
H.J. Cheng, C. Cunningham, Z.K. Shihabi, T. Wannenburg,
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
MMPS AND MYOCARDIAL REMODELING IN HEART
FAILURE PROGRESSION
J. Schaper,
V. Polyakova, S. Hein, J. Risteli, S. Kostin,
Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
NATURAL
HISTORY OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN RENAL PATIENTS
FROM
PREDIALYSIS STAGE TO KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION
D.
Hernandez,
A. Gonzalez, A. De la Rosa, M. Rufino, J. Lacalzada, A. Alvarez, A. Barragan, I. Laynez, V. Lorenzo, A. Torres,
Nephrology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias,
Tenerife, Spain
CARDIAC
FUNCTIONAL RESERVE AVAILABLE FOR EXERCISE IS REDUCED IN
PREGNANCY
D. Barker,
L. Sharp, D. Schlosshan, G. Mason, L.B. Tan,
University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
QT/RR HYSTERESIS AS A FUNCTION OF RR EXCITATION –
IMPLICATIONS FOR RISK
J. Halamek,
P. Jurak, V.K.
Somers, J. Nykodym, P. Leinveber, P. Frana, M. Eisenberger, T. Kara,
Institute of Scientific Instruments ASCR, Brno, Czech Republic
ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS: AN ADDED VALUE
THERAPY FOR EXERCISE CAPACITY
IN HEART
FAILURE?
R. Aquilani,
P. Iadarola, A. Testa, S. Viglio, E. Pasini,
"S Maugeri"
Foundation. Medical Centre of Gussago, Gussogo (BS) Italy
TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2005
08:30 –
11:15
Hall A
PL14:
Plenary Session
SURGERY FOR LV DYSFUNCTION, CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION, MECHANICAL SUPPORT
CANDIDATE
SELECTION FOR LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE THERAPY
(Invited Lecture)
G. Bhat,
University of Louisville, Jewish Hospital, Louisville, KY, USA
CARDIAC
ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY--IS THERE FINALLY SOME LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL?
(Invited Lecture)
M. Johnson,
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI, USA
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE – FROM VALVE REPAIR TO
REPAIR OF THE VENTRICLE (Invited Lecture)
N.
Radovanovic,
L.J. Petrovic, B. Mihajlovic, S. Nicin, Z. Jonjev, M. Zorc,
University Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sremska
Kamenica, Yugoslavia
EXTENDED
HEART ALLOGRAFT SURVIVAL BY MANIPULATION OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM TO EXPRESS FAS-LIGAND
(Invited Lecture)
N. Askenasy,
E. Yolcu, H. Shirwan, Schneider
Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
HEMODYNAMIC
UNLOADING OF THE FAILING LEFT VENTRICLE WITH THE ORQIS MEDICAL CANCION CARDIC RECOVERY SYSTEM
(Invited Lecture)
H.N. Sabbah,
M.A. Konstam, Henry Ford Health System, Henry
Ford Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
EFFECTIVE
MEANS OF IMPROVING FUNCTION OF INFARCTED MYOCARDIUM
VIA A LESS INVASIVE ROUTE: SKELETAL MYOBLAST TRANSPLANTATION
THROUGH A CATHETER-BASED CORONARY SINUS APPROACH
C.
Brasselet,
M. Morichetti, E. Messas, P. Bruneval, J.T. Vilquin, A. Lafont,
A.A. Hagege, P.Menasche, M. Desnos, Hopital
Robert Debre, CHU, Reims, France
IMPROVEMENT
IN PERFUSION AND DILATATION OF OLD MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AFTER
INTRACORONARY AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
A. Manginas,
E. Leontiadis, E. Gousetis, I. Peristeri, M. Theodosaki, S. Graphakos,
G. Karatasakis, M. Koutelou, A. Theodorakos, D.
Cokkinos, Onasis
Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece
A NEW RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (RVAD)
FOR RV SUPPORT
S.
Christiansen,
R. Autschbach, University of Aachen, Germany
SURGICAL VENTRICUAR RESTORATION FOR ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
IN OLD PATIENTS
M. Di Donato, S. Castelvecchio, M. Rannucci, P. Dabic, A.
Frigiola, C. De Vincentis, L. Menicanti, San Donato Hospital, Milano, Italy
EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT PROVIDES
BETTER SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS
RECEIVING
PROLONGED CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
Y.S. Chen, S.C. Chao, S.C.Huang, N.H. Chi, I.H. Wu,
H.S. Yu, J. Hsu, S.S. Wang, F.Y. Lin, National Taiwan University
Hospital Taipei, Taiwan
HEART TRANSPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE PULMONARY
HYPERTENSION
H. Al-Hiti,
J. Kettner, I. Malek, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
08:30 –
11:15
Hall B
PL15
Plenary Session
MODIFICATION OF RISK FACTORS AND CAD, DYSLIPOPROTEINEMIA,
HYPERTENTION, DIABETES MELLITUS
THE PATIENT
WITH HEART DISEASE TODAY AND TOMORROW: THE NEED FOR A DIFFERENT
APPROACH IN MEDICAL CARE
(Invited Lecture)
B.
Rabinowitz,
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
INFLAMMATION, CRP AND STATINS
(Invited Lecture)
I. Jialal,
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
RETHINKING THE PRIMARY PREVENTION OF
HYPERTENSION (Invited Lecture)
H.D. Sesso,
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF CHRONOCARDIOLOGY
IN HYPERTENSION AND HEART
FAILURE
(Invited Lecture)
A. Kumar,
Govt Medical College, Amritsar, India
METABOLIC SYNDROME, DIABETES AND HEART
DISEASE
(Invited Lecture)
C. Pitsavos,
University of Athens, Greece
DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHY: ANOTHER FEATURE OF THE METABOLIC
SYNDROME? (Invited Lecture)
M. Diamant,
VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLES OF A MULTI-LIGAND RECEPTOR CD36 IN
ATHEROGENESIS
--- INSIGHTS FROM HUMAN CD36 DEFICIENCY
(Invited Lecture)
S. Yamashita, D. Masuda, T. Kuwasako, M. Janabi, N. Sakai, I.
Shimomura, K. Hirano Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine,
Osaka, Japan
CARDIOVASCULAR RISK PROFILE EARLIER IN LIFE AND HEALTH CARE COSTS IN OLDER AGE
(Invited Lecture)
M. Daviglus,
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
THE
CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH OF HERB AND NATURAL PRODUCTS
(Invited Lecture)
P. Chan,
C-Yin Kwan, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
PECULIARITIES OF LOW RISK POPULATIONS;
IMPLICATION OF FINDINGS OF THE
SEVEN
COUNTRIES STUDY
(Invited Lecture)
D.
Panagiotakos,
Harokopio University of Athens, Greece
TUESDAY,
JULY 19, 2005
08:30 –
11:15
Hall C
S63:
Session
PREDICTORS AND MARKERS OF HEART FAILURE OUTCOME, RENAL ASPECTS
FEMALE SEX IS A STRONG PREDICTOR OF SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION <0.2 BUT ONLY IN ABSENCE OF CORONARY
ARTERY DISEASE
E. Martinez, M.
Martinez-Selles, M. Dominguez, M.A Garcia Fernandez, E. Garcia, Hospital Gregorio Maranon, Madrid, Spain
RACE, OBESITY, AND RISK OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF)
L.L Yan, M.L
Daviglus, K Liu, R Wang, D.B Garside, P Greenland,
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA, Peking University,
Beijing, China
ACARBOSE REDUCES THE RISK FOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE
2 DIABETES : META-ANALYSIS OF SEVEN LONG-TERM STUDIES
D Petzinna,
A Brueckner, T Petrowitsch, D Neuser, M Hanefeld,
Bayer HealthCare, Wuppertal, Germany
NEW CARDIOPROTECTIVE
AGENT K201 IS NATRIURETIC AND GFR ENHANCING
O Lisy,
JC Burnett, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
A WEARABLE CONTINUOUS
ULTRAFILTRATION BELT FOR AMBULATORY TREATMENT OF CHF
V Gura,
C Ezon, M Beizai,
Cedars
Sinai
Medical Center. UCLA, The Geffen School of Medicine, National Quality
Care, Inc,
CA,
USA
NESIRITIDE SUPPORTED
VOLUME LOADING IN THE PREVENTION OF CONTRAST-INDUCED NEPHROPATHY
R.M Mills,
R.E Hobbs, C.T Bajzer, D.J Moliterno,
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA
A SIMPLE RISK SCORE FOR
PREDICTION OF CONTRAST-INDUCED NEPHROPATHY AFTER PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY
INTERVENTIONS
G Dangas,
E Nikolsky, E Aymong, M Fahy, Y Na, S Pocock, M Negoita, G Stone, M Leon, R Mehran,
Cardiovascular Research Foundation and
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
REDUCTION OF SERUM NT-PROBNP
PREDICTS A FAVORABLE PROGNOSIS AFTER CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY
CM Yu,
JWH Fung, Q Zhang, HCK Chan, I Chan, YS Chan, SL Kong, JE Sanderson, CWK
Lam, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS
OF RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE
LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
M Dominguez, M
Martinez-Selles, E Martinez, MA Garcia Fernandez, E Garcia,
Cardiology
Department, Hospital Gregorio Maranon, Madrid, Spain
PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF
HAEMOGLOBIN LEVELS AT DISCHARGE IN OLDER PATIENTS ADMITTED WITH HEART
FAILURE
N. Wisniacki,
P. Aimson, C. Manning, S. Raza , M. Lye, J. Pyatt,
Liverpool
University, Liverpool, UK
11:15 –
14:00
Hall A
PL16:
Plenary Session
NEW HORIZONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE
BIOMARKERS IN CARDIOMYOPATHY (Invited Lecture)
W.L. Miller,
Mayo Clnic, Rochester, MN, USA
INTERSTITIAL UNRAVELING OF THE MATRIX IN HEART FAILURE:
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS (Invited Lecture)
Francis G. Spinale,
Medical
University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
THE PURSUIT OF OPTIMUM
OUTCOMES IN HEART FAILURE: POLYPHARMACY AND DEVICES FOR ALL OR SELECTIVE
USE (Invited Lecture)
Udho Thadani,
OUHSC, and VAMC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
NESIRITIDE: SYSTEMIC
AND CORONARY HEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS (Invited Lecture)
Kanu Chatterjee,
University
of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California USA
NOVEL DRUG THERAPIES
FOR HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
R.E. Hobbs,
Cleveland Clinic,
Department of Cardiology, Cleveland, OH, USA
NEW DEVICE THERAPIES
AND MONITORING DEVICES FOR ADVANCED HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
RC Bourge,University
of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
BETA
BLOCKERS IN CORONARY DISEASE AS CARDIOPROTECTION (Invited
Lecture)
B. F.
Uretsky,
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
BNP: EFFECTS BEYOND THE
KIDNEYS (Invited Lecture)
H.P. Brunner-La
Rocca,
Cardiology,
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
RELEVANCE OF
BETA-BLOCKER THERAPIE IN INFLAMMATORY HEART DISEASE (Invited
Lecture)
M. Pauschinger,
S Rutschow, H-P Schultheiss,
Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
THE ROLE OF
RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN ANTAGONISTS IN THE PREVENTION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
IN THE PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE AND HYPERTENSION (Invited Speaker)
Aniq Ducharme,
Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Montreal (Quebec),
Canada
B-TYPE NATRIURETIC
PEPTIDE AND TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (Invited Speaker)
H. Dokainish,
Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2005
11:15 –
14:00
Hall B
S64:
Session
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE / HEART VALVE SURGERY / SURGICAL
REVASCULARIZATION
INR SELF-MANAGEMENT
WITH LOW-DOSE THERAPETIC RANGE AFTER MECHANICAL HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT
H. Koertke,
D. Seifert, O. Wagner, N. Atmacha, A. Krian, J. Ennker, W.P. Kloevekorn, R.
Mossdorf, W. Saggau, R. Koerfer,
Heart Center North Rhine-Westphalia Bad Oeynhausen, Germany,
Clinic of the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
THE “SHELHIGH” STENTLESS
BIOPROSTHESIS IN ACTIVE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS: EARLY AND MID-TERM
RESULTS
M. Musci,
O. Birkelbach, R. Petzina, M. Pasic, C.H. Detschades, S. Kosky, H.
Siniawski, C.Yankah, R. Hetzer, Deutsches
Herzzentrum Berlin, Dept. of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery,
Berlin, Germany
MULTI-TRACK SYSTEM VS.
INOUE BALLOON TECHNIQUE IN PERCUTANEOUS DILATATION OF MITRAL STENOSIS
A.A Elagha
, M.M Abdelghany, S.G. Ibrahim, M.M Mokhtar, Egypt
LOW THROMBOGENICITY
MECHANICAL AORTIC PROSTHESIS WITH LOW INTENSITY ANTICOAGULATION - A SAFE
OPTION FOR THE ELDERLY
EG Butchart,
N Payne, GG Grunkemeier,
University
Hospital of Wales, UK
OUTCOME OF MITRAL
BALLOON VALVOTOMY IN ASYMPTOMATIC OR MINIMALLY SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS WITH
SEVERE MITRAL STENOSIS
M.E. Fawzy,
M. Shoukri, H.Hegazy, A. Al. Sanei, A. Badr, A. Hamadanchi, J. Al.
Buraiki,
King Faisal
Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
STATINS AS MEDICAL
THERAPY FOR CALCIFIC AORTIC STENSIS(AS)
A. Kumar,
H. Kaur, P. Devi, V. Mohan, Govt Medical College /G.N.D
Hospital, Amritsar, India
VALVE REPAIR IN AORTIC
REGURGITATION WITHOUT ROOT DILATATION
H.F. Lausberg,
D. Aicher, F. Langer, H.J. Schaefers,
University
Hospitals of the Saarland, Homburg/Saar, Germany
PERCUTANEOUS MITRAL
VALVULOPLASTY VERSUS SURGERY IN SEVERE MITRAL STENOSIS WITH SEVERE
TRICUSPID REGURGITATION
D.H. Kang,
K.M. Park, H. Song, M.K. Hong, J.K. Song, S.W. Park, S.J. Park,
Asan
Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
IMMEDIATE RESULTS AND
LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS OF PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN
HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS
F. Boccara, G. Odi, E.
Di Angelantonio, A. Cohen, G. Barbarini, G. Barbaro,
University
"La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
EVALUATION OF
ROBOTICALLY ASSISTED CORONARY SURGERY BY INTRAOPERATIVE ANGIOGRAPHY
G.J. Friedrich,
N. Bonaros, T. Schachner, A. Oehlinger, G. Laufer, G.M. Feuchtner, P. Jonetzko, O.
Pachinger, J. Bonatti,
University
Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria
THE PRECONDITIONING
MECHANISM ON ARRHYTHMIAS IN CABG PATIENTS INVOLVES IN AUTONOMIC
REGULATION
Z.K. Wu,
S. Vikman, J. Laurikka, E. Pehkonen, T. Iivainen, H.V. Huikuri, M.R. Tarkka,
Sun
Yat-sen
University, GuangZhou, China
TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2005
11:15 –
14:00
Hall C
S65:
Session
GENE AND CELL BASED THERAPIES, BASIC RESEARCH
LEUKOTRIENE PATHWAY
GENE POLYMORPHISM AND THE RISK OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE (CHD)
S.P. Mall,
J.W. Holloway, A.P. Sampson, S. Ye,
University
of Southampton, School of Medicine, Southampton, UK
A NOVEL MUTATION IN THE
TOLL/IL-1R (TIR) DOMAIN-CONTAINING ADAPTER INDUCING IFN-BETA (TRIF) GENE
IN A PATIENT WITH VIRUS-INDUCED DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
N.E. Bowles,
M. Pauschinger, L. Banks, J. Bersola, C.H. Huang, J.S. Baker, H.S. Hardarson, K.
Fitzgerald, J.G. Vallejo,
Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL
CHARACTERISTICS OF VENTRICULAR MYOCYTES OF XIN-ALPHA-DEFICIENT MOUSE
HEARTS
C.I. Lin,
C.P. Cheng, Y.X. Loh, E.A. Gustafson-Wagner, Y.J. Lai, Y.C. Chen,
J.J.C. Lin,
National
Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
MATERNAL TRANSMISSION
OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE RISK IS STRONGER THAN PATERNAL TRANSMISSION: A
NATION-WIDE STUDY OF 427000 EVENTS
X. Li,
J. Sundquist, S.E. Johansson, K. Sundquist,
Karolinska
Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
CELLULAR
CARDIOMYOPLASTY USING ANGIOGENIC GENE EXPRESSING SKELETAL MYOBLASTS FOR
CARDIAC REPAIR
Lei Ye,
K. H.H. Haider, S.J. Jiang, R.S. Tan, R.W. Ge, P.K. Law, S. Aziz, E.K.W.
Sim,
Natioanal
University Medical Institutes, National University of Singapore,
Singapore
BETA-CATENIN/TCF
SIGNALING CONTROL VASCULAR PROVISIONAL MATRIX FORMATION THROUGH
TARGETING PROTEOGLYCAN, VERSICAN, GENE PROMOTER IN VASCULAR SMOOTH
MUSCLE CELLS
M. Rahmani,
L. Ang, J.T. Read, B.W. Wong, J.M. Carthy , P.S. Rennie, B.M. McManus,
University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
PEGYLATED-LIPOSOMAL
FORMULATION OF CHIMERIC LNA/DNA ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES AGAINST DNA
METASE AND VINORELBINE INDUCE APOPTOSIS IN CHEMORESISTANT ANGIOSARCOMA
CHARACTERISED BY 5'CPG ISLAND METHYLATION OF TSGS CDKN2/MTS1(P16INK4A),
P14ARF, CDKN2B/MTS2(P15INK4B), IRF1,NF AND P53
J. Giannios,
P. Lambrinos,
Dept.of Surgical and Clinical Oncology/Hematology, GSHA, Athens,
Greece
COMBINATION OF G-CSF
AND GM-CSF STIMULATES MONOCYTE-DERIVED PRO-ANGIOGENIC CELLA IN PATIENTS
WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
S. Marra,
P. Scacciatella, S. Bruno, C. Tarella, G. Camussi,
S. G. Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy
GENE TRANSFER OF HUMAN
GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE I REVERESE BH4 DEFICIENCY AND ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION
IN LOW RENIN HYPERTENSION
J.S. Zheng, G.D. Fink,
A.F. Chen,
Michigan
State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
CORRELATION BETWEEN
GENE EXPRESSION AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES AFTER PTCA IN APOE KNOCKOUT
MOUSE ATHEROSCLEROTIC AORTA
L. Petrov,
E. Aavik, S. Lehti, P. Hayry, J. Vamvacopoulos,
University
of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
MECHANISMS OF SPATIAL
CLOT GROWTH ON OXIDIZED LDL-TREATED VASCULAR CELLS AS A MODEL OF
ATHEROTHROMBOSIS
N.M. Ananyeva,
M.V. Ovanesov, F.I. Ataullakhanov, E.L. Saenko,
University
of Maryland School of Medicine, Rockville, MD, USA
TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2005
08:30 –
12:30
Poster Hall
P501:
Poster Session
GENE TRANSFER AND THERAPY
COMBINED THERAPY WITH
HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD STEM CELLS AND ANGIOGENIC GROWTH FACTOR GENES
ENHANCES ANGIOGENESIS AND IMPROVES CARDIAC PERFORMANCE IN THE MOUSE
MODEL OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
K.G. Shyu,
B.W. Wang, P. Kuan, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su
Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
A LENGTH POLYMORPHISM
IN THE HEME OXYGENASE-1 GENE PROMOTER MODIFIES THE RISK OF CAROTID
ATHEROSCLEROSIS RELATED TO ARSENIC EXPOSURE
M.M. Wu,
H.Y. Chiou, T.C. Lee, W.C. Ma, I.H. Wang, W.L. Huang, C.J. Chen,
Institute of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei,
Taiwan
LYSOZYME REDUCES SERUM
AGE AND AMELIORATES ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN APOE (-/-) MICE
H. Liu,
J. Uribarri, J. Tunstead, M. Lu, L. Zhu, H. Vlassara,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
PEGYLATED-LIPOSOMAL
FORMULATION OF CHIMERIC LNA/DNA ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES AGAINST DNA
METASE AND VINORELBINE INDUCES APOPTOSIS IN CHEMORESISTANT ANGIOSARCOMA
CHARACTERISED BY 5'CPG ISLAND METHYLATION OF TSGS CDKN2/MTS1
(P16INK4A),P14ARF,CDKN2B/MTS2 (P15INK4B),IRF1,NF AND P53
J. Giannios,
E.M. Michailakis, P. Lambrinos, N. Alexandropoulos, N. Pilatis,
Dept. of
Surgical and Clincial Oncology/Hematology, GSHA Athens, Greece
P502:
Poster Session
GENETIC
STUDIES
VARIATION IN THE CRYAB
GENE IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
B. Stoevring,
P.S. Andersen, O. Havndrup, H Bundgaard, M Christiansen,
Department
of Clinical Biochemistry, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
ASSOCIATION OF GENETIC
POLYMORPHISMS IN THE FIBRINOGEN AND PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GENES WITH
UNSTABLE ANGINA IN CHINESE PATIENTS
Y.B. Ni,
D.Y. Hu, H. Yu, C.L. Li, W.L. Liu, H.Y. Wang, L. Li,
Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing, China
PHARMACOGENETICS STUDY
OF ATORVASTATIN IN CHINESE CONONARY HEART DISEASE PATIENTS
J.Y. Li,
D.Y. Hu, Q.G. Tong, X.B. Shi, M.Y. Wu, C.L. Li, L. Li,
Tongren
Hospital, Capital University of Medical University, Beijing,
China
TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2005
08:30 –
12:30
Poster Hall
P503:
Poster Session
LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND HYPERTROPHIC
CARDIOMYOPATHY
PREVALENCE OF FABRY
DISEASE IN FEMALE PATIENTS WITH LATE-ONSET HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
C. Chimenti,
M. Pieroni, A. Maseri, M.A. Russo, A. Frustaci, Catholic
University, Rome, Italy
REMODELING OF
VOLUME-SENSITIVE K CHANNELS IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF MOUSE LEFT VENTRICLE
DURING MYOCARDIAL HYPERTROPHY
G-L Wang, L. Liu, L.
Ye, D. Duan,
School of
Medicine University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
THE EXPRESSION OF
MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-1 AND TISSURE INHIBITOR OF MATRIX
METALLOPROTEINASES-1 GENES IN THE AREAS OF INTRAVENTRICULAR SEPTUM
MYOCARDIAL HYPERTROPHY IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC OBSTRUCTIVE
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
L.A. Bokeria, E.V.
Shlyakhto, A.Y. Gudkova, S.E. Sozin , K.V. Borisov, E.N.
Semernin, A.A. Totolyan, A.B. Chukhlovin,
Pavlov
State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Russia
RELATIONSHIP OF
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC GEOMETRY OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY TO
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY
L.L. Diaz,
H.B. Calleja, G.B. Rogelio,
Heart
Institute - St. Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines
CLASSICAL TYPE OF FABRY
DISEASE WITH DILATED PHASE OF HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY WITHOUT RENAL
FAILURE IN AGED MAN
H. Yoshida
,T. Ishido, A. Tsubokawa, M. Shimojo,
Fukui Red
Cross Hospital, Fukui, Japan
LEFT VENTRICULAR
LONGITUDINAL SYSTOLIC FUNCTION, ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION AND CYTOKINES’
LEVELS IN HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY PATIENTS
E. Pavlioukova,
E .Souslova Tatiana., S. Likhomanov Konstantin, V. Konovalova Anna, S.
Karpov Rostislav,
Institute of
Cardiology, Tomsk, Russia
LEFT VENTRICULAR
HYPERTROPHY AS A PREDICTOR OF CEREBRO VASCULAR ACCIDENT IN HYPERTENSIVES
C. K Das,
S Behera, G Roy, K Thakur, K.C. Bag, P.K. Singh, B.K. Toppo, S Purti, H.K. Singh,
A.B. Kerketta, Railway Hospital,
Bmy, Durg, CG, India
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
AND OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH APICAL HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY IN
TAIWAN
C.H. Lee,
L.M. Tsai, P.Y. Liu, L.J. Lin, J.H. Chen, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center,Taiwan,
ROC
P504:
Poster Session
DRUG
THERAPY IN HEART FAILURE
FOSINOPRIL IN
COMPARISON WITH LOSARTAN FOR SEVERE ISCHEMIC HEART FAILURE WITH CHRONIC
OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: EFFECTS ON MORTALITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE
X.H. Zeng,
X.J. Zeng, Y.Y. Li, Y. H. Zeng, Z.H. Liu,
Chengdu Second People's Hospital, Chengdu, China
VERY LOW DOSE DIGOXIN
IN COMBINATION WITH BERBERINE FOR AGED>65 WITH ISCHEMIC HEART FAILURE
X.H. Zeng,
X.J. Zeng, Y.Y. Li, T. Yuan,
Chengdu
Second People's Hospital, Chengdu University, China
BISOPROLOL IMPROVES
LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS, LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AND NEUROHUMORAL STATUS
IN ASYMPTOMATIC HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
A.E. Berezin,
State Medical
University, Hospital Therapy, Zaporozhye, Ukraine
IX MONTH INJECTION
SHENGMEI THERAPY FOR MILD TO MODERATE CARDIORENAL SYNDROME SECONDARY TO
CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
X.H. Zeng, WZ Wu,
X.J. Zeng, Y.Y. Li,
Chengdu
University Second People's Hospital, China
UROCORTIN 2 HAS BENEFICIAL HEMODYNAMIC, ENDOCRINE AND RENAL EFFECTS IN
EXPERIMENTAL HEART FAILURE
M.T. Rademaker , C.J. Charles, V.A. Cameron, A.M. Richards,
Christchurch School of Medicine, Christchurch, New Zealand
P505:
Poster Session
NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES, ENDOTHELIN: ROLE IN HEART
FAILURE
EXERCISE-INDUCED
RELEASE OF BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE LINKS WITH LONG QT AND CARDIAC
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
D. Karciauskaite,
R.J. Grybauskiene, Z. Bertasiene, J. Bluzhas, G. Urbonaviciene, P. Grybauskas, J.
Janenaite, J.M. Cimbolaityte, A. Mongirdiene,
Kaunas
University of Medicine Institute of Cardiology, Kaunas, Lithuania
B-TYPE NATRIURETIC
PEPTIDE AND TEMPORARY RIGHT VENTRICULAR PACING IN CHRONIC BIVENTRICULAR
PACING
R Hazukova,
J Vojacek, M Pleskot, M Tauchman, L Beran, M Sivak, J Kvasnicka, A Havlicek,
1st
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Hradec Kralove,
Czech Republic
EFFECT OF NATRIURETIC
PEPTIDES IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION AND
UNKNOWN CAUSE OF DYSPEA
S.H. Kim, J.H. Zo, M.A. Kim, J.S. Lee,
Boramae
Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
INFLUENCE OF THE BODY
MASS INDEX ON THE CLINICAL DISPLAYS OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
N. Kipshidze, L.B
Khosroshvili, T.A. Davarashvili, K.N. Liluashvili,
National
Centre of Therapy, Tbilisi, Georgia
P506:
Poster Session
PREDICTORS AND MARKERS OF HEART FAILURE OUTCOME II
OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS
WITH TACHYCARDIA-INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY WHO HAVE TACHYCARDIA RECURRENCE
B. Olshansky,
P. Nerheim, L. Piracha, S. Birger-Botkin,
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
PATIENTS KNOWLEDGE
PREDICTS PROGNOSIS IN PATIENTS RECEIVING CARE IN HEART FAILURE CLINIC
M. Lainscak,
I. Keber, General Hospital Murska Sobota,
Murska Sobota, Slovenia
DIFFERENCES IN MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE PATIENTS, TREATED BY
CARDIOLOGISTS AND GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS
M.
Lainscak,
I. Keber,
General
Hospital Murska Sobota, Slovenia
DOES THE SEVERITY OF
CHRONIC HEART FAILURE INFLUENCE HEART RATE VARIABILITY?
M.D. Zdravkovic,
D.D. Trifunovic-Zamaklar, N.M. Milic, R.S. Pokrajac, M.S. Zaja, D.D. Zdravkovic, J.M.
Andrejic,
Medical
Center Bezanijska Kosa, Belgrade School of Medicine, Serbia & Montenegro
PREDICTORS OF LONG TERM
MORTALITY AFTER HOSPITALIZATION FOR HEART FAILURE
M.
Lainscak,
Irena Keber, General Hospital Murska Sobota,
Murska Sobota, Slovenia
AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND
CLINICAL STUDY OF HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED SYSTOLIC FUNCTION
(HF-PSF) IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
E.D. Chula, M.C.
Moreira, W.T. Caiaffa,
School of
Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
MANAGEMENT IN HEART
FAILURE CLINIC IMPROVES SURVIVAL IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
M. Lainscak,
I. Keber, General Hospital Murska Sobota,
Murska Sobota, Slovenia
PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF
ADMISSION GLUCOSE OF HOSPITALIZED NON-DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH HEART
FAILURE
S. Stawicki,
M. Roik, M.H. Starczewska, A. Solarska-Polchlopek, D. Kosior, O.
Warszawik, R. Rodzoch, G. Opolski,
Medical
University of Warsaw, Poland
TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2005
08:30 –
12:30
Poster Hall
P507:
Poster Session
SUDDEN DEATH
DEPRESSION IN PATIENTS
WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND NONLINEAR ANALYSIS OF HEART RATE
VARIABILITY
B.M. Milovanovic,
M. Krotin, V. Bisenic, D. Vukovic, A. Milovanovic,
Medical
Center “Bezanijska Kosa” Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro
GENETIC VARIATION OF SARCOLIPIN IN LONG QT SYNDROME,
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
M.T. Nyberg,
B. Stoevring, M. Christiansen,
Statens Serum Institut (SSI), Copenhagen,
Denmark
CARDIAC CONDUCTION
ARTERIES IN INFANTS: EARLY ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS OR FIBROMUSCOLAR
HYPERPLASIA/DYSPLASIA?
G. Ottaviani,
A.M. Lavezzi, L. Matturri,
Institute of Pathology, University of Milan, Italy
THE DIABETIC VAGAL
DENERVATION DIAGNOSED WITH 30:15 RATIO TEST IS ASSOCIATED WITH ONSET OF
ISCHAEMIA AND DISORDER OF RHYTHM
B. M Milovanovic,
M. Krotin , D. Vukovic, V. Bisenic, A.
Milovanovic,
Medical Center “Bezanijska Kosa” Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro
P508:
Poster Session
ARRHYTHMIAS AND ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUG THERAPY-BASIC AND
CLINICAL
DOES PRE EXISTING
PULMONARY DISEASE INCREASE THE RISK OF USING AMIODARONE FOR ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION? RESULTS FROM THE AFFIRM STUDY
B. Olshansky,
M. Sami, A. Rubin, J. Kostis, S. Shorofsky, A. Slee, H.L. Greene,
University
of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
NATURAL HISTORY OF SINOATRIAL WENCKEBACH BLOCK
A. Dabrowski,
L. Kubik, E. Kramarz,
Military
Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL
STUDY IN ACUTE YELLOW OLEANDER POISONING
W Taggu,
A Gurtoo, KR Sethuraman, J Balachander, T Manimaran, A Taggu, R Singh, R Anilkumar,
Eastbourne
DGH, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK
DISAPPOINTING RATE OF
ANTICOAGULATION IN OLDER PATIENTS FOR STROKE PREVENTION IN ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION
V.N. Singh,
R. Sharma, M. Richardson,
Suncoast
Cardiovascular Research, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
RISK FACTORS OF HEART
FAILURE IN PATIENTS WITH NON-VALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
T Liu,
LJ Li, GP Li,
Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin,
China
INTRAVENOUS MAGNESIUM
FOR PREVENTING POST-CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION: A META-ANALYSIS
M.G.Y. Ong,
G.G. Domingo, C.N. Chungunco, F.E. Punzalan, Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines
THE INCIDENCE OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND THE SUCCESS RATE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT IN AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
S.H. Braat,
S. Bekkers, A. Ruyters, C.H. De Zwaan, Academic
Hospital of
Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
ADDITION OF QUANTUM
THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION FOR VASCULAR
PROPHYPAXIS
I.G. Alizade
, IN.T
Aliyeva-Karayeva,
Hospital of
Ministry of Internal Affairs,
Baku, Azerbaijan
QTC DISPERSION AND
SUSCEPTIBILITY TO VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
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M.A Ostovan,
S.H. Hooshmand,
Shiraz
University, Shiraz, Iran
P509:
Poster Session
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY/ CONGENITAL HEART
DISEASE
EARLY AND LATE
COMPLICATIONS OF PERCUTANEOUS PATENT FORAMEN OVALE CLOSURE WITH THE
AMPLATZER DEVICE
M. Zanchetta,
L. Pedon, A. Carrozza, M. Zennaro, E. Onorato,
Cittadella, Padova, Italy
DOUBLE AORTIC ARCH
A.S. Gami,
J.R. Lesser, R.S.
Schwartz, N.M. Ammash,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
INTRACARDIAC
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY GUIDANCE DURING TRANSCATHETER CLOSURE OF PERFORATED
ATRIAL SEPTAL ANEURYSM
M. Zanchetta,
E. Onorato, M. Zennaro, A. Carrozza, L. Pedon,
Cittadella
General Hospital, Padova, Italy
PREDICTORS OF LEFT
VENTRICULAR PERFORMANCE AFTER VALVE REPLACEMENT FOR CHRONIC AORTIC
REGURGITATION
R. Isatafreshi,
P. Nokhostindavari, A. Shahmohammadi, M. Meraji, M. Arabi,
Iran
University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
ILOPROST IN
POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION INFANT
A. Limsuwan,
S. Wanichakul, A. Khosithsat, P. Ausayapao, P. Samankatiwat, S. Attanavanich,
Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
ENTERAL NUTRITION IN
POST -OPERATIVE CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
A.M. Chutani,
A. Saxena, P. Venugopal
RELATIONSHIP OF
PARASYMPATHETIC AND SYMPATHETIC REGULATION OF CARDIAC RHYTHM IN CHILDREN
AT
C.E. Makimbetova,
Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
PREVALENCE OF
STREPTOCOCCUS A TONSILLITIS AND RHEUMATIC FEVER AMONG CHILDREN IN
ULAANBAATAR CITY
B. Burmaa,
D. Zulgerel, D. Bayarmaa, Health Science
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