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Sunday,
July 17, 2005
Monday,
July 18, 2005
Tuesday,
July 19, 2005
Oral Presentations Oral Presentations Oral Presentations
Poster Sessions Poster Sessions Poster Sessions

 

Monday, July 17, 2005

08:30-10:30   HALL A
  PL07   Plenary Session:
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY: VARIOUS ETIOLOGIES

Chairpersons: M.A. Alpert, St Louis, MO, USA
                    
H.P. Schultheiss, Berlin, Germany

 
08:30 DIAGNOSIS ANS TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY CARDIOMYOPATHY (Invited Lecture)
H. Schultheiss, Charite-University Medicine Berlin- Campus Benjamin Franklin, Germany
 
08:45 OBESITY CARDIOMYOPATHY: PATHOGENESIS, CLINICAL RECOGNITION AND  MANAGEMENT (Invited Lecture)
M.A. Alpert, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, USA
 
09:00 COLLAGEN AND CARDIOVASCULAR REMODELING. WHY BOTHER? (Invited Lecture)
B.I. Jugdutt, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
 
09:15 PROGNOSTIC FACTORS AND RISK STRATIFICATION  IN CHAGAS HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
A., Jr. Rassi
, Anis Rassi Hospital, Goiania, GO, Brazil
 
09:30 CARDIAC CA2+ CHANNELS PROVIDE A MAJOUR PATHWAY FOR IRON ENTRY INTO HEART CELLS (Invited Lecture)
P.H. Backx, M.G. Trivieri,  G.Y. Oudit, University of Toronto, Canada 
 
9:45 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
 
10:00 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
 
10:15 HIV INFECTION AND THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM (Invited Lecture)
G. Barbaro, Medical Pathophysiology, University of La Sapienza, Italy
 
10:30 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005
08:30-10:00   HALL B
 

 

PL08   Plenary Session:
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

Chairpersons: H. Mudra, Munich, Germany
                     H. Sievert, Frankfurt, Germany

 

 

08:30 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
 
08:45 SIX YEARS OF ALCOHOL SEPTAL ABLATION FOR HOCM:  LESSONS LEARNED (Invited Lecture)
N. Lakkis, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
 
09:00 PERCUTANEOUS CAROTID INTERVENTIONS UNDER NEUROPROTECTION - AN UPDATE 2005 (Invited Lecture)
H. Mudra, Dept. of Cardiology, Krankenhaus Munchen Neuperlach, Munchen, Germany
 
09:15 DRUG ELUTING STENTS IN CURRENT CORONARY INTERVENTIONAL PRACTICE (Invited Lecture)           
V. Mathew, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
 
09:30 ADVANCES IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOMATERIALS: IMPROVING  INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY (Invited Lecture)
S.R. Bailey,
University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
 
09:45 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
 
10:00 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005
08:30-10:30   HALL C
 

 

S56   Session:
HYPERTENSION, DIABETES MELLITUS, OBESITY AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS, BASIC AND CLINICAL

Chairpersons:   M.L. Daviglus, Chicago, IL, USA
                        P.R. Liebson
, Chicago, IL
, USA      

 

 

08:30 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
 
08:45 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
 
09:00 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
 
09:15 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
 
09:30 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
 
09:45 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
 
10:00 ROLE OF HYPERPOLARIZATION AND NITRIC OXIDE IN THE RADIAL ARTERY OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS
I. Kardasz, Scuola Superiore S.Anna University, Pisa, Italy
 
10:15 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
 
10:30 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005
11:15-14:00   HALL A
  PL09   Plenary Session:
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE / HEART VALVE SURGERY / DISEASES OF THE THORACIC AORTA / SURGICAL REVASCULARIZATION

Chairpersons: J.S. Borer, New York, NY, USA
                    
H. Boudoulas, Athens, Greece

 
11:15 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
 
11:30 AORTA: FUNCTION-DYSFUNCTION-CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS (Invited Lecture)
H. Boudoulas, Foundation Biomedical Research, Academy of Athens, Greece
 
11:45 INCITING EVENTS FOR ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION (Invited Lecture)
J.A. Elefteriades, I. Hatzaras, J. Bible
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
 
12:00 PERCUTANEOUS MITRAL VALVE REPAIR (Invited Lecture)
T. Sanborn, Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, Illinois, USA
 
12:15 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
 
12:30 PATIENT-PROSTHESIS MISMATCH: DEFINITION (Invited Lecture)
P. Pibarot, Research Center of Laval Hospital, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada
 
12:45 SURGERY FOR END-STAGE CORONARY DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
K.A. Horvath, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
 
13:00 OSTEOBLASTOGENESIS IN AORTIC VALVE DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
N.M. Rajamannan
, Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, IL, USA
 
13:15 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
 
13:30 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
 
13:45 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
 
14:00 LUNCH BREAK  
MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005
11:15-13:15   HALL B
  PL10   Plenary Session:
ATHEROSCLEROSIS: PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT

Chairpersons: R. Paoletti, Milan, Italy
                     S. Stern, Jerusalem, Israel

 
11:15 NUTRITION, INFLAMMATION, AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS (Invited Lecture)
R. Paoletti, University of Milan, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Milan, Italy
 
11:30 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
 
11:45 THE ROLE OF STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS (Invited Lecture)
Q. Xu, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
 
12:00 INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS1 (Invited Lecture)
S. Amar, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
 
12:15 HAS THE TIME COME FOR SCREENING FOR ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE? (Invited Lecture)
S. Stern, Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
 
12:30 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
roševic, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
 
12:45 ANTIANGINAL THERAPY  AND STRESS TESTING (Invited Lecture)
R. Sicari, CNR, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy
 
13:00 NEW AND EVOLVING TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR CHRONIC REFRACTORY ANGINA (Invited Lecture)
G. Barsness, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
 
13:15 LUNCH BREAK  
MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005
11:15-13:30   HALL C
  S57   Session:
VASCULAR BIOLOGY, VASCULAR RESEARCH

Chairpersons: G. Kojda, Dusseldorf, Germany
                     K. Malese, Detroit, MI, USA

 
11:15 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
 
11:30 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
 
11:45 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
 
12:00 EFFECT 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
 
12:15 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
 
12:30 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
 
12:45 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
 
13:00 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
 
13:15 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
 
13:30 LUNCH BREAK  
MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005
11:15-13:45   HALL D
  S58   Session:
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME, ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY, BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS

Chairpersons: A. Lopex-Farre, Madrid, Spain
                     V. Mathew, Rochester, MN, USA

 
11:15 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
 
11:30 IS 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
 
11:45 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
 
12:00 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
 
12:15 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 Ravkilde, Dept. of Cardiology Aalborg Hospital - Aarhus University Aalborg, Denmark
 
12:30 TARGETED CARDIAC POPULATION PROTEOMICS
U.A. Kiernan, D. Nedelkov, E.E. Niederkofler, K.A. Tubbs, R.W. Nelson, Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc., Tempe, AZ, USA
 
12:45 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
 
13:00 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
 
13:15 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
 
13:30 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
 
13:45 LUNCH BREAK  
MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005
14:00-17:00   HALL A
  PL11   Plenary Session:
CLASSIC PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY/ADULT CONGENITAL AND FETAL CARDIOLOGY

Chairpersons: B.W. Duncan, Cleveland, OH, USA
                     G.L. Rosenthal, Cleveland, OH, USA

 
14:00 LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN PEDIATRIC MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT (Invited Lecture)
B.W. Duncan
, Children's Hospital at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
 
14:15 PATHOGENESIS AND MANAGEMENT OF KAWASAKI DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
 
M. Terai, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
 
14:30 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
 
14:45 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
 
15:00 PATHOGENESIS AND MANAGEMENT OF AORTIC DILATION IN ADULTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
A. Yetman
, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
 
15:30 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
 
15:45 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
 
16:00 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
 
16:15 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
 
16:30 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
 
16:45 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
 
17:00 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005
14:00-15:45   HALL B
  PL12   Plenary Session:
ARRHYTHMIAS II: DIAGNOSIS / DRUG THERAPY / ABLATION  

Chairpersons: B. Olshansky, Iowa City, IA, USA
                     R.L. Page
, Seattle, WA, USA

 
14:00 ASYMPTOMATIC OR "SILENT" ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (Invited Lecture)
R.L. Page, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
 
14:15 ATRIAL FIBRILLATION:  THE ROLE OF AVN ABLATION AND PACING (Invited Lecture)
W.K. Shen, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
 
14:30 LONG TERM TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF RECURRENT VENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIAS (Invited Lecture)
M.A. Wood, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA
 
14:45 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
 
15:00 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
 
15:15 CHARACTERIZATION OF SVC MYOCARDIAL SEGMENTS AND RI