Abstract No.

P101    Poster Session
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    Poster Session
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,
Department of Cardiology, Kims Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

P103    Poster Session
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

P104    Poster Session
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

P105    Poster Session
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

P106    Poster Session
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    Poster Session
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

 POSTER HALL

P201    Poster Session
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

P202   Poster Session
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 

P203    Poster Session
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    Poster Session
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    Poster Session
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 IMPLANTABLE 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    Poster Session
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

P207    Poster Session
MISCELLANEOUS 

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