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Sunday,
July 27, 2008
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July 28, 2008
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July 29, 2008
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

8:30 - 12:30    
Board No.

 

 POSTER HALL

 

POS 501    Poster Session
COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY / MAGNETIC RESONANCE: CLINICAL

 
 

CARDIAC MRI: HOW MUCH MYOCARDIAL DAMAGE IS NECESSARY TO DETECT FOCAL LATE GADOLINIUM ENHANCEMENT?
F. Breuckmann, K. Nassenstein, T. Konorza, C. Naber, G. Kaiser, I. Konietzka, G. Heusch, J. Barkhausen, R. Erbel, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

 
 

FEASIBILITY AND SAFETY OF INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF LANDIOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE IN MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY
S. Isobi, K. Sato, K. Sugiura, T. Mimura, M. Kobayaghi, C. Meno, M. Kato, H. Ishii, T. Murohara, Kami-iida Daiichi General Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

 
 

64-SLICE CARDIAC CTA IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE THROMBUS: COMPARISON TO TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
A. Simmons, T. Rosamond, J. Nath, D. Lakkireddy, L. Wetzel, J. Vacek, R. Pimentel, M. Emert, L. Berenbom, M. Biria, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, USA

 
 

ROLE OF CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY IN STAGE 3 CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE – RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
A.A. Mohammed, W. Ananthapanyasut, A. Syed, T. Harindhanavudhi, M. Hamarshi, B. Alhariri, T. Takale, E. Lerma, T. Levin, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA

 
 

PATIENTS WITH ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC AORTIC VALVE CALCIUM OR MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIUM HAVE AN INCREASED PREVALENCE OF MODERATE OR SEVERE CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM DIAGNOSED BY CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
H.M. Lai, W.S. Aronow, S. Kaplan, H. Dilmanian, A.J. DeLuca, M.B. Weiss, R.N. Belkin, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

 
 

INCIDENTIAL NONCARDIAC FINDINGS USING CARDIAC MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
K. Dajani, P. Ezidinma, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA

 
 

PREVALENCE OF INCIDENTAL NONCARDIAC FINDINGS DIAGNOSED BY COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY IN 875 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS IN AN OUTPATIENT CARDIAC COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY FACILITY
A. Cronin, W.S. Aronow, S.M. Devabhakturi, A. Asija, R. Varma, A.J. DeLuca, E.H. Sumers, M.R. Poplausky, P.H. Kim, R.N. Belkin, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

 
 

ROLE OF CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAM IN EVALUATING CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL – A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS 
A. Mohammed, A. Ariyachaipanich, A. Syed, W. Ananthapanyasut, T. Harindhanavudhi,
M. Hamarshi, B. Alhariri, T. Takale, T. Levin, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA

 
 

PRE-PULSELESS TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS EVALUATED WITH POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY & MAGNETIC RESONANCE
R. Calleja, A. Martinez, P.A. Lamothe, A. Meave, M.E. Soto, P. Reyes,
E. Alexanderson, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico , Mexico

 

 

 

POS 502      Poster Session
DRUG THERAPY IN HEART FAILURE: BASIC AND CLINICAL

 
 

T-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNEL ANTAGONISTS ATTENUATED ALDOSTERONE-INDUCED IL-18 EXPRESSIONS IN RAT CARDIOMYOCYTES
T. Doi, T. Sakoda, T. Akagami, T. Naka, T. Tsujino, T. Masuyama, M. Ohyanagi, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

 
 

TOLERANCE OF LEVOSIMENDAN SUPPLEMENTAL THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION COMPLICATED BY CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
E. Tsagalou, F. Katsaros, J. Kanakakis, A. Ntalianis, G. Maroulidis,
J. Venetsanakos, N. Lazaris, K. Malliaras, E. Kaldara, M. Anastasiou-Nana, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

 

 

 

POS 506      Poster Session
GENETIC DETERMINANTS OF CORONARY HEART   DISEASE / CARDIOMYOPATHIES

 
 

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE SEVERITY OF ANGIOGRAPHIC CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND PARAOXONASE-1 PROMOTER GENE POLYMORPHISM T(-107)C IN IRANIAN POPULATION
E. Javadi, A.  Jalilian, E.B. DJavadi, M. Doosti, P. Amiri, A. Mohaghegh, B. Shariati, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

 
 

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CIGARETTE SMOKING AND CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS IS INFLUENCED BY THE -930A/G CYBA GENE POLYMORPHISM: THE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN YOUNG FINNS STUDY
M. Fan, O. Raitakari, M. Kahonen, M. Juonala, N. Hutri-Kahonen, I. Porsti, J. Viikari, T. Lehtimaki, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

 
 

THE ASSOCIATION OF ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTHMIAS WITH ISOLATED ATRIAL AMYLOID DISEASE: PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS IN AUTOPSIED HEART SPECIMENS
V. Ariyarajah, I. Steiner, P. Hajkova, A. Khadem, J. Kvasnicka, S. Apiyasawat, D.H. Spodick, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

 
 

ASSESSMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE GENETIC RISK FACTORS IN SAO MIGUEL ISLAND POPULATION (AZORES)
C.C. Branco, T. Pereirinha, P.R. Pacheco, R. Cabral, L. Mota-Vieira, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, Azores, Portugal

 
 

PLASMA HOMOCYSTEINE LEVEL AND ITS GENOTYPES AS A RISK FACTOR FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY
B. Naghshtabrizi, F. Shakerian Ghahferokhi, M. Hajilui, F. Emami, M. Moaddab, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran

 
 

GENETIC STRAIN DIFFERENCES IN PLATELET AGGREGATION AND THROMBUS FORMATION OF LABORATORY RATS
T. Sudo, H. Hayashi, H. Ito, Y. Nagamura, K. Toga, Y. Yamada, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, Tokushima, Japan

 
 

INFLUENCE OF 677 CT POLYMORPHISM OF METHYLENTETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE ON MEDIUM-TERM PROGNOSIS AFTER ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
J.M. Garcia-Pinilla, F. Cabrera-Bueno, J. Caballero-Borrego, J. Fernandez-Pastor, M. Jimenez-Navarro, J.J. Gomez-Doblas, A. Reyes-Engel, S. Espinosa-Caliani, E. De Teresa-Galvan, Hospital Universitario Virgen De La Victoria, Malaga, Spain

 
 

ACTIVATION OF PPAR-ALPHA AND PPAR-GAMMA INDUCES ANGIOGENESIS IN VIVO THROUGH A VEGF-DEPENDENT MECHANISM
R. Pola, F. Biscetti, E. Gaetani, A. Flex, T. Aprahamian, R.C. Smith, J.J. Castellot, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA

 

 

 

POS 507    Poster Session
GENE TRANSFER AND THERAPY

 
 

GENE THERAPY WITH A REPLICATION DEFECTIVE ADENOVIRAL VECTOR TRANSDUCING WT LQT1 INHIBITED LONG QT SYNDROME
J. Giannios, N. Kolliopoulos, E. Michailakis, N. Alexandropoulos, Erasinio Hospital, Athens, Greece

 
 

CIRCUMVENTION OF IDIOPATHIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION WITH WT GJA5 PLASMID NANOCOMPLEXES OF POLYETHYLENIMINE COVALENTLY LINKED TO CHOL AND POLYETHYLENEGLYCOL
J. Giannios, N. Kolliopoulos, N. Alexandropoulos3, E. Seraj A. Kanellopoulos, Erasinio Hospital, Athens, Greece

 

 

 

POS 508      Poster Session
DRUG THERAPY IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

 
 

LONG TERM IMPACT OF ANTIANGINAL TREATMENT ON 6 MONTH ALL CAUSE MORTALITY AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
S. Iyengar, G. Rosano, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

 

 

 

POS 509      Poster Session
NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES, ENDOTHELIN: ROLE IN HEART FAILURE

 
 

USEFULNESS OF ACOUSTIC CARDIOGRAPHY TO RESOLVE AMBIGUOUS VALUES OF B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED HEART FAILURE
M. Zuber, P. Kipfer, C. Attenhofer–Jost, P. Arand, Outpatient Clinic for Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Othmarsingen, Switzerland

 
 

CORRELATION BETWEEN NT- PRO BNP LEVELS AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND ABNORMAL LEFT VENTRICULAR WALL MOTION: A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING STUDY
R. Krittayaphong, T. Boonyasirinant, P. Saiviroonporn, P. Thanapiboonpol, S. Nakyen, S. Udompanturak, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

 
 

BNP IS UNIQUELY REGULATED DURING INFLAMMATION
T. Ogawa, J.P. Veinot, M.L. Kuroski de Bold, A.J. de Bold, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

 
 

THE VALUE OF N-TERMINAL FRAGMENT OF BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN THE CLINICAL ESTIMATION OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS AND CALCIFIC AORTIC STENOSIS
G.D.Spyromitros, J.P. Tsoynos, General Hospital of Katerini, Katerini, Greece

 

 

 

POS 510    Poster Session
ARRHYTHMIAS AND ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUG THERAPY –   BASIC AND CLINICAL

 
 

IMPACT OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID USE ON THE RISK OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
B.J. Barnes,
A. Kumar, P.A. Howard, W. Chen, J.L. Vacek, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, USA

 
 

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IS A STRONG AND INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF DEATH AND CORONARY EVENTS IN ANGIOGRAPHIED CORONARY PATIENTS
T. Marte, C.H. Saely, F. Schmid, L. Koch, H. Drexel, VIVIT Institute, Feldkirch, Austria

 
 

HIGH RATE OF ESOPHAGEAL ULCERATIONS AFTER ABLATION OF AF IN PATIENTS WITH GENERAL ANAESTHESIA
M. Martinek, G. Bencsik, J. Aichinger, H.J. Nesser, H. Purerfellner, Elisabethinen University Teaching Hospital, Linz, Austria

 
 

NEW ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DEVELOPING IN MEDICAL INPATIENTS
S.X. Chen, K.A. Amir, R.K. Bobba, E.L. Arsura, Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, New York, NY, USA

 
 

EFFECTS OF TWO REPOLARIZATION CURRENTS ON HYSTERESIS IN ELECTRICAL RESTITUTION
A.A. Agarwal, A.R. Abhijit Patwardhan, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

 
 

THE STATIC AND DYNAMIC QT/RR COUPLING AND QT PARAMETERS
J. Halamek, P. Jurak, M. Villa, P. Frana, M. Novak, J. Lipoldova, P. Leinveber, V. Vondra, V.K. Somers, T. Kara, Institute of Scientific Instruments, Brno, Czech Republic 

 
 

PREVALENCE OF INAPPROPRIATE USE OF DIGOXIN IN 136 PATIENTS ON DIGOXIN AND PREVALENCE OF USE OF WARFARIN OR ASPIRIN IN 89 PATIENTS WITH PERSISTENT OR PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
P. Lleva, W.S. Aronow, A.H. Gutwein, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA   

 
 

USEFULNESS OF LOOP-TYPE EVENT RECORDER FOR EVALUATION OF CARDIAC CONDITIONS
E. Tomaru, J. Suzuki, T. Tomaru, Shimane Medical College, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

 

 

 

POS 511      Poster Session
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY / CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE II

 
 

REDUCED REGIONAL RIGHT VENTRICULAR WALL MOTION AFTER TRANSVENTRICULAR REPAIR OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
S. Takabayashi, H. Shimpo, K. Yokoyama, Y. Sawada, K. Hirano, T. Komada, K. Onoda, T. Shimono, Y. Mitani, Y. Komada, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan

 
 

22 YEARS FOLLOW-UP RESULTS OF BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY FOR DISCREET NATIVE COARCTATION OF THE AORTA IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS
M.E. Fawzy, A. Fathala, A. Osman, A. Badr, M.A. Mostafa, G.H. Mohamed, B. Dunn, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 
 

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL TRICUSPID VALVE LESIONS: EARLY AND MID-TERM RESULTS
L.A. Bockeria, B.N. Sabirov, I.E. Chernogrivov, A.M. Nosachev, A.E. Chernogrivov, M.J. Matkarimov, S.B. Zaets, Bakoulev Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow, Russia

 
 

EFFECTS OF SHORTENING OPERATION TIME IN PEDIATRIC ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT CLOSURE THROUGH A TRANSXIPHOID APPROACH
S. Takabayashi, H. Shimpo, K. Yokoyama, Y. Mitani, Y. Komada, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan

 
 

MORPHOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF CARDIOVASCULARTOXICITY IN CHILDHOOD
P. Francalanci, R. Boldrini, R. Virgili, R. Mariani, I. Giovannoni, F. Callea, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesu', Rome, Italy

 
 

IN VITRO SET-UP OF MODIFIED BLALOCK TAUSSIG SHUNT: VASCULAR RESISTANCE-FLOW RELATIONSHIP
I. Bakir, I. Van Tricht, F. Altin, P. Verdonck, B. Meyns, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Istanbul, Turkey

 
 

EARLY AND LATE RESULTS OF TOTAL CORRECTION OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
K.Hashemzadeh, M.J. Dehdilani, M.Z. Dehdilani, S.Hashemzadeh,Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

 

 

 

POS 512   Poster Session
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE / HEART VALVE SURGERY

 
 

LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AFTER THE BENTALL PROCEDURE IN 206 PATIENTS WITH BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE
C.D. Etz, T.M. Homann, D. Silovitz, F.A. Kari, C.S. Mueller, D. Spielvogel, G. Di Luozzo, K.A. Plestis, R.B. Griepp, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

 
 

AORTIC ROOT RECONSTRUCTION WITH A BIOPROSTHETIC VALVED CONDUIT: A CONSECUTIVE SERIES OF 275 PROCEDURES
C.D. Etz, T.M. Homann, F.A. Kari, D. Silovitz, C. S Mueller, G.D. Luozzo, K.A. Plestis, D. Spielvogel, R.B. Griepp, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

 
 

CHARACTERIZATION OF MITRAL VALVE DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH PAGET’S DISEASE
K.P. Sloan, G. Kumar, R.D. Tiegs, K.W. Klarich, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

 
 

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF SINUS OF VALSALVA ANEURYSMS
S. Moustafa, L. Cooper, G. Adam, F. Mookadam, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA

 
 

THE IMPACT OF PATIENT-PROSTHESIS MISMATCH ON LATE OUTCOMES AFTER MITRAL VALVE
B.K. Lam, V. Chan, M. Ruel, P. Hendry, R. Masters, P. Bedard, W. Goldstein, F. Rubens, T. Mesana University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

 
 

FATE OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION FOLLOWING MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT AND THE IMPACT OF MITRAL VALVE PATIENT-PROSTHESIS MISMATCH
V. Chan, B.K. Lam, T.G. Mesana, M. Ruel, F. Rubens, P. Hendry, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

 
 

METALLIC COMMISSUROTOME IN PATIENTS WITH MITRAL RESTENOSIS FOLLOWING BALLOON OR PREVIOUS SURGICAL COMMISSUROTOMY
B. Saejueng,
S. Tansuphaswadikul, K. Hengrussamee, W. Kehasukcharoen, T. Chantadansuwan, J. Assavahanrit, A. Kanoksin, Chest Diseases Institute, Nonthaburi, Thailand

 
 

EVALUATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION WITH TDI IN PATIENTS WITH CALCIFIED MILD TO MODERATE AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS
G.D. Spyromitros, J.S. Papadopoylos, J.P. Tsoynos, General Hospital of Katerini, Katerini, Greece

 
 

STRAIN DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE ASSESSMENT OF EARLY DECOMPENSATION IN CHRONIC MITRAL REGURGITATION
A. Vitarelli, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

 

 

 

POS 513     Poster Session
SURGERY FOR LV DYSFUNCTION, CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION

 
 

EVEROLIMUS PREVENTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF MICROVASCULOPATY AFTER HEART TRANSPLANTATION
E. Osto, F. Tona, C. Castellani, G. Tarantini, A. Bortolami, M. Napodano, A.L.P. Caforio, G. Gerosa, S. Iliceto, A. Angelini, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

 
 

IMPAIRED CORONARY FLOW RESERVE IN HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENTS WITH NORMAL CORONARY ANGIOGRAMS: PREDICTIVE ROLE OF INTERSTITIAL FIBROSIS AND MEDIAL THICKENING OF INTRAMYOCARDIAL CORONARY ARTERIES
E.Osto, F. Tona, C. Castellani, M. Napodano, A. Bortolami, G. Tarantini, A.L.P. Caforio, G. Gerosa, A. Angelini, S. Iliceto, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

 
 

CORONARY FLOW RESERVE BY CONTRAST-ENHANCED TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY PREDICTS CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY ONSET IN HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENTS WITH NORMAL CORONARY ANGIOGRAM
E.Osto, F. Tona, M. Napodano, A. Vinci, A. Bortolami, G. Tarantini, A.L.P. Caforio, R. Montisci, G. Gerosa, S. Iliceto, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

 
 

CORONARY FLOW RESERVE BY CONTRAST-ENHANCED TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY PREDICTS MAXIMAL EPICARDIAL INTIMAL THICKENING IN TRANSPLANT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
E. Osto, F. Tona, G. Tarantini, M. Napodano, A.L.P. Caforio, A. Bortolami, A. Ramondo, G. Torregrossa, G. Gerosa, S. Iliceto, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

 

 

 

POS 602      Poster Session
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

 
 

CAROTID ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING IN OCTOGENARIANS. IS IT SAFE?
M. Henry,
A. Polydorou, I. Henry, A.D. Polydorou, M. Hugel, Cabinet de Cardiologie, Nancy, France

 
 

FREQUENCY OF STENT FRACTURE AS A CAUSE OF CORONARY RESTENOSIS AFTER SIROLIMUS-ELUTING STENT IMPLANTATION
J.S. Park, D.G. Shin, Y.J. Kim, G.R. Hong, W. Kim, B.S. Shim, Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu, Korea

 
 

LATE OUTCOMES AFTER DRUG-ELUTING STENT IMPLANTATION IN "REAL-WORLD" CLINICAL PRACTICE
K.A. Ramsdale,
A. Rao, O. Asghar, E. McKay, D.R. Ramsdale, The Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, UK

 
 

LATE OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES TREATED BY DRUG-ELUTING STENT IMPLANTATION IN "REAL-WORLD" CLINICAL PRACTICE
K.A. Ramsdale, A. Rao, O. Asghar, D.R. Ramsdale, The Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, UK

 
 

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE USE OF CARDIAC PROCEDURES FOLLOWING HOSPITAL ADMISSION WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
V.N. Singh, T. Law, K. Garner, M. Nelson, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

 
 

INVESTIGATION OF WALL SHEAR STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN STENTED CORONARY ARTERY BIFURCATION
V. Dehlaghi, S. Najarian, A. Rai, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

 

 

 

POS 603      Poster Session
MYOCYTE AND RECEPTOR ABNORMALITIES IN HEART FAILURE

 
 

ROLE OF INTEGRIN RECEPTORS IN CARDIOMYOCYTE RESPONSE TO OXIDATIVE STRESS
L. Shewchuk, M. Ulanova, N. Khaper, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

 

 

 

POS 604      Poster Session
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY IN HEART FAILURE

 
 

EFFECTS OF TREATMENT WITH G-CSF ON CARDIO RESPIRATORY FITNESS AND ECG RECORD IN EXPERIMENTAL CHAGAS’ DISEASE
S. Garcia, J. Vasconcelos, P. Guimaraes, C. Costa, R.S. Lima, L. Cortizo, W. Klein, C.K.C. Sa, R. Ribeiro dos Santos , M.B.P. Soares, CPQGM - FIOCRUZ

 

 

 

POS 605     Poster Session
COMPUTERS IN CARDIOLOGY

 
 

KYMOGRAM - A NEW TOOL FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF HEART VALVE PERFORMANCE
M. Kondruweit, T. Strecker, T. Wittenberg, S. Friedl, M. Weyand, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

 

 

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July 27, 2008
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July 28, 2008
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July 29, 2008
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