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Sunday,
July 24, 2011
Monday,
July 25, 2011
Tuesday,
July 26, 2011
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

09:00 - 10:15   HALL A
 09:00 OC OPENING CEREMONY  
09:35 - 10:15  OL OPENING LECTURE -
HALL A
     
SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011
10:45-12:45   HALL A
  PL01    Plenary Session:
APOPTOSIS, TISSUE REGENERATION AND CARDIAC REMODELLING IN HEART DISEASE
 
 
10:45 MECHANISMS OF GENDER DIFFERENCES IN CARDIAC REMODELING IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
N.S. Dhalla, St Boniface Hospital Research Centre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
 
11:00 EXTENDING VASCULAR LONGEVITY THROUGH SIRTUIN MEDIATED SIGNALING (Invited Lecture)
K. Maiese, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
 
 
11:15 GETTING THERE IS HALF THE FUN: CYTOKINE MODULATION OF CARDIAC FIBROBLAST MIGRATION (Invited Lecture)
C. S. Long, University of Colorado and Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
 
11:30 NOVEL ALTERNATIVE SPLICING OF DEATH GENE BNIP3 PROMOTES CELL SURVIVAL OF POST-NATAL VENTRICULAR MYOCYTES (Invited Lecture)
L.A. Kirshenbaum, Research Development Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
 
11:45 OCCURRENCE OF AUTOPHAGY AND BRIDGING OF THE AUTOPHAGIC PROCESS TO APOPTOTIC AND NECROTIC CELL DEATH IN THE HUMAN HEART WITH END-STAGE HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
T.M. Scarabelli, FTA of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
 
12:00 INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS IN CARDIAC REGENERATION (Invited Lecture)
D.K. Singla, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
 
12:15 ROLE OF CARDIOMYOCYTE APOPTOSIS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF CARDIAC REMODELING (Invited Lecture)
S. Hikoso, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
 
12:30 CANDESARTAN ATTENUATES AGING-INDUCED INCREASE IN MATRICELLULAR PROTEINS AND MATRIX PROTEASES AND LIMITS REMODELING DURING HEALING AFTER REPERFUSED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
B.I. Jugdutt, A. Palaniyappan, H. Idikio University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
 
12:45 LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011
10:45-13:30   HALL B

 

PL02   Plenary Session:
HEART FAILURE: MANAGEMENT, THERAPY, OUTCOMES

 

10:45 HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY FOR PATIENT MANAGEMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (Invited Lecture)
S.A. Lear, Providence Health Care Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre Campus, Vancouver, BC, Canada
 
 
11:00 CLINICAL PRESENTATION, MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES IN THE ACUTE HEART FAILURE GLOBAL SURVEY OF STANDARD TREATMENT (ALARM-HF) (Invited Lecture)
F. Follath, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
 
 
11:15 HEART RATE REDUCTION IN HEART FAILURE: THE LESSONS OF IVABRADINE IN SHIFT (Invited Lecture)
J. Borer, SUNY Downstate Medical Center and College of Medicine, Brooklyn and New York, NY, USA
 
11:30 CAN WE STOP THE IMPENDING FLOOD OF HEART FAILURE? (Invited Lecture)
P.A. Heidenreich, Stanford University, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
 
11:45 MANAGEMENT OF ADVANCED HEART FAILURE IN THE COMMUNITY (Invited Lecture)
M.H. Pitzalis, The Brody School of Medicine at ECU East Carolina Heart Institute, Greenville, NC, USA
 
12:00 REGENERATIVE POTENTIAL OF PICSO IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS: THE ATOS TRIAL (Invited Lecture)
W. Mohl, Medizinische Universität Wien, Austria
 
12:15 DIRECTED APPROACH TO THE THERAPY OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (Invited Lecture)
R.C. Bourge, UAB Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Birmingham, AL, USA
 
12:30 VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE RELATED INFECTIONS INCREASE ONE-YEAR MORTALITY (Invited Lecture)
S.V. Pamboukian, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
 
12:45 AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE SERUM VALUES IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF DYSPNEA PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENTION: IS IT THE TIME TO CONTROL THE NESSECITY OF THE CURRENT SPECIFIC PHARMACOLOGIC OVERTREATMENT? (Invited Lecture)
N. Angomachalelis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece
 
13:00 THE ROLE OF STATIN THERAPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
S. Chumburidze, National Center of Therapy, Georgia
 
13:15 CARDIORENAL SYNDROME: AN UPDATE FOR 2011 (Invited Lecture)
A. Kazory, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
 
13:30 LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011
10:45 - 14:00   HALL C
  S21   Session:  
METABOLIC SYNDROME, TYPE II DIABETES AND ATHEROSCLEROSES
 
10:45 NT-PROBNP HAS A HIGH NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE TO RULE-OUT SHORT-TERM CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN DIABETES MELLITUS
S. Neuhold, M. Huelsmann, G. Strunk, I. Brodnjak, C. Adlbrecht, C. Rath, M. Clodi, M. Resl, R. Pacher, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
 
 
11:00 CALPASTATIN OVER-EXPRESSION REDUCES FIBROSIS IN DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHY IN A TYPE II MURINE MODEL
M. Singh, Y. Li, S Chakrabarti, T Peng University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada and Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
 
11:15 EFFECT OF WEIGHT LOSS ON VARIOUS CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS (HYPERTENSION, GLYCEMIC CONTROL, LIPID PROFILE, CRP AND HOMOCYSTEINE) IN OBESE SUBJECTS TREATED WITH BARIATRIC SURGERY
J.P.S.S. Sawhnay, M.K. Sharma, B.K. Mishra, B.K.andpal, A. Makhija, B.S. Vivek, A. Mehta, R. Passey, S.C. Manchanda, A. Mohnaty Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi, India
 
11:30 THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN VENTRICULAR ARRYTHMOGENEITY AND CARDIAC AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY IN SUBJECTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS ASSESED BY NEW ECG MARKERS
C. Voulgari, I. Moyssakis, D. Kyriaki, N. Katsilambros, N. Tentolouris Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
 
11:45 DOES ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY DEFINED SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA NEED FURTHER CARDIAC TESTS IN DIABETIC MEN AND WOMEN? A COHORT STUDY IN A MIDDLE EASTERN POPULATION
F. Hadaegh, R. Mohebi, M. Hatami, M. Hasheminia, F. Sheikholeslami, F. Azizi Endocrine Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
 
12:00 CIRCADIAN BLOOD PRESSURE PATTERN AND PREVALENCE OF NOCTURNAL HYPERTENSION IN SUBJECTS WITH AND WITHOUT DIABETES
M.C. Castineiras, A. Moya, J. Perez-de-Lis, L. Pousa, J.L. Salgado, S. Hernaiz, A. Mojon, D.E. Ayala, R.C. Hermida, for the Hygia Project Investigators Bioengineering & Chronobiology Labs., University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
 
12:15 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC FEMALES WITH NEPHROPATHY AND HYPERTENSION
O.S. Elsukova, S.G. Onuchin, Kirov State Medical Academy, Kirov, Russia
 
12:30 EFFECTS OF DIABETES ON SMALL AORTIC ANEURYSMS IN SURVEILLANCE: SUBGROUP ANALYSIS FROM A RANDOMIZED TRIAL
P. De Rango, P. Cao, F. Verzini, G. Parlani, E. Cieri, G. Simonte Vascular Endovascular Surgery, Hospital S.M. Misericordia, Italy
 
12:45 BENEFICIAL ROLE OF SPIRONOLACTONE ON CARDIAC COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TYPE 2 DIABETIC RATS
B.R. Goyal, J.V. Kakadiya, A.A. Mehta, R.K. Goyal Institute of Pharmacy-Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
 
13:00 DEPRESSION AND WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE INDEPENDENTLY PREDICT THE COSTS OF CARDIO-METABOLIC MEDICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS
D. Young, J. Hii, J. Furler, I. Blackberry, D. Liew, J.D. Best The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
 
13:15 TRIGLYCERIDES ARE AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF DIABETES IN SOUTH ASIAN FEMALES UNLIKE IN SOUTH ASIAN MALES IN THE UNITED STATES
P. Manocha, R.A. Nanjundappa, D.J. Eapen, I. Kassas, Y.X. Liu, S. Koduru, A.M. Ahmed, S. Raddawi, L. Sperling, A.A. Quyyumi Cardiovascular Division, Dept. of Medicine, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA
 
13:30 ASSESSMENT OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION BY MYOCARDIAL PERFORMANCE INDEX IN DIABETIC PATIENTS
A.A. Abdelaziz, E.M. Daoud, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Dakhalia, Egypt
 
13:45 DERIVATION OF A DIABETES RISK SCORE AND VALIDATION OF EXISTING SCREENING TOOLS IN RURAL KERALA, INDIA
T. Sathish, S. Kannan, P.S. Sarma, K.R. Thankappan, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
 
14:00 LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011
10:45 - 13:45   HALL D
  S22   Session:  
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY / CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
 
10:45 PREVALENCE AND IMPACT OF ANEMIA ON OUTCOMES OF SURGICALLY TREATED INFANTS WITH AV CANAL OR VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS
Z. Khan, G. Natarajan, S. Sallaam, I. Bondarenko, R.E. Delius, H.L. Walters, S. Aggarwal, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
 
11:00 LIVER DYSFUNCTION AND CARDIAC FUNCTION IN THE EARLY TERM AFTER FONTAN OPERATION
T. Oka, R. Kato, K. Toiyama, S. Ozawa, T. Itoi, M. Yamagishi, K. Hamaoka Kyoto Prefectual University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
 
11:15 ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF MORPHOLOGY AND BLOOD FLOW PATTERNS IN CONGENITAL BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE IN CHILDREN
B. Cerovic, J. Dojcinovic, J. Juloski, R. Ivanisevic Belgrade KBC, Belgrade, Serbia
 
11:30 LONG-TERM OUTCOME OF CONGENITAL SINUS OF VALSALVA ANEURYSMS: A 25-YEAR EXPERIENCE
S. Sarikaya, A. Elibol, H. Sacli, O. Kocamaz, M. Dedemoglu, M. Akbulut, A. Arslan, M. Balkanay, M. Alp, K. Kirali, Kartal Kosuyolu YIEA Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
 
11:45 SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH CLASSIC HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME VS. DOUBLE OUTLET RIGHT VENTRICLE VARIANTS
G.K. Gallardo, R.T. Fedderly, M. Krolikowski, J.S. Tweddell Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
 
12:00 COMPLETE HEART BLOCK IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS – SEQUENTIAL PACING ADDS RELEVANT TO CARDIAC OUTPUT
C. Pees, J. Hauser, I. Michel-Behnke Dept. of Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Heart Center, University Hospital of Vienna, Austria
 
 
12:15 MATERNAL MTHFR C677T POLYMORPHISM COULD BE A RISK FOR SEPTAL DEFECTS ONLY IN DOWN SYNDROME
S.M. Elsayed, G.M. Elsayed Genetics Unit, Pediatrics Dept., Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
 
 
12:30 MORPHOLOGY OF PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; A PREDICTOR OF THE OUTCOME OF STENTING IN DUCT-DEPENDENT PULMONARY CIRCULATION AN EXPERIENCE IN CHILDREN HOSPITAL, CAIRO UNIVERSITY, EGYPT
H. Agha, H. Hamza, A. Esmat, Y. Hussein Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
 
 
12:45 TRANSCATHETER DEVICE CLOSURE OF VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT: A META-ANALYSIS
S.C. Quek, L.W. Khin, B.C. Tai, W. Yip, National University of Singapore, Singapore
 
 
13:00 ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC MYOCARDIAL PERFORMANCE (TEI INDEX) ASSESSMENT OF RIGHT VENTRICLE IN HEALTHY NEWBORNS
S.S. Sheta, Cairo University Children Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt
 
 
13:15 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION PROCEDURES AFTER CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY IN CHILDREN: DO THEY IMPACT OUTCOMES? A. Bharmanee, S. Aggarwal, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA    
13:30 ANTI-TACHYCARDIA PACEMAKERS IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE A.N. Kamp, M.J. LaPage, G. Serwer, M. Dick, D.J. Bradley University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA    
13:45 LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011
14:00 - 16:30   HALL A
  PL03   Plenary Session:
NEW MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS
 
14:00 TOWARD MORE OPTIMAL USE OF PRIMARY PREVENTION IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS (Invited Lecture)
S.M. Al-Khatib, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA
 
 
14:15 PACING IN THE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING ENVIRONMENT: CLINICAL AND TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON COMPATIBILITY (Invited Lecture)
F. Duru, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland
 
14:30 ABSENCE OF REMODELING BENEFIT OF LV-CRT OVER BIV-CRT IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE AND WIDE QRS: INSIGHT FROM THE EVALUATION OF RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY FOR HEART FAILURE (EARTH) TRIAL (Invited Lecture)
A. Ducharme, Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 
14:45 MODIFIED ALTERNATING CURRENT DEFIBRILLATION - A NEW HOME- DEFIBRILLATION TECHNIQUE FOR SUDDEN DEATH (Invited Lecture)
A.T. Weiss, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
 
15:00 SHOULD ICD TESTING BE PERFORMED AT IMPLANT? (Invited Lecture)
A. Fischer, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
 
15:15 CONDUCTION DELAY IN THE RIGHT VENTRICLE AS A MARKER FOR RISK STRATIFICATION IN BRUGADA SYNDROME (Invited Lecture)
M. Takagi, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
 
15:30 UPDATE ON MRI COMPATIBLE PACING: WHO IS IT RIGHT FOR, AND WHO'S LEFT OUT? (Invited Lecture)
J. R. Gimbel, Parkwest Hospital, Knoxville, TN, USA
 
15:45 IS ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC STUDY MANDATORY TO INDICATE PERMANENT PACING FOR PATIENTS WITH SYNCOPE, BIFASCICULAR BLOCK AND NO SIGNIFICATIVE STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE? (Invited Lecture)
M. Álvarez, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
             
 
16:00 MORTALITY BENEFITS OF CRT- DO PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC AND NON-ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY DIFFER?
P. Dominic Swaminathan, A. Purohit, B. Olshansky Division of Cardiology, Dept of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
 
16:15 REPOLARIZATION ALTERNANS AND TORSADES DE POINTES IN THE ABSENCE OF ISCHEMIA: AN UNUSUAL PHENOMENON
M. Rahman, A. Bhatia, R. Cooley, J. Sra, M. Akhtar, V. Nangia Aurora Cardiovascular Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Milwaukee, WI, USA
 
16:30 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011
14:00 - 16:15   HALL B
  PL04   Plenary Session:
ATHEROSCLEROSIS IMAGING IN PRIMARY DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF CORONARY EVENTS
                       
  
 
14:00 DETECTION OF MYOCARDIAL VIABILITY: MYOCARDIAL CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (Invited Lecture)
R. Senior, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
 
14:15

CLINICAL ROLE OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS IMAGING IN PREDICTING CHD EVENTS (Invited Lecture)
D.S. Berman, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
 

 
14:30 IMAGING SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS (Invited Lecture)
J.M. Gardin, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA
 
14:45

IMAGING FOR PREVENTION: WHAT IS THE ROLE IN CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ASSESSMENT? (Invited Lecture)
N.D. Wong, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

 
15:00 CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORING TO STRATIFY CHEST PAIN PATIENTS PRESENTING TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (Invited Lecture)
J.J. Mahmarian, Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
 
15:15 HYDROGEN SULFIDE, A GASEOUS BIOLOGICAL MEDIATOR WITH CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS (Invited Lecture)
C. Szabo, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
 
15:30

PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF NEGATIVE ADENOSINE CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CHEST PAIN
R.R. Macwar, G. Yost, A. Marwaha, J. Sartorius, J. Shirani, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USA

 
15:45 PREVALENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES WITH REGADENOSON-BASED MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING STRESS TESTS
M. Zahid, C.E. Eagan, D.A. Yurko, E.D. Miller, C.D. Missendra, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, and ExcelaHealth System, Greensburg, PA, USA
 
16:00 MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING IN PRE-OPERATIVE RISK ASSESSSMENT OF CANCER PATIENTS UNDERGOING NON-CARDIAC SURGERY
N. Sthalekar, S. Chandra, A.T. Tong, S.W. Yusuf, W. Wei, D.J. Lenihan, P. Diamdond, C. Hanis, Sparrow Hospital, East Lansing, MI and Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
 
16:15 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION
SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011
14:00 - 16:30   HALL C
  S23  Session:
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT OF CARDIOMYOPATHIES

 
14:00 IN THE SETTING OF LVH WITH HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY SHOULD WE EXPECT TO SEE RVH? A CARDIOVASCULAR MRI STUDY
R.W. Biederman, S.B. Grant, J.A. Yamrozik, R.B. Williams, M. Doyle, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
 
14:15 THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF MAPK INHIBITORS ON DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY IN LMNA N195K MICE
T. Tsubouchi, S. Amina, G. Song, R.C. Balijepalli, T.A. Hacker, M.R. Wolff, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
 
14:30

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY: CULPRIT OR INNOCENT BYSTANDER?
G.A. Delgado, A.G. Truesdell, R.M. Kirchner, R.W. Zuzek, E.V. Pomerantsev, P.C. Gordon, R.A. Regnante, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
 

 
14:45 RELATIONSHIP OF SERUM ASYMMETRIC ARGININE LEVEL, LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND FUNCTION IN PATIENTS ON CHRONIC HEMODIALYSIS
M.A. Bhariya, O.A. Rifaie, G.M. Abolazaim, Y.M. ElShahawy AinShams University, Cairo, Egypt
 
15:00 ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IN THE ASSESSMENT OF LEFT ATRIAL ENLARGEMENT AND LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY: COMPARISON WITH TWO-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAM AND CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
S. Kumar, R.S. Marfatia, M. Rai, R. Feinn, E. Kaloudis, C. Yang, E. Avelar, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
 
15:15 VERAPAMIL AMELIORATES SEPTIC CARDIOMYOPATHY INDUCED BY CECAL LIGATION AND PUNCTURE IN MICE
M.R.N. Celes, C.M. Prado, E.C. Campos, L.M. Malvestio, V. Blefari, F.Q. Cunha, H.B. Tanowitz, M.A. Rossi, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, USP, Brazil
 
15:30 PATTERN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF DISTRIBUTION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY: COMPARISON BETWEEN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
P.F. Pollice, P.P. Pollice, B.L. Leclercq, Private Clinic, Andria, BT, Italy
 
15:45 SUPPRESSION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY BY PHOSPHODIESTERASE - 5 INHIBITORS: THE ROLE OF CALCINEURIN AND P 38 MAPK
S.Y. Khatib, A. Zeidan, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan
 
16:00 CLINICAL AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PROFILE AND OUTCOMES OF PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY: THE PGH EXPERIENCE
V.I. Samonte, Q.G. Ngalob, G.D. Mata, F.B. Punzalan, E.B. Reyes, UP-Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines
 
16:15 RIGHT VENTRICULAR IMPAIRMENT IN PECTUS EXCAVATUM BY 2D-ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: A RED HERRING?
R.L. Narayan, P. Vaishnava, J. Sanz, V. Fuster The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
 
16:30 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011
14:00 - 16:30   HALL D
  S24  Session:
MOLECULAR CARDIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH
 
14:00 ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY IS A STRONGER TIME-DEPENDENT STIMULATOR OF CARDIAC PROGENITORS THAN PERMANENT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND PREGNANCY
R. Genead, H. Fischer, A. Hussain, M. Jaksch, A. Franco-Cereceda, E. Elsheikh, M. Corbascio, C.I.E. Smith, C. Sylven, K.H. Grinnemo Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
 
14:15 INHIBITION OF MITOCHINDRIAL OXIDATIVE STRESS PREVENTS ANGIOTENSIN II MEDIATED ARRHYTHMIC DEATH
A.A. Sovari, S. Iravanian, L. Gu, D. Mitchell, E. Jeong, M.G. Bonini, S.C. Dudley, Jr.. University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
 
14:30 THE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE CAUSING MUTATION IN LDL RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 6 (LRP6) IMPAIRS ITS ANTIPROLIFERATIVE EFFECT
A.R. Keramati, R. Singh, A. Lin, S. Faramarzi, Z. Ye, S. Mane, G. Tellides, R.P. Lifton, A. Mani, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
 
14:45 PLASMIN-ACTIVATED DENDRITIC CELLS PRODUCE IL-12 AND PROMOTE A TYPE 1 RESPONSE IN T HELPER CELLS
T. Syrovets, X. Li, F. Genze, T. Simmet, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
 
15:00 SINGLE CHANNEL BEHAVIOUR OF LKS AND LQT1 MUTATIONS IN THE S3 HELIX OF KCNQ1
D. Werry, Z. Wang, J. Eldstrom, N. Wong, D. Fedida, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
 
15:15 SUBCELLULAR BASIS OF VITAMIN C PROTECTION AGAINST DOXORUBICIN INDUCED CHANGES IN CARDIOMYOCYTES
A. Ludke, A.K. Sharma, A.K. Bagchi, A. Bajaj, P.K. Singal, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St Boniface Hospital Research Centre, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
 
15:30 REGULATION OF PTEN IN RESPONSE TO HYPOXIA
Y. Ye, J. Qian, A.C. Castillo, J.R. Pere-Polo, Y. Birnbaum, University of Texas Medical Branch, TX, USA
 
15:45 IS LATE ONSET OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN NORTH INDIANS ASSOCIATED WITH 3’APOB-VNTR POLYMORPHISM?
H. Rai, N. Singh, S. Kumar, A. Kapoor, S. Agrawal, N. Sinha, Sanjay Gandhi PGIMS, Lucknow, UP, India
 
16:00 LACK OF ASSOCIATION BETWEEN GLU298ASP POLYMORPHISM AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN NORTH INDIANS
H. Rai, S. Kumar, S. Mastana, S. Agrawal, N. Sinha, Sanjay Gandhi PGIMS, Lucknow, India
 
16:15 THE ROLE OF K+ CHANNELS IN THE REGULATION OF EXCITABILITY AND CONTRACTILITY OF RAT PULMONARY AND MESENTERIC ARTERIES
M.M. Rahman, M.I. Harhun, A.J. McNeish, V.S. Telezkin, S.V. Smirnov, University of Bath, Bath, UK
 
16:30 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011
16:45-19:30   HALL A
  PL05   Plenary Session:
GENES, GENETICS AND GENOMICS - FRIENDS AND FOES
 
16:45 CLINICAL APPLICATION OF GENETIC AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME (Invited Lecture)
L.C. Becker, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
 
17:00 NPR1 GENE PROVIDES THE PROTECTIVE MECHANISMS IN CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS (Invited Lecture)
K.N. Pandey, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
 
17:15 GENETICS OF CAD - WHERE DO WE STAND? (Invited Lecture)
M.P. Reilly, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
 
17:30 ENOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE FAILING HUMAN HEART (Invited Lecture)
J.L. Hall, Heart Institute University of Minnesota, MN, USA
 
17:45 MICRORNA-1 INHIBITS MYOCARDIN-INDUCED CONTRACTILITY OF HUMAN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS (Invited Lecture)
X.-L. Zheng, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
 
18:00 FUTURE MEDICINE, SYSTEM BIOLOGY, AND MICROCIRCULATION (Invited Lecture)
M. Navab, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
 
18:15 REGULATION OF THE INDEPENDENT CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTOR ADMA: LESSON FROM MULTIPLE DDAH1 GENE DEFICIENT MOUSE STRAINS (Invited Lecture)
Y. Chen, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
 
18:30 HYPOXIA-INDUCED INHIBITION OF ANGIOGENESIS - THE ROLE OF RGC-32 (Invited Lecture)
J. Li, BIDMC/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
 
18:45 PI3K SIGNALING AND HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
G.Y. Oudit, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
 
19:00 ROLE OF CCR5 GENE POLYMORPHISM IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AMONG NORTH INDIANS
H. Rai, N. Singh, S. Kumar, A. Kapoor, S. Agrawal, N. Sinha Sanjay Gandhi PGIMS, Lucknow, UP, India
 
19:15 IL-1 BETA –511 C/T POLYMORPHISM AS A RISK FACTOR FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN NORTH INDIAN POPULATION
H. Rai, S. Kumar, S. Agrawal, N. Sinha, Sanjay Gandhi PGIMS, Lucknow, UP, India
 
SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011
16:45 - 18:45   HALL B
  PL06   Plenary Session:
REVASCULARIZATION IN HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS / ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
 
16:45 NEW TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR TREATING PATIENTS WITH STABLE ANGINA (Invited Lecture)
U. Thadani, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
 
17:00 ROBOTIC PCI: EARLY EXPERIENCE USING THE CORPATH, REMOTE DELIVERY SYSTEM (Invited Lecture)
G.W. Vetrovec, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
 
17:15 CURRENT STATUS OF PERCUTANEOUS TREATMENT OF LEFT MAIN DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
B.F. Uretsky, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
 
17:30 THE CREST STUDY: UNEXPECTED LESSONS ON STROKE PREVENTION AND LARGE CLINICAL TRIALS (Invited Lecture)
J.D. Marsh, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
 
17:45 REMOVAL OF IODINE CONTRAST FROM CORONARY SINUS FOR PREVENTION OF CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY (Invited Lecture)
M-R. Movahed, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, AZ, USA
 
18:00 BLEEDING AND ISCHEMIA AFTER PCI - MORE CONNECTED THAN YOU THINK (Invited Lecture)
S.J. Brener, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory NY Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA
 
18:15 PROGNOSTIC IMPACT OF CTO IN PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY ANGINA (Invited Lecture)
G. Barsness, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
 
18:30 ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
S. Banerjee, VA North Texas Healthcare System, Dallas, TX, USA
 
SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011
16:45 - 19:45   HALL C
  S25  Session:
SYSTEMIC AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION, BASIC AND CLINICAL
 
16:45 DIETARY NITRATE, VIA BIOACTIVATION TO NITRITE, LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION V. Kapil, A.B. Milsom, V. Pearl, S. Maleki-Toyserkani, M. Yousuf, R. MacAllister, N. Benjamin, A.J. Webb, A.J. Hobbs, A. Ahluwalia, Barts & The London Medical School, London, UK  
17:00 PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: CHANGES IN SURVIVAL OVER TIME
C.M. Larsen, R.J. Le, R.P. Frantz, M.D. McGoon, G.C. Kane, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
 
17:15 DISCORDANT IDENTIFICATION OF MASKED HYPERTENSION BASED ON DAYTIME OR NIGHTTIME PRESSURE IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
R.C. Hermida, A. Otero, L. Piñeiro, D.E. Ayala, A. Moya, E. Sineiro, M.J. Fontao, A. Mojón, J.R. Fernández, for the Hygia Project Investigators Bioengineering & Chronobiology Labs., Univ. Vigo, Vigo, Spain
 
17:30 NEBIVOLOL AND ATENOLOL HAVE DISTINCT EFFECTS ON HYPERTENSION-INDUCED ALTERATIONS IN MICR-RNA LEVELS IN THE AORTA
Y. Birnbaum, J. Qian, J.R. Perez-Polo, Y. Ye University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
 
17:45 NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES PREVENT THE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION & RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY ASSOCIATED WITH PULMONARY FIBROSIS
R.S. Baliga, C.J. Scotton, S.L. Trinder, R.C. Chanbers, R.J. MacAllister, A.J. Hobbs, University College London, UK
 
18:00 ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT CAROTID ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS
A. Rekhviashvili, O. Samuel, N. Papapietro, Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
 
18:15 EFFECTS ON AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE OF ADDING ASPIRIN AT BEDTIME IN TREATED HYPERTENSIVE SUBJECTS
D.E. Ayala, R.C. Hermida, Bioengineering & Chronobiology Labs., University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
 
18:30 LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS CORRELATES WITH ABNORMAL PEAK FILLING RATE BY CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH NORMAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DIASTOLIC PARAMETERS
R.S. Marfatia, S. Kumar, M. Rai, R. Feinn, E. Kaloudis, C. Yang, E. Avelar, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
 
18:45 PULMONARY HYPERTENSION REMAINS A DEADLY DIEASE: INSIGHTS FROM THE ARADALE ECHO STUDY
G.A. Strange, D.A. Playford, S. Stewart, A. Kent, J.A. Deague, E. Gabbay, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
 
19:00 AUTONOMIC IMBALANCE AND CIRCADIAN DISRUPTION IN RESISTANT HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH OBESITY AND TYPE 2 DIABETES
L. Boer-Martins, V.N. Figueiredo, C. Demacq, L.C. Martins, F. Consolin-Colombo, M.J. Figueiredo, F.P.S. Cannavan, H. Moreno Jr, Faculty of Medical Sciences and Clinic Hospital, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
 
19:15 ALISKIREN ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE IN PATIENTS WITH THE LOWER RANGES OF STAGE 2 HYPERTENSION: THE ACQUIRE RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY
H.R. Black, F.A. Aguirre Palacios, M. Bijarnia, A.K. Laflamme, F. Baschiera, Hospital Militar de Guayaquil HD-II-DE "Libertad", Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
 
19:30 THE INFLUENCE OF METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS ON THE OCCURENCE OF HYPERTENSIVE URGENCY AND EMERGENCY
C. Koppe, J. Ghafoor, S. Springer, D. Arndt, H. Schilling, A. Muegge, J. Boergel, Katharinen Hospital, Unna, Germany
 


 

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