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 POSTER HALL

P501    Poster Session
COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY/MAGNETIC RESONANCE: CLINICAL

LEFT ATRIAL TRANSPORT FUNCTION AFTER THE MAZE PROCEDURE ASSESSED BY CINE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING  
H. Yasuda, G. Matsumiya, M. Yoshitatsu, H. Matsue, T. Higuchi, K. Kitabayashi, Y. Sawa, S. Hamada, Osaka University School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

POSTMORTEM INSITU MRI OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION STAGES CORRELATED TO AUTOPSY AND HISTOLOGY 
C. Jackowski, A. Christe, M. Sonnenschein, E. Aghayev, M.J. Thali, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland, Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization, University of Linkoping, Sweden

31P NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY OF THE MYOCARDIUM AT 3 TESLA 
G. Nallur Shivu, K. Abozguia, T.T. Phan, M.P. Frenneaux, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK

MULTISLICE COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHIC CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY FOR PREOPERATIVE RISK STRATIFICATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING LIVER TRANSPLANTATION 
S. Abbrederis, G. Feuchtner, O. Pachinger, W. Vogel, E. Gassner, I. Graziadei, G.J. Friedrich, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

CORONARY AND AORTIC CALCIUM ASSESSMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR EVALUATING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK
N.D. Wong, Heart Disease Prevention Program, Division of Cardiology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

MULTIDETECTOR CT CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY: EVOLVING  NICHE IN ROUTINE UK CLINICAL PRACTICE
J.D.S. Higginson, Cardiology Department, Ulster Hospital, Belfast, UK

BOLD-MRI OF THE SKELETAL MUSCLE DURING ISCHEMIA IN PATIENTS WITH PAOD AND A CONTROL-GROUP
S. Potthast, A.C. Schulte, M. Aschwanden, D. Bilecen, University of Basel, Switzerland

VALIDITY OF 64-DECTOR MULTISLICE SPIRAL COMPUTE TOMOGRAPHY IN THE DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN ISCHEMIC AND NONISCHEMIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHIES
J.H. Koh, M.Y. Kim, J.Y. Do, Kwandong University, Goyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Aju University, Suwan, Gyeonggi, South Korea

P502      Poster Session
DRUG THERAPY IN HEART FAILURE

IMPACT OF OLMESARTAN ON PLASMA BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE LEVELS IN AMBULATORY PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION
A. Duque, A. Barragan, J. Lacalzada, C. Perera, A. De La Rosa, A. Lara, G. Yanes, I. Laynez, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF CARVEDILOL IN PATIENT WITH BTA-THALASSEMIA MAJOR AND DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
G.H. Ajami, H. Amoozgar, M. Borzoee, M. Karimi, F. Piravian, F. Ashrafi, F. Beladi, Shiraz Medical School, Shiraz, Fars, Iran

THE EFFECT OF CONCOMITANT USE OF NEBIVOLOL AND SPIRONOLACTONE IN PATIENTS WITH MILD TO MODERATE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
N. Krstic, M. Pavlovic, Z. Perisic, D. Milic, S. Salinger, A. Stojkovic, V. Erakovic, Medical Faculty, Nis, Serbia

ENDOTHELIN MEDIATES THE EFFECTS OF ACTIVATION OF BETA-RECEPTOR ON FKBP12.6 AND SERCA2A THAT RELATES TO PKC-EPSILON PATHWAY
N. Li, N. Jia, D.Z. Dai, Y. Dai, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China

P503      Poster Session
MECHANICAL SUPPORT, LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES

CARDIAC DEVICES-THE FUTURE IS NOW
H.S. Arora, P. Loyalka, B. Kar, R. Delgado, Texas Heart Institute/St Lukes Episcopal Institute, Houston, Texas, USA

MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY ASSISTANCE AS A BRIDGE TO HEART TRANSPLANTATION. THE ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTRE EXPERIENCE
A. Gkouziouta, P. Sfirakis, S. Adamopoulos, A. Manginas, G. Karavolias, L. Tsourelis, Th. Antoniou, G. Theodorakis, D. Cockinos, P. Alivizatos, Onasis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece

ACUTE NECROTIZING EOSINOPHILIC MYOCARDITIS: BRIDGE TO RECOVERY WITH VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE SUPPORT
L. Samuels, J. Kohout, E. Ghosh, K. Hagan, S. Imaizumi, F. Ferdinand, Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, PA, USA

P504    Poster Session
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE/ HEART VALVE SURGERY II

POSTERIOR PERICARDIAL APPROACH FOR ASCENDING-TO-DESCENDING AORTIC BYPASS FOR ANASTOMOTIC LEAK OF INFECTED INTERPOSITIONAL GRAFT
Y.L. Chua, M. Nakao, S.L. Lim, K.H. Tay, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre, Singapore

EFFECT OF PATIENT-PROSTHESIS MISMATCH ON LONG-TERM SURVIVAL: ASSESSMENT TO 15 YEARS WITH AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
W.R.E. Jamieson, P. Pibarot, J.G. Dumesnil, J. Ye, A. Cheung, E. Germann, F. Chan, J.S. MacNab, E.A. Stanford, L.A. Bryson, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

PERCUTANEOUS MITRAL BALLOON VALVULOPLASTY AFTER SURGICAL COMMISSUROTOMY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
M. Napodano, C. Fraccaro, G. Tarantini, R. Razzolini, S. Iliceto, A. Ramondo, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

DOES STENTLESS BIOPROSTHESIS PERFORMANCES IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY AT 1 YEAR FOLLOW UP?
P. Totaro, V. Argano, Civic Hospital, Brescia, Italy

ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF THORACIC AORTA NECESSITATING LEFT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY OVERSTENTING: IS THE PRIMARY REVASCULARIZATION MANDATORY?
G. Iannelli, M. Monaco, L. Di Tommaso, G.B. Pinna, A. Pantaleo, G. Sarno, G. Scignamiglio, F. Piscione, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy

DIFFERENCES IN MITRAL VALVE ANNULAR FUNCTION UNDER FULL AND PARTIAL RING ANNULOPLASTY
J. Redmond, D. Christiansen, C. Bergin, L. Leuer, T. Ryan, N. Rakow, N. Barka, T. Billstrom, L. Shecterle, J. St. Cyr, Jacqmar, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA

THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY CAN BE AN EFFECTIVE THERAPEUTIC APPROACH IN PROSTHETIC VALVE MALFUNCTION
N. Aslan Abadi, A. Sajjadieh Khajouei, E. Hosein Zadeh, A. Maneshgar, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

SALVAGE OF THE NEOAORTIC VALVE AFTER FAILURE OF THE PULMONARY AUTOGRAFT IN THE ROSS OPERATION
G. El Khoury, L. de Kerchove, D. Glineur, K. Grammad, P. Noirhomme, J. Rubay, Departments of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Cardiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium 

P505      Poster Session
SURGERY FOR LV DYSFUNCTION, CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION

BONE MARROW MONONUCLEAR CELLS ACTIVATED CONSECUTIVELY IN VIVO AND EX VIVO IMPROVE MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION IN ISCHEMIC HEART FAILURE
V.I. Shumakov, S.V. Gureev, A.A. Temnov, N.A. Onishenko, Institute of Transplantology and Artificial Organs, Moscow, Russia

18- MONTHS RESULTS OF THE HEARTNET DEVICE IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS USING CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
F. Grothues, S. Grund, J. Smid, I. Elsner, A. Friedl, C. Huth, C. Herbrich, H.U. Klein, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

THE PROXIMAL ISOVELOCITY SURFACE AREA METHOD IN THE EVALUATION OF MITRAL VALVE AREA IN PATIENTS WITH MITRAL STENOSIS
E.S. Tucay, G.L. Yap, R.D. Jara, Philippine Heart Center, East Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines

LEVOSIMENDAN REVERSING LOW OUTPUT SYNDROME AFTER HEART TRANSPLANTATION
A. Gkouziouta, S. Adamopoulos, Th. Antoniou, L. Louca, D. Zarkalis, P. Sfirakis, P.A. Alivizatos, Onasis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece

AORTIC VALVE REPAIR FOR PURE REGURGITATION: A TAILORED SURGICAL APPROACH TO THE INDIVIDUAL PATHOLOGY
G. El Khoury, D. Glineur, L. de Kerchove, A. Poncelet, J.C. Funken, J. Rubay, P. Astarci, R. Verhelst, V. Lacroix, P. Noirhomme, University of Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium

P506    Poster Session
GENETIC DETERMINANTS OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE/CARDIOMYOPATHIES

AGE-RELATED EFFECTS OF SREBP CLEAVAGE-ACTIVATING PROTEIN (SCAP) GENE POLYMORPHISM ON SEVERITY OF CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND OCCURRENCE OF THROMBOSIS: THE HELSINKI SUDDEN DEATH STUDY
Y.M. Fan, P.J. Karhunen, E. Ilveskoski, J. Mikkelsson, O.A. Kajander, M. Perola, R. Laaksonen, T. Lehtimäki, University of Tampere, Medical School, Tampere, Finland

GENETIC RISK FOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
K. Yajima, Y. Yamada, H. Matsuo, T. Segawa, S. Watanabe, S. Ichihara, K. Kato, T. Hibino, K. Yokoi, Y. Nozawa, Gifu Prefectural Tajimi Hospital, Tajimi, Japan

USEFULNESS OF WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT AS A PREDICTOR OF ANGIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN AN UNSELECTED POPULATION REFERRED FOR CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY
A. Gupta, V. Chopra, C. Ruwende, S. Yanamadala, C. Eng, L.T. Clark, D.J. Pinsky, J.D. Marmur, E. Cavusoglu, State University of New York-Downstate Medical Ctr, Brooklyn, NY, USA, Baystate Medical Center-Tufts School of Medicine, Springfield, MA, USA

PROCOAGULANT GENE EXPRESSION PROFILE IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS OF SAPHENOUS VEIN, BUT NOT INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY 
S.K. Payeli, R. Latini, C. Gebhard, A. Patrignani, M. Stalder, U. Wagner, T.F. Luscher, F.C. Tanner, Physiology Institute, University of Zurich, Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

OPPOSITE EFFECTS OF CX3CR1 RECEPTOR POLYMORPHISMS V249I AND T280M ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME: A POSSIBLE IMPLICATION OF FRACTALKINE IN INFLAMMATORY ACTIVATION
A. Niessner, R. Marculescu, A. Haschemi, G. Endler, C.M. Weyand, G. Maurer, C. Mannhalter, J. Wojta, O.Wagner, K. Huber, Medical University of Vienna, Austria   

MAPPING OF GENETIC MODIFIER OF CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS IN TYPE IIA PROCOLLAGEN DEFICIENT MICE
P.L.F. Tang, S.Y.Y. Wong, K.S.E. Cheah, Y.Q. Song, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

ASSOCIATION OF PHE206LEU ALLELE OF L-SELECTIN GENE WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
M. Hajilooi, Hamedan University, Hamedan, Iran

THE ROLE OF GENETIC FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
M.B. Khelaia, N.N. Kipshidze, K.A. Nadaraia, A.T. Jabauri, National Center of Therapy, Tbilisi, Georgia

DYSFUNCTIONAL HDL AND APO A-1 POLYMORPAHSIMS: POSSIBLE CAUSES OF HIGH CAD IN SOUTH ASIAN IMMIGRANTS 
S. Dodani, G.Reed, N. Mohammad, V. George, Y. Dong, H. Zhu, L. Marion, S. Reddy, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA

P507      Poster Session
GENE TRANSFER AND THERAPY

MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS IMPROVE MYOCARDIAL PERFORMANCE IN CHRONIC MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION 
K.G. Shyu, B.W. Wang, H. Chang, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

MYOCARDIAL GENE TRANSFER OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR FOR THERAPEUTIC ANGIOGENESIS IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
N.S. Vispo, M.J. González, A. Seralena, A.G. Ojalvo, N. González, A. Villar, E. Garzón, N. Chaos, C. Reina, R. González, R. Chil, L.R. Suárez, T. Méndez, G. Senra, R. Milán, J.F. Batista, Y. Peña, M. Coca, G. Fleites, R. Vázquez, B.Y. Betancourt, L. Guevara, M. Nafeh, E. García, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana, Cuba

P508   Poster Session
DRUG THERAPY IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

ASYMPTOMATIC SIGNIFICANT LEFT MAIN DISEASE PERHAPS SHOULD NOT BE A SURGICAL INDICATION FOR ALL
G. Gyenes, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

EFFECT OF TRIMETAZIDINE ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
G. Marazzi, C. Vitale, G. Rosano, L. Gatta, C. Mammi, M. Volterrani, IRCCS San Raffaele Roma, Italy

TRIMETAZIDINE IMPROVES SYMPTOMS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN ISCHEMIC PATIENTS NOT AMENABLE TO REVASCULARIZATION
G. Marazzi, M. Wajngarten, O. Gebara, M. Volterrani, H. Pierri, M. Cabrera, G. Rosano, IRCCS San Raffaele Roma, Italy

ORAL SMALL PEPTIDES (TETRAPEPTIDES) AS POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS
J.T. Yu, M. Navab, G. Hough, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

CAN RESPONSE TO NITROGLYCERIN PREDICT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH CHEST PAIN
V. Jeevanantham, G.I. Parameswaran, V. Tiwari, M. DiSalle, D.H. Hsi, Unity Health System, Rochester, NY, USA

THE EFFECTS OF TRIMETAZIDINE ON THE VENTRICULAR FUNCTION OF PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
A.R. Uy, A.S. Galia, R.A. Calata, L.D. Gutierrez, The Heart Station University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Espana, St. Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines

P509     Poster Session
NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES, ENDOTHELIN: ROLE IN HEART FAILURE

MECA-STIMULATED ATRIAL ANTRIURETIC PEPTIDE RELEASE IN HYPERTENSIVE RATS
Y. Kuichang, B. Guangyi, K. Jong Hun, P. Woo Hyun, S.H. Kim, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea

NT-PROBNP IS A GOOD MARKER TO DETECT DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN SUBJECTS WITH LIMITED EXERCISE CAPACITY WITHOUT OVERT HEART FAILURE
G. Yanes, A. Barragan, J. Lacalzada, A. de la Rosa, A. Duque, C. Perera, A. Lara, I. Laynez, Universitary Hospital, La Laguna, Tenerife-Canary Islands, Spain

CARPERITIDE PRESERVES HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS IN ACUTE HEART FAILURE
S. Kawamura, S. Kobayashi, Y. Nakamura, Y. Wada, T. Okamura, J. Yamada, T. Yamamoto, T. Fujii, M. Matsuzaki, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

SERUM NT-PROBNP LEVELS AND RISK FACTORS FOR CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IN KOREAN GENERAL POPULATION BASED ON A LARGE COHORT STUDY
B.S. Yoo, K.H. Lee, M.S. Ahn, J.Y. Kim, S.H.Lee, J.H. Yoon, K.H. Choe, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea

CORRELATION OF NT-BNP WITH HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN WIDE RANGE OF HEART FAILURE PATIENTS 
J. Celutkiene, A. Laucevicius, V. Grabauskiene, R. Steponeniene, Z. Kucinskiene, R. Jasaityte, J. Martinkeniene, Z. Majorova, Clinic of Heart Diseases, Centre of Cardiology and Angiology, Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania

THE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF N-TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN NON ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (NSTEMI)
A.R. Uy, C.M. Banez, M.E. Yamamoto, E.S. Caguioa, University of Santo Tomas Hospital Espana St. Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines

P510      Poster Session
ARRHYTHMIAS AND ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUG THERAPY – BASIC AND CLINICAL

ADVERSE TELEMETRY EVENTS IN PATIENTS ADMITTED TO NON-INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
R.N. Bazari, S. Rao, L. Yesayan, J. McCord, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN DIVERSE POPULATIONS
L.J. Haywood, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

ARRHYTHMIA ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIOINHIBITORY SYNCOPE
J. Mehlsen, A.B. Mehlsen, Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark

EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF INTRAVENOUS DILTIAZEM THERAPY IN THE ELDERLY WITH FAST ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
V.N. Singh, M. Nelson, R.K. Sharma, University of S. Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA

TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY: A NOVEL “PROARRHYTHMIC” DISEASE 
M.A. Nault, A. Baranchuk, D.P. Redfearn, K. Bally, C.S. Simpson, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada

INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE AND ISCHEMIC STROKE RATES IN NONWHITES COMPARED TO WHITES WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
A.Y-J. Shen, J.F. Yao, S. Brar, J. Hsu, M.B. Jorgensen, X. Wang, W. Chen,^, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

HIGHER PREVALENCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS AMONG PATIENTS WITH ABNORMAL ATRIAL DEPOLARIZATION AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AT EIGHTEEN MONTHS POST EXERCISE TOLERANCE TESTING
D.H. Spodick, V. Ariyarajah, S. Apiyasawat, Saint Vincent Hospital, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

THE EFFECT OF IBUTILIDE ON ATYPICAL ATRIAL FLUTTER BEFORE DC CARDIOVERSION
A Pilip, P.E. Zambito, E.C Palma, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIGH SERUM FERRITIN LEVELS AND QT/QTC
K. Laudanski, A. Himmel, H. Ali, L. Calvocoressi, N. Pearson, K. Godula, M. Stettmaier, University of Florida College of Medicine, FL, USA

APOPTOSIS IS INVOLVED IN EXACERBATED VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION IN CARDIOMYOPATHY INDUCED BY L-THYROXIN IN ASSOCIATED WITH UPREGULATED LEPTIN AND INOS IN THE MYOCARDIUM
T. Na, D.Z. Dai, X.Y. Tang, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China

P511      Poster Session
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY/CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE II

RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY AND EARLY FAILURE: A PROTEOMICS STUDY IN A NEONATAL MODEL
A.M. Sheikh, C. Barrett, N. Villamizar, A. Valente, O. Alzate, D. Craig, A. Lodge,J. Lawson, C. Milano, J. Jaggers, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

BEHAVIOR AND SELF-PERCEPTION IN CHILDREN WITH A SURGICALLY CORRECTED CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
M. Miatton, D. De Wolf, K. Francois, E. Thiery, G. Vingerhoets, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL TRACHEAL AND HEART ANOMALIES IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN  
T.S. Loukanov, M. Gorenflo, C. Sebening, W. Springer, H. Ulmer, S. Hagl, University of Heidelberg, Germany

SENNING OPERATION FOR TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT ARTERIES: LONG TERM FOLLOW-UP
A. Agnetti, N. Carano, C. Cavalli, B. Tchana, M. Bini, U. Squarcia, A. Frigiola, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy

CLINICAL AND HISTOPATHOLOGIC STUDY OF SURGICALLY EXCISED MITRAL VALVES IN CHILDREN
M.M. Rashed, M.A. Nagem, M.K. Galal, N.M. Ragab, Damanhour National Medical Institute, Cairo, Egypt

AORTIC ARCH MORPHOLOGY AND LATE SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION FOLLOWING CORRECTION OF COARCTATION OF AORTA
D.J. Lashley, J. Curtin, P. Malcolm, A. Clarke, L.J. Freeman, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, Oxford, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norwich, Norfolk, UK

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DIFFERENTIATION OF ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS FROM INLET VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS AND MITRAL VALVE CLEFTS
S.K.M. Ali, O.R. Tamimi, H.K. Najm, M.J. Godman, Khartoum University and Sudan Heart Centre, Khartoum, Sudan

A STUDY ON PREDISPOSING FACTORS OF HYPOMAGNESAEMIA AFTER OPEN AND CLOSED PEDIATRIC HEART SURGERY
P.N. Davari, A. Tabib, A. Shahmomhammadi, M.Y. Arabi, M. Meraji, M. Shahidi, Shahid Rajaee Hospital, Tehran, Iran

P512     Poster Session
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE/HEART VALVE SURGERY

BENTALL PROCEDURE USING CRYOPRESERVED VALVED AORTIC HOMOGRAFTS
J. Sierra, J.T. Christenson, N.H. Lahlaidi, A. Kalangos, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

INFLUENCE OF VALVE TYPE ON PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT & OVERALL SURVIVAL FOR AORTIC & MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT – A DISTINCT CONTRAST
J. Ye, W.R.E. Jamieson, E. Germann, G.J. Fradet, A. Cheung, M.T.  Janusz, J.G. Abel, P. Skarsgard, H. Ling, S.V. Lichtenstein, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

MANAGEMENT OF THE AORTIC VALVE PROLAPSE 
G. El Khoury, L. de Kerchove, D. Glineur, M. van Dyck, R. Verhelst, A. Poncelet, J.C. Funken, J. Rubay, P. Astarci, P. Noirhomme, University of Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium

RELATION OF PATIENT AGE ON OUTCOME OF PERCUTANEOUS MITRAL VALVULOPLASTY
M. Napodano, C. Fraccaro, G. Tarantini, R. Razzolini, S. Iliceto, A. Ramondo, University of Padova, Padova, Italy 

P513     Poster Session
NEW DIAGNOSTIC METHODS AND IMAGING TECHNIQUES