Advance Program

 

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(updated July 1, 2014)

 

Saturday,
July 26, 2014

 

 

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014

09:00 – 10:15                                                                                                                          Hall A

                     OPENING CEREMONY

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09:35 – 10:15                                                                                                                          Hall A

                     OPENING LECTURE

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10:15    COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION

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10:45 – 13:30                                                                                                                          Hall A

PL01    Plenary Session
            NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT OF CARDIOMYOPATHIES

THE INTERACTIVE ROLE OF CYTOKINES IN CARDIOMYOCYTE SURVIVAL (Invited Lecture)
P.K. Singal,St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

MITOCHONDRIAL DIVISION/MITOPHAGY INHIBITOR (MDIVI) AMELIORATES PRESSURE OVERLOAD INDUCED HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
S.C. Tyagi,University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA

IMPROVING ENERGY SUPPLY TO MEND A SICK HEART (Invited Lecture)
S. Wu, T. Kim, J. Luo, L. He, Q. Long, Y. Ding, D. Moellering, Q. Yang
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM THERAPY WITH BENDAVIA (MTP-131), A NOVEL MITOCHONDRIA-TARGETING PEPTIDE, ON SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBER TYPE COMPOSITION IN DOGS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
H.N. Sabbah, Henry Ford Heart & Vascular Institute, Detroit, MI, USA

ROLE OF OXIDATIVE PROTEIN MODIFICATIONS IN REGULATING KINASE PATHWAYS IN HEART FAILURE: ROLE IN THERAPY (Invited Lecture)
S. Wang, J. Van Eyk, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

MOLECULAR TARGETING OF DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY (Invited Lecture)
B.S. Tuana, J. Majors, M. Salih
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

TRANSLATING T3 TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE: FINALLY, A SAFE TREATMENT/MONITORING PROTOCOL THAT SHOULD WORK!  (Invited Lecture)
A. Martin Gerdes, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY, USA

DIFFERENCE IN SERUM AMYLOID A LEVELS BETWEEN PATIENTS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION OF ISCHEMIC AND NON ISCHEMIC ORIGIN (Invited Lecture)
D. Anzulović-Mirošević, M. Zaninotto, M.M. Mion, M. Plebani, S. Dalla-Volta
University of Padua Medical School, Italy

 

13:15    LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION

 

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014

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10:45 – 13:15                                                                                                            Hall B
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PL02    Plenary Session
ADVANCES IN CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE (Invited Lecture)
Navin C. Nanda, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

PRESENT AND FUTURE OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC CT IN CAD: VALUE-BASED IMAGING (Invited Lecture)
D.S. Berman, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

STRESS-ONLY IMAGING; A NEW PARADIGM FOR PERFORMING STRESS MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING(Invited Lecture)
J. Mahmarian, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, Texas, USA

IMAGING ACE AND ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTORS IN THE HEART (Invited Lecture)
J. Shirani, St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA

HAND HELD CARDIAC ULTRASOUND:  ROLE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE (Invited Lecture)
P.A. Pellikka, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA

IMPACT OF CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY ON PATIENT MANAGEMENT AND CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES: HOW TO INTEGRATE TEST RESULTS IN PATIENT CARE (Invited Lecture)
R. Blankstein, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

FUNCTIONAL AND ANATOMICAL CARDIAC IMAGING IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY STENTS (Invited Lecture)
A. Elhendy, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI, USA                    

DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC ROLE OF NONINVASIVE CORONARY FLOW RESERVE (Invited Lecture)
Q. Ciampi, C. Manicardi, B. Villari, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Benevento, Italy

CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
F. Sozzi, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Italy

FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE (Invited Lecture)
J. Garcia, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA

PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF MICROVASCULAR OBSTRUCTION ON MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AFTER PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (Invited Lecture)
K. Okumura, S. Ogasawara, H. Mukawa, T. Sone, H. Tsuboi, I. Morishima, M. Uesugi,
E. Matsushita, Y. Morita, T. Murohara
Toki Municipal General Hospital, Toki, Japan

13:15    LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION


SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014

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10:45 – 13:15                                                                                                            Hall C
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PL03    Plenary Session
NOVEL THERAPIES FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS

GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN STATIN UTILIZATION: EMERGING CLINICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES (Invited Lecture)
C.H. Hennekens, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

HDL AND THE HDL HYPOTHESIS: WHERE DO WE STAND NOW? (Invited Lecture)
W.E. Boden, Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA

TRANSLATION OF HDL FUNCTIONALITY INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE(Invited Lecture)
R.S. Rosenson,Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

RESIDUAL VASCULAR RISK AFTER STATIN THERAPY: THE PROMISE OF NOVEL LIPOPROTEIN BIOMARKERS (Invited Lecture)
S. Mora, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

NEW AVENUES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ATHEROSCLEROSIS (Invited Lecture)
S. Lehoux, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

BIOPHYSICS OF MYELOPEROXIDASE INTERACTIONS WITH HDL: AN INDEX OF FUNCTIONALITY? (Invited Lecture)
K.A. Pritchard Jr., D. Sahoo, A. Chadwick, T. Zaman, H. Zhang, H. Xu,
M. Sorci-Thomas, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

LDL CARBAMYLATION IN CHRONIC UREMIA: IS THERE A ROLE FOR MYELOID PEROXIDASE? (Invited Lecture)
A.G. Basnakian, E.O. Apostolov, O.K. Karaduta, D. Ray, S.T. Burns, A.V. Savenka,
M.L. Eigenbrodt, S.V. Shah
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

RANDOMIZED PHASE II TRIAL TO ASSESS SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF CAPRE IN MILD-TO-SEVERE HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIC PATIENTS
T. Sampalis, Y. Pesant, J. Pouliot, Y. Gonzalez, R. Dufour, J.S. Sampalis,
P. Lemieux, F. Amiri, H.W. Waksal, J. Davignon
Acasti Pharma, Laval, QC, Canada

INFLUENCE OF STATINS ON CIRCULATING MICRORNAS DURING PROLONGED AEROBIC EXERCISE
P. Min, S. Isaacs, B.A. Parker, P.D. Thompson, C. Troyanos, P. D’Hemecourt, S. Dyer, A.L. Baggish, S.Y. Chan
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

13:15    LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION

 


SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014
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10:45 – 13:15                                                                                                            Hall D
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S21      Session
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY, CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

CHEST COMPRESSIONS DURING SUSTAINED INFLATIONS: A NOVEL TECHNIQUE OF NEONATAL RESUSCITATION THAT IMPROVES RECOVERY AND SURVIVAL IN A NEONATAL PORCINE MODEL
G.M. Schmolzer, M. O'Reilly, J. LaBossiere, T.Z. Lee, S. Cowan, D.L. Bigam,
P.Y. Cheung
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

CARDIAC FINDINGS IN NOONAN SYNDROME ON LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP
J.A. Noonan, J.L. Colquitt
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF UNICUSPID AORTIC VALVE
C.D. Janish, E.R. Fenstad, C.M. Witt,G.C. Kane, P.A. Pellikka 
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

PROGNOSIS FOR PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE AFTER PALLIATIVE SURGERY FOR SINGLE VENTRICLE CARDIAC DISEASE
M.G. Foulks, C.S. Herrington, R.M.L. Meyer, V.A. Starnes, W.J. Wells, K. Kallin,
J.I. Gold, J.D. Menteer
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

IMPROVED RESYNCHRONIZATION PACING EFFICACY AMONG CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY HEART FAILURE
P.P. Karpawich, Y. Sanil, N. Bansal, K. Zelin, H. Singh
The Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

VELOCITY TIME INTEGRAL OF THORACIC AORTA: A MEASURE TO ASSESS SYSTOLIC FUNCTION OF THE SYSTEMIC RIGHT VENTRICLE IN PATIENTS WITH TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT VESSELS
R. Ranjan, E. Gucuk Ipek, I.S. Harris
University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

PREDICTION OF PULMONARY REGURGE AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN ASYMPTOMATIC REPAIRED TETRALOGY OF FALLOT PATIENTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; A COMPARISON TO CARDIAC MRI
H. Agha, D. Mahgoub Aly, F. Alzahraa Mostafa, A. Essam, Y. Kamal, G. Hussein,
H. El- Kiky, M. Abdel-Raouf
Cairo University Hospitals, Pediatric Cardiology, Cairo, Egypt

ISOPROTERENOL-ASSOCIATED RISK STRATIFICATION FOR SUDDEN DEATH AMONG PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME: LOCATION-BASED ACCESSORY PATHWAY REFRACTORY PERIODS
A. Bharmanee, H.R. Singh, P.P. Karpawich
The Children's Hospital of Michigan-Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

INDEXES OF MYOCARDIAL REPOLARIZATION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LEFT TO RIGHT SHUNTS IN VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
H. Uchida, M. Nishio, Y. Eryu, T. Watanabe, T. Hata
Fujita Health University, Department of Pediatrics,

 

13:15    LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION

 


 

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014
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08:00 – 13:00                                                                                                   Poster Hall
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P101     THE PLAQUE AND ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES, TROPONIN ELEVATION AND LENGTH OF STAY AMONG COCAINE USERS ADMITTED FOR CHEST PAIN 
F. Garcia Trobo, A. Barbagelata, B. Manduca, F. Visco, G. Pekler
New York Medical College, New York, NY, USA

PLASMA SEROTONIN AND PLATELET AGGREGATION RESPONSE TO COLLAGEN AS A PREDICTOR OF ADVERSE EVENTS
T. Nantsupawat, J. Simoni, G. Simoni, G. Sutamtewagul, C. Mankongpaisarnrung,
J. Suarez, L.A. Jenkins
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA

DECADES AFTER TAKOTSUBO
M.U. Farooq, W.Q. Fan, T. Aung, N. Singh, K. Khalighi
Easton Hospital, Easton, PA, USA

 

P102     BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS FOR RISK ASSESSMENT IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

DELAYED REDUCTION IN CYSTATIN C-BASED GFR AFTER PCI IS A PREDICTOR OF ADVERSE OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH PRESERVED RENAL FUNCTION
Y.G. Ko, H.B. Park, D.H. Shin, J.S. Kim, B.K. Kim, D. Choi, M.K. Hong, Y. Jang
Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea

POST STEMI LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION AND INFARCT SIZE ESTIMATION – ARE SERUM TROPONIN T LEVELS HELPFUL???
S. Shakeel, Z. Ali, S. Tufail, M.I.H. Khan, I.H. Toor, G.N. Tayyab
Postgraduate Medical Institute, Ameer Ud Din Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan

DOES PRIOR ASPIRIN USE PREDICT THE DEGREE OF PEAK TROPONIN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME?
H.A. Bhatt, D.R. Sanghani, M.B. Perini, G.A. Fernaine
Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

PLASMA PRO-BNP IS NOT A SPECIFIC MARKER FOR TRANSIENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA
K. Maqsood, J.R. Cook, G.R. Giugliano, A. Lotfi
Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA, USA

INCREMENTAL VALUE OF HIGH SENSITIVITY TROPONIN IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
A.P. Sadath,, G.V. Raghavan, Kims Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

 

P103     ANTIPLATELET AND ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPIES IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES

SAFETY OF ADJUNCTIVE ANTICOAGULATION DURING PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN PATIENTS WITH THERAPEUTIC ORAL ANTICOAGULATION
I. Ahmed, S.J. Voyce, I. Pallekonda
The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, PA, USA,

ESTIMATING THE CLINICAL VALUE OF CANGRELOR IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PCI
I.S. Jensen, C. Wu, C.B. Bay, P.L. Cyr, ICON Health Economics, Cambridge, MA, USA

COMPLICATIONS OF INTRACORONARY ABCIXIMAB BOLUS-ONLY VERSUS STANDARD PROTOCOL DURING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
M.T. Shakoor, S. Ayub, S. Dhakam, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, USA

 


SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014
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08:00 – 13:00                                                                                                   Poster Hall
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P104     DIABETES MELLITUS, OBESITY, THE METABOLIC SYNDROME AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS:  BASIC AND CLINICAL

MEDITERRANEAN DIET, ADIPONECTIN LEVELS, GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS AND INCIDENCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN THE PREDIMED-VALENCIA STUDY
D. Corella, C .Ortega-AzorÍn, J.V. Sorlí, O. Portolés, E.M. Asensio, C. Saiz, .R Osma,
P. Guillem-Saiz, J.I. González, O. Coltell
CIBER Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutricion, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADMISSION BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL AND LONG-TERM CLINICAL OUTCOME IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
T. Nunohiro, M. Kurobe, K. Minami, S. Furudono, K. Amenomori, K. Uchida,
S. Takeshita, H. Nakashima
Nagasaki Citizens Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan

DO WE REACH BETTER LIPID CONTROL IN DIABETIC PATIENTS AFTER PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION?
A. Martinez-Rubio, E. Bosch-Peligero, M. Bonet-Alvarez, R. Flores-Clotet,
M. DiazNuila-Alcazar, M. Santalo-Corcoy, E. Agut-Busquet, D. Valcarcel-Paz,
J.C. Oliva-Morera, J Guindo-Soldevila
University Hospital of Sabadell (Univ Autonoma de Barcelona), Sabadell, Spain

PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF CLINIC AND AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS FOR PREDICTING THE RISK OF DEVELOPING DIABETES
R.C. Hermida, D.E. Ayala, A. Mojon, J.R. Fernandez
University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

INFLUENCE OF TIME OF DAY OF BLOOD PRESSURE-LOWERING TREATMENT ON THE RISK OF DEVELOPING NEW-ONSET DIABETES
R.C. Hermida, D.E. Ayala, A. Mojon, J.R. Fernandez
University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

THE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATION AND OBESITY AS DETERMINANTS OF PULSE PRESSURE IN A DIABETIC POPULATION
H. Aggarwal, J. Liu
Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB ENRICHMENT AND ABDOMINAL OBESITY: A LONGITUDINAL FIELD STUDY OF APPARENTLY HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS
Y. Fried, G.I. Laurence, A. Shirom, S. Melamed, S. Toker, S. Berliner, I. Shapira
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

PREVALENCE OF CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN AN ASIAN POPULATION: FINDINGS FROM CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY
S.M. Jung, G.M. Park, C.J. Kim, J.S. Cho, M.W. Park, S.H. Her, Y.H. Kim
Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, the Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Korea

IT CAN BE DONE: REDUCTION OF OBESITY & CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK IN A HIGH RISK POPULATION BY LIFESTYLE CHANGES
O.S. Randall, J. Kwagyan, M. Ketete, C. Bettencourt, A.R. Maqbool, S. Xu
Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA

OPTIMAL CUTOFF OF WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE AND WAIST TO HIP RATIO FOR THE KOREAN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN
H-S. Kim, H-R. Kim
College of Nursing, The Catholic University, Seoul, Korea

 

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014
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08:00 – 13:00                                                                                                   Poster Hall
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P105     PULMONARY CIRCULATION ASPECTS, PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

EXPERIENCE WITH VENO-VENOUS ECMO IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE ARDS
T. Strecker, J. Roesch, F. Muench, M. Weyand
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Center of Cardiac Surgery, Germany

OBESITY IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: IMPACT OF BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) ON SEVERITY AND OUTCOME
J. Nichols, D. Wilcox, R. Foley, D. Datta
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA

CORRELATION BETWEEN PULMONARY ARTERY DIAMETER AND MEAN PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH SCLERODERMA
J.H. Nichols, E. Kaloudis, D. Datta, R. Foley
University of CT Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA

PROCESS/OUTCOME MEASURES OF ADULT VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLUS (VTE) & PULMONARY EMBOLUS (PE) PROPHYLAXIS
D.T. Gray
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD, USA

RIGHT VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIAL STRAIN TO QUANTIFY DYSFUNCTION IN SUBMASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM
A.B. Malone, L.L. Eberhart, A.M. Cook, R.C. Phillion, M.F. Knox, D.E. Langholz
Spectrum Health Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

 

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014
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08:00 – 13:00                                                                                                   Poster Hall
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P106     CARDIOVASCULAR ASPECTS IN RENAL DISEASE

HIGHER CYSTATIN C LEVEL PREDICTS CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY IN PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE WITH PRESERVED NORMAL KIDNEY FUNCTION
Y.G. Ko, G.S. Kim, D.H. Shin, J.S. Kim, B.K. Kim, D. Choi, M.K. Hong, Y. Jang
Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea

EFFECT OF SEMAPHORIN 3C ON ENDOTHELIAL-TO-MESEMCHYMAL TRANSITION IN POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE
B.H. Kim, J.Y. Ko, J.H. Park
Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, South Korea

 

P107     SYNCOPE AND SUDDEN DEATH:  RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT

ADMISSION POTASSIUM AND PH AS OUTCOME PREDICTORS IN OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST PATIENTS TREATED WITH THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA
Y. Ji, M. Sidhu, M. Torosoff
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA

UTILITY OF T-WAVE-ALTERNANS AND HEART RATE VARIABILITY FOR RISK ASSESSMENT IN BRUGADA SYNDROME
S. Sakamoto, M. Takagi, H. Tatsumi, A. Doi, M. Yoshiyama
Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City, Japan

THE IMPACT OF VASOPRESSOR AND/ OR INOTROPE USE DURING THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA ON NEUROLOGIC OUTCOME IN CARDIAC ARREST DUE TO SHOCKABLE RHYTHM
C. Parks, S.U. Nair, J. Lundbye
University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA

A POTENT DOMINANT NEGATIVE MUTATION IN HERG IN A CHINESE FAMILY EXPERIENCING LONG QT SYNDROME, EPILEPSY, AND UNEXPECTED SUDDEN DEATH
G.L. Li, J.E. Wu, W.Q. Han, S.T. Ma, A.F. Zhang, G. Cheng, X.X. Xue, C.F. Sun
The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University College of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: PERSPECTIVES FROM UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI TEACHING HOSPITAL, NIGERIA
M.A. Talle, B. Bakki, F. Buba, C.O. Anjorin, H. Yusuph, A. Kane, A. Bonny
University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria

TRANSIENT EPISODES OF UNRESPONSIVENESS IN A PATIENT ON METHADONE
S. Kanneganti, B. Khalighi, K. Khalighi
Easton Hospital, Easton, PA, USA

 


SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014

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14:00 – 16:30                                                                                                            Hall A
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PL04    Plenary Session
            CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PREVENTION AND RISK FACTORS

GENDER DISPARITY IN CORONARY HEART DISEASE: BIAS, BIOLOGY, OR BOTH?(Invited Lecture)
N.K. Wenger, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

TIME TO FOCUS ON CV HEALTH (NOT CV DISEASE)(Invited Lecture)
L. Sperling, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

NEW GUIDELINES ON CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ASSESSMENT(Invited Lecture)
N.D. Wong, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

RISK FACTORS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
M.A. Alpert, University of Missouri- Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA

THE INFLUENZA VACCINE- PREVENTING CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS(Invited Lecture)
M. Farkouh, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

TWENTY YEAR OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN CARDIOLOGY: STILL AN APPEALING MARKER OF DISEASE? (Invited Lecture)
L.M. Biasucci, Policlinico A. Gemelli, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
A. Tamura, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

INTEGRATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE IN CARDIOLOGY: NEW HOPE OR JUST HIP AND HYPE? (Invited Lecture)
F.V. Mody, VA Greater Los Angeles HCS, CA, USA

WOMEN AND HEART DISEASE: UPDATE ON PREVENTION (Invited Lecture)
S. Malik, UC Irvine, CA, USA

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SERUM VITMAIN D LEVELS AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS: A META ANALYSIS
P. Agasthi, S. Levis-Dusseau, L. Tamariz, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA

16:30    COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION



SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014

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14:00 – 16:30                                                                                                            Hall B
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PL05    Plenary Session
PREDICTION AND PREVENTION OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH

POTENTIAL THERAPY FOR THE PREVENTION OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH (Invited Lecture)
N.S. Dhalla, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, University of Mantioba, Winnipeg, Canada

PREDICTION OF ARRHYTHMIC EVENTS WITH POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (Invited Lecture)
M.E. Cain, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS OF CRT AND ICD THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE BY RACE AND GENDER: FINDINGS FROM IMPROVE HF (Invited Lecture)
A.B. Curtis, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION AND ARRHYTHMIC RISK: POSSIBLE NEW THERAPIES FOR SUDDEN DEATH (Invited Lecture)
C. Rutledge, K.C. Yang, M. Liu, H. Liu, S.C. Dudley
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

PREVENTION OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH DURING SPORTS: THE POWER OF PRE-PARTICIPATION SCREENING (Invited Lecture)
D. Corrado, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy

THE SHORT QT SYNDROME AND SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH (Invited Lecture)
M.H. Gollob, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

ABLATION OF IDIOPATHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA (Invited Lecture)
K.S. Srivathsan, Mayo Clinic, Arizona, USA

A CASE OF ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION AND RECENT ADVANCES (Invited Lecture)
G.L. Fung, UCSF Medical Center at Mt. Zion, San Francisco, CA, USA

NON-INVASIVE RISK STRATIFICATION IN BRUGADA SYNDROME WITHOUT HISTORY OF CARDIAC ARREST: PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF J-WAVE AND ST-SEGMENT MORPHOLOGY (Invited Lecture)
M. Takagi, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

16:30    COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION

 

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014
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14:00 – 16:30                                                                                                            Hall C
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PL06    Plenary Session
INFLAMMATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE MECHANISMS

INNATE IMMUNITY AND HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
A.A. Knowlton, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

ROLE OF ENDOTHELIN-1 AND CAMKINASE II SIGNALING IN CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS (Invited Lecture)
A.K. Srivastava, CRCHUM, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

INFLAMMATION AND POST-ISCHEMIC CARDIAC REMODELING: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS AND THERAPEUTIC PERSPECTIVES (Invited Lecture)
J.S. Silvestre, Paris-Centre de Recherche Cardiovasculaire, Paris, France

EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF LAMINAR FLOW-MEDIATED GENES AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS (Invited Lecture)
Z-G. Jin,University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York, USA

NOVEL ALTERNATIVE MECHANISMS OF CARDIOVASCULAR CALCIFICATION(Invited Lecture)
E. Aikawa, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

PHARMACOLOGICAL MODULATION OF ANGIOTENSIN-II-INDUCED ARTERIAL MONONUCLEAR CELL ADHESION BY NUCLEAR RECEPTORS ACTIVATION (Invited Lecture)
M.J. Sanz, Universidad de Valencia, Spain

TRAINING OF CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSICIAN-SCIENTISTS: RESULTS OF SPECIFIC TRAINING PATHWAYS
J.D. Marsh
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

ENDOGENOUS MODULATION OF EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS DURING SCAR FORMATION AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
S. Simsekyilmaz, A. Curaj, M. Staudt, M. Rusu, P. Boor, X. Li, O. Bucur, T.T. Soenmez, A. Schuh, E.A. Liehn
Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Germany

REGULATION OF ENDOTHELIAL VCAM-1 EXPRESSION VIA MODULATION OF ANTI-OXIDANT PATHWAY
A. Ziaei, S. Masli
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA 

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AUGMENTS CARDIOVASCULAR RISK: MODULATION OF MYOCARDIAL BLOOD FLOW REGULATION AND CYP450 ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLITES
J.G. Kingma, D. Simard, D. Patoine, S. Pilote, B. Drolet, J.R. Rouleau, C. Simard
Laval University, Quebec, Canada

ROLE OF NON-GENOMIC SIGNALING IN THE TISSUE SPECIFIC AND VASCULAR PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF ESTROGEN
G.R. Schnitzler, S.J. Bernelot Moens, C.D. Vallaster, F.K. Gordon,
M. Nickerson, H. Guo, Q. Lu, R.H. Karas
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

 

16:30    COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION


SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014

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14:00 – 16:30                                                                                                            Hall D
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S22      Session
NEW DIRECTIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

CHARACTERIZATION OF READMISSIONS IN THE LVAD SUPPORTED HEART FAILURE POPULATION
A.A. Schmitt, S. Anders, S. Lewey, B. McLaughlin, J. Bjelkengren, S.A. Schaefer,
D. Sato, N. Nair, D. Sandler, T.B. Icenogle
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, WA, USA

CAN BLOOD TYPE O PATIENTS ON LVADS BE AT INCREASED RISK FOR GI BLEEDS?
N. Nair, A.A. Schmitt, S. Anders, S.A. Schaefer, J. Bjelkengren, S. Lewey,
B. McLaughlin, D. Sato, D. Sandler, T.B. Icenogle
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, WA, USA

PARADOXICAL ASSOCIATION OF SMOKING AND OUTCOMES AMONG HEART TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
M. Mujib, W.S. Aronow, G.M. Lanier, D. Kolte, S. Khera, C. Palaniswamy,
P. Harikrishnan, T. Ahmed, D. Jain, S. Sule, G.C Fonarow, A.Ahmed, W.H. Frishman, A.L. Gass, S.D. Prabhu, J.A. Panza
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

PROENKEPHALIN PREDICTS ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENTS
K.S. Shah, P.R. Taub, M. Patel, M. Exner, J. Struck, P. Clopton, A. Maisel
VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA

QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES IN ELDERLY PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY: WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE?
A. Saxena, N. Agostinho, L. Shan, T.D. Yan, M.P. Vallely, P.G. Bannon, A.E. Newcomb
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ANGIOGRAPHICALLY DERIVED SYNTAX SCORE AND OUTCOMES IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORORNARY INTERVENTION
S.J. Brener, A.J. Prasad, R. Abdula, T.J. Sacchi
NY Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA

MANAGEMENT OF HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA AND LEFT VENTRICULAR THROMBUS IN A PATIENT WITH CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
H. Keshmiri, B. Mohamedali, G. Bhat, A. Tatooles, G. Sayer
University of Illinois at Chicago/ Advocate Christ Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

IS PRIOR CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION RELATED TO HIGHER MORTALITY RATE IN A HIGH RISK US VETERAN POPULATION?
A. Patel, M.B. Quraishi, O.I. Mufti, R. Markert, A. Agarwal
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, USA

AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA AFTER THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC STENT-GRAFT PLACEMENT: A POTENTIAL FATAL COMPLICATION
M.S. Rawala, R. Ali, A. Nanjundappa
Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV, USA

 

16:30    COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION


 

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014

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16:45 – 19:15                                                                                                            Hall A
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PL07    Plenary Session
GENETIC ASPECTS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE / STEM CELL AND GENE THERAPY

GENETIC DISRUPTION OF NPR1 UPREGULATES CARDIAC EXPRESSION OF PROINFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS (Invited Lecture)
K.N. Pandey, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA

STEM CELL-DERIVED MEGAKARYOCYTES: TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING GENETIC CONTROL OF PLATELET FUNCTION (Invited Lecture)
L.C. Becker, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

STEM CELL AND GENE THERAPY FOR HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
L.W. Miller, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA 

MECHANOSENSITIVE MICRORNAS IN ENDOTHELIAL INFLAMMATION AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS: PREVENTION OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS BY ANTI-MIR-712 IN MICE (Invited Lecture)
H. Jo, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

CARBON NANOTUBES SCAFFOLDS AS A NEW BASIS FOR CARDIAC TISSUE ENGINEERING (Invited Lecture)
C. Long, L. Mestroni, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver Health
Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA

THE ROLE OF PROGENITOR CELLS IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS (Invited Lecture)
N.M. Caplice, University College Cork, Cork. Ireland

GENETIC FACTORS INFLUENCING CAROTID ARTERY SIZE IN AMERICAN INDIANS (Invited Lecture)
J.N. Bella, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY, USA

GENETIC DISCOVERY OF CVD IN DIABETIC PATIENTS (Invited Lecture)
L. Qi, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

CILIA AND CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: WHAT IS THE CONNECTION? (Invited Lecture)
M. Zahid, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

 

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014

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16:45 – 19:15                                                                                                            Hall B
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PL08    Plenary Session
MECHANISMS OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME: FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE

TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 9 REGULATION OF COAGULATION IN ACUTE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
J.G. Filep, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

HIGH SENSITIVITY CARDIAC TROPONIN – A CARDIOLOGIST'S FRIEND OR FOE?(Invited Lecture)
S. Schaefer, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

THE EVOLUTION OF ANTIPLATELET THERAPY FOR ACS - FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE (Invited Lecture)
S.J. Brener, NY Methodist Hospital, NY, USA

INTRODUCTION OF A MOUSE MODEL THAT REFLECTS HUMAN ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE INSTABILITY AND RUPTURE: A UNIQUE TOOL FOR DISCOVERY OF STRATEGIES TOWARDS PLAQUE PACIFICATION AND ULTIMATELY PREVENTION OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION  (Invited Lecture)
K. Peter, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Victoria, Australia

IMPAIRED ENDOGENOUS THROMBOLYSIS- A NOVEL, POINT-OF-CARE BIOMARKER PREDICTIVE OF ADVERSE CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS
(Invited Lecture)
D.A. Gorog, Imperial College, London, UK

TRIGGERS OF ACUTE CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS: CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS (Invited Lecture)
M. Madjid, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USA 

INTRAVASCULAR NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENCE MOLECULAR IMAGING OF INFLAMED PLAQUES (Invited Lecture)
E.A. Osborn, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

EVOLVING ROLE OF PLATELET FUNCTION TESTING IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES (Invited Lecture)
R. Sharma, University of Arkansas Medical Science, Little Rock, AR, USA

RISK STRATIFICATION OF VERY LATE DES FAILURE BY THE EVALUATION OF NEOATHEROSCLEROSIS (Invited Lecture)
Y. Ueda, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

 

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014

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16:45 – 19:15                                                                                                            Hall C
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S23      Session
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE:  MECHANISMS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS

SEVERE LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION IS NOT A CONTRAINDICATION TO AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT FOR AORTIC INSUFFICIENCY
T. Kaneko, R.C. Neely, I. Gosev, Q. Javed, S. McGurk, J.C. Rawn, S.F. Aranki,
J.G. Byrne, L.H. Cohn, M. Leacche
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

OUTCOMES OF A HYBRID APPROACH OF PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION FOLLOWED BY MINIMALLY INVASIVE AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
H.M. Elmahdy, A.M. Pineda, S.A. Horvath, O. Santana, C.G. Mihos, N. Beohar,
J. Lamelas
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, USA

DOES VALVULOARTERIAL IMPEDANCE IMPACT PROGNOSIS AFTER SURGERY FOR SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS IN THE ELDERLY?
M. Katayama, M.Q. Najib, P. Marella, E.M. McMahon, M. Belohlavek, H.P. Chaliki,
Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA

NATIONWIDE TRENDS IN THE INCIDENCE AND OUTCOMES OF ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER IN THE UNITED STATES
P. Harikrishnan, D. Kolte, C. Palaniswamy, S. Khera, M. Mujib, W.S. Aronow,
S. Sule, D. Jain, A. Ahmed, G.C. Fonarow, W.H. Frishman, J.A. Panza
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

HYBRID APPROACH OF PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE MITRAL VALVE SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY AND MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
S.A. Horvath, C.G. Mihos, A.M. Pineda, H.M. Elmahdy, O. Santana,
J.P. Rodriguez-Escudero, N. Beohar, J. Lamelas
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, USA

MINIMALLY INVASIVE ISOLATED AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN OCTOGENARIANS
R.K. Krishna, O.M. Issa, D. Saha, O. Santana, G.A. Lamas, J. Lamelas
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, USA

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PROCEDURAL FAILURE AND COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT 
K.B. Shah, B.B. Padaliya, R.S. Boxer, J.M. Albert, B.D. Hoit
University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

THE EFFECT OF LOW EJECTION FRACTION IN ISOLATED AORTIC INSUFFICIENCY ON LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELING AFTER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
Y. Ozen, S. Sarikaya, O. Altas, E. Kafali, M.B. Rabus, K. Kirali
Kosuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

MINIMALLY INVASIVE AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IMPROVES OUTCOMES OF REOPERATIVE AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
I. Gosev, S. McGurk, T. Kaneko, D. Loberman, R.C. Neely, Q. Javed, M. Leacche,
L.H. Cohn, S.F. Aranki
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF DILATED LEFT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT ON DOPPLER STROKE VOLUME AND AORTIC VALVE AREA ESTIMATION
A.S. Ayyoub, M. Habashy-Ibrahim, R. Doane, S.B. Labib
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA

A NEW AORTOTOMY TECHNIQUE FOR AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: REVERSE ‘U’ AORTOTOMY (KIRALI INCISION)
K. Kirali
Kartal Kosuyolu Heart Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE BENEFITS AFTER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT SURGERY IN THE ELDERLY
A. Saxena, L. Shan, M.P. Vallely, T.D. Yan, A.E. Newcomb, P.G. Bannon
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia


 

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014

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16:45 – 19:15                                                                                                            Hall D
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S24      Session
SYSTEMIC AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION, BASIC AND CLINICAL

HYPERTENSION WAS NOT A PREDICTOR OF CLINICAL EVENTS AT ONE-YEAR IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WHO UNDERWENT PRIMARY CORONARY INTERVENTION
K.S. Cha, J.S. Park, J. Ahn, J.H. Kim, H.W. Lee, J.H. Oh, J.H. Choi, H.C. Lee,
T.J. Hong, M.H. Jeong
Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, South Korea

ASLEEP BLOOD PRESSURE IS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS: THE HYGIA PROJECT
R.C. Hermida, A. Moya, J.J. Crespo, A. Otero, M. Dominguez, M.T. Rios,
C. Castineira, A. Mojon, J.R. Fernandez, D.E. Ayala
University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

UNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION IN UGANDA: A COMPARATIVE CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY
G. Musinguzi, J.P. Vangeertruyden, H. Bastiaens, F. Nuwaha
Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

CYP2D6 GENETIC INFORMATION-GUIDED METOPROLOL USE IN A CARDIOLOGY CLINIC – A PERSPECTIVE STUDY 
B. Khalighi, Y. Wu, W.Q. Fan, A. Mirabbasi, R. Thachil, E.J. Mascarenhas, K. Khalighi
Easton Hospital, Drexel University, Easton, PA, USA

GASTRIN AND D1 DOPAMINE RECEPTOR INTERACT TO INDUCE NATRIURESIS AND DIURESIS
Y. Chen, L.D. Asico, S. Zheng, V.A. Villar, D.F. He, L. Zhou, C.Y. Zeng, P.A. Jose
Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China

COMPARISON OF ILOPROST AND NITRIC OXIDE FOR TREATMENT OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN THE SETTING OF CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY-A META-ANALYSIS
J.M. Martinez, P. Vijayvargiya, L. Tamariz, S. Chaparro
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Regional Campus, Atlantis, FL, USA

SLEEP-TIME, NOT AWAKE BLOOD PRESSURE, DETERMINES THE TRUE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF MASKED HYPERTENSION
D.E. Ayala, J.J. Crespo, M. Dominguez, A. Moya, A. Otero, M.T. Rios, C. Castineira, S.M. Gomara, J.R. Fernandez, R.C. Hermida
University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

DECODING WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION
D.A. Bloomfield
Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY, USA

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE EFFICACY OF CHLORTHALIDONE- VERSUS HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE- ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR BLOCKER COMBINATION THERAPY: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS
M.N. Miller, E Mora-Garzon, R Chait, L Tamariz
University of Miami Palm Beach Regional Campus, Atlantis, FL, USA

INFLUENCE OF LONG TERM THERAPY WITH VALSARTAN, EPROSARTAN OR LOSARTAN ON DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION AND NT-PROBNP LEVEL IN HYPERTENSIVES
L.T. Popescu, N.C. Sapojnic, A.P. Caraush, O.S. Calenici
Institute of Cardiology, Chisinau, Moldova

LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC FUNCTION DURING PERMISSIVE HYPERTENSION IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE
J.G. Lerios, M.J. Sta. Maria, A.B. Medrano, R.E. Ramboyong, I. Bundalian
The Medical City, Pasig City, Philippines

 


SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014
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13:30 – 18:30                                                                                                   Poster Hall
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P201     NOVEL DIAGNOSTIC METHODS AND IMAGING TECHNIQUES

A RETROSPECTIVE CHART REVIEW TO DETERMINE PROPER STRESS TEST UTILIZATION IN LOW RISK CHEST PAIN PATIENTS
Y. Nawaz, B. Ayub
Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, USA

INFLUENCE OF PROCEDURE TIME ON HEMOGLOBIN DROP AS A COMPONENT OF MAJOR BLEEDING DEFINITION IN PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN US ACADEMIC CENTER
S. Shawar, M. Alghrouz, O. Alasad, A. Tayyem, M. Bheemarasetti, A.R. Alemam,
S. Gilani, W. Khalife
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA

US ACADEMIC CENTER EXPERIENCE IN DOING PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION USING VARIOUS BLEEDING AVOIDANCE STRATGIES
M. Alghrouz, S. Shawar, O. Alasad, A. Tayyem, M. Bheemarasetti, A.R. Alemam,
S. Gilani, W. Khalife
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA

STUDY THE HEMODYNAMIC COMPONENTS OF ICU (INTENSIVE CARE UNIT) PATIENTS WITH USCOM
M. Hashemian, N. Asadinia, M. Nourizadeh, A. Jamaati, M. Ghahremani, Z. Ahmadi, A.R. Asareh
Maseeh Daneshvari Hospital, Shaheedbeheshti University, Tehran, Iran

 

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014
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13:30 – 18:30                                                                                                   Poster Hall
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P202     CAD:  SECONDARY PREVENTION, CARDIAC REHAB, PROGNOSIS

LIPID LEVELS IN PATIENTS AFTER PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN THE REAL LIFE
A. Martinez-Rubio, E. Bosch-Peligero, R. Flores-Clotet, M. Bonet-Alvarez,
D. Valcarzel-Paz, M. DiazNuila-Alcazar, M. Santalo-Corcoy, E. Agut.Busquet,
J.C. Oliva-Morera, J. Guindo-Soldevila
University Hospital of Sabadell (Univ Autonoma de Barcelona), Sabadell, Spain

TYPE D PERSONALITY PREDICTS RISK FACTORS AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN POST ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS
A.L. Arrebola-Moreno, D. Petrova, R. Garcia-Retamero, A. Melgares-Moreno,
J.A. Ramirez-Hernandez, A. Catena
Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, Granada, Spain

PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND RECURRENT CARDIAC EVENTS AFTER PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
J.H. Park, S.H. Bae
Ajou University, Suwion, Gyeonggi, South Korea

EARLIER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AS AN EXPLANATION OF THE SMOKER PARADOX:  A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH
A.L. Arrebola-Moreno, D. Petrova, J.P. Arrebola, J.A. Ramirez-Hernandez, A. Catena, R. Garcia-Retamero
Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, Granada, Spain

TRANSITIONAL NURSING CARE PROGRAM FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
S.H. Bae, J.H. Park
College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea

 

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014
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13:30 – 18:30                                                                                                   Poster Hall
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P203     EXERCISE AND THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

A COMPARISON OF THE SIX MINUTE WALK TEST AND THE SUB MAXIMAL STRESS TEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONAL STATUS PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION IN CARDIAC REHABILITATION
J. Yee, J. Onwuchekwa, Z. Chen, R. Leaverton, S. Smalling, M. Lerman, F. Fuentes
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, NY, USA

EXERCISE IMPROVES CARDIAC FUNCTION IN DIABETIC RATS
T.H. Ko, D.Y. Seo, S.R. Lee, N. Kim, J. Han
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Center, Inje University, Busan, Korea

THE EFFECTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS IN BLOOD PRESSURE DURING EXERCISE TESTING
V.C. Romero, E.R. Silva, J.J. Villasmil, G.A. Bermudez, F. Madueno
Institutes of Cardiovascular Disease of Luz Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela

 

P204     DIAGNOSTIC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND ABLATION

MODIFIED HATCH SCORE PREDICTS 6-MONTH RECURRENCE OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION: DATA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION REGISTRY
A.Y. Shaikh, A. Maan, N. Esa, M. Kinno, K.C. Floyd, L.S. Rosenthal, C. Browning, D.D. McManus
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

USE OF VASCULAR COLLAGEN SEALING DEVICE TO CLOSE VASCULAR ACCESS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES
I. Maraj, A.S. Budzikowski, S. Kumar, W. Ali, C. Mitre, J.T. Kassotis
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

TRENDS AND OUTCOMES IN CATHETER ABLATION OF VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA IN ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
P. Harikrishnan, D. Kolte, C. Palaniswamy, S. Khera, M. Mujib, W.S. Aronow, S. Iwai,
P. Eugenio, S. Lessner, A. Ferrick, A. Ahmed, G.C. Fonarow, W.H. Frishman,
J.A. Panza
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

PROCEDURAL TIME IMPROVES WITH OPERATOR EXPERIENCE IN PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION USING THE CRYOBALLOON
J.M. Kirzner, J.S. Snow, S.R. Bender, S.P. Parekh
Island Cardiac Specialists, Garden City, New York, USA

EFFECT OF LEFT ATRIAL SIZE AND PRESSURE ON ABLATION TIME AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES WITH CRYOABLATION USING NEW GENERATION ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE BALLOON IN PATIENTS WITH PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
S. Banga, N. Chalfoun, A. Gauri, D. Elmouchi, M. Dahu, B. Finta
Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

FOOD IN THE BRAIN: A RARE COMPLICATION OF LEFT-ATRIAL ABLATION
H. Keshmiri, J. Ziffra, K. Wells, M. Wichter
University of Illinois at Chicago/ Advocate Christ Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

 

P205     PACEMAKERS AND IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIC DEVICES

PERMANENT PACEMAKER UTILIZATION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH SYNCOPE AND CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME
T. Gupta, D. Kolte, S. Khera, M. Mujib, W.S. Aronow, C. Palaniswamy, D. Jain,
S. Iwai, P. Eugenio, S. Lessner, J.A. Panza
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

ORAL ANTICOAGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POCKET HEMATOMAS FOLLOWING CARDIAC DEVICE IMPLANTATION
P.A. Howard, B.L. Melton, A. Goerdt, J. Casey
University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, USA

CEPHALIC VEIN CUTDOWN FOR LEFT VENTRICULAR LEAD PLACEMENT IN BIVENTRICULAR DEVICE UPGRADES
H Paydak, S Pant, K Siddique, D Singh
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

SUBCUTANEOUS IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR IMPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
A. Gupta, F. Subzposh, H. Saltzman, S.P. Kutalek
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

PERICARDITIS INDUCED HYPONATREMIA FOLLOWING PERMANENT PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION
E. Rakhshan, K. Khalighi
Easton Hospital, Drexel University College of Medicine, Easton, PA, USA

AN IMPLANATBLE CARDIAC DEVICE LEAD AND ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME CAUSING A RARE COMPLICATION - SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME
A. Kodali, K. Khalighi, O. Sharma
Easton Hospital, Easton, PA, USA

 

P206     PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY / CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

OXIDATIVE AND HYPOXIC STRESS IN SUSTAINED INFLATION RESUSCITATION IN A SWINE MODEL OF NEONATAL HYPOXIA
S. Cowan, G.M. Schmolzer, T.F. Lee, M. O'Reilly, J. Labossiere, D. Bigam,
P.Y Cheung
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN THE NEWBORNS OF IRANIAN DIABETIC MOTHERS
Z. Khalili, M. Behjati Ardekani, A. Jariani
Mardom Hospital, Tehran, Iran

OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING OF THE PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS:  FIRST KNOWN USES IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
J.A. Hill, M. Costa, H. Bezerra, C. Snyder, T.G. Mahadevaiah, M.W. Jenkins
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cleveland, OH, USA

HEART: HELPING EMERGING ADULTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE RECONCILE TRANSITION 
A. Stefanescu, O. Hsin, H. Kamin, E. Oglesbee, J.D. Serfas, B. Masek, R. Liberthson, A. Bhatt
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

TRANSCATHETER CLOSURE OF PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS IN CHILDREN WEIGHING LESS THAN 6 KG
N. Llanos, E. Vallejo, A. Valencia
Universidad Libre, Cali, Colombia

VECTORCARDIOGRAPHIC VERSUS 12-LEAD CHANGES IN KAWASAKI DISEASE
D.L. Cortez, A.C. McCanta, P.N. Jones
Children's Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

 

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ACCURATE MURMUR RECOGNITION IN CARDIOLOGISTS - PREMATURE REQUIEM OR PHOENIX RISING? 
Y. Nawaz, M.W. Martinez, M.J. Barrett
Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, USA

TRANSFUSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH LEFT HEART CATHETERIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS AND THROMBOCYTOPENIA
F. Shah, C.P. Mehta, D. Doukas, A. Darki
Loyola University Medical Center, IL, USA

CARDIAC ABNORMALITIES IN PRE-HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION EVALUATION OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA
N. Arat, S. Usalp, T. Ozcelik, S. Kahraman, S. Guvenc, M. Arat, C. Ciftci
Istanbul Science University, Istanbul, Turkey

PROGRESSION OF CAROTID ARTERIOSCLEROSIS MAY NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION
N. Tanji, T. Matsubara, J. Suzuki, E. Mori, T. Kon, T. Tabata, E. Matsubara, T. Tomaru
Toho University Sakura Hospital, NTT East, Japan

 

 

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