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Sunday,
July 13, 2003
Monday,
July 14, 2003
Tuesday,
July 15, 2003
Oral Presentations Oral Presentations Oral Presentations
Poster Sessions Poster Sessions Poster Sessions

 

Tuesday, July 15, 2003

8:30 - 14:00    
Board No.

 

 POSTER HALL

 

P301   Poster Session:
DRUG THERAPY IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

 
1

SIMILAR EFFICACY AND LOWER POTENCY OF MIBEFRADIL THAN OF LACIDIPIN AND NITRENDIPINE IN DECREASING KCL-INDUCED CONTRACTIONS OF ISOLATED PORCINE CORONARY ARTERY IN POST-HYPOXIC CONDITIONS
M. Arh, M.V. Budihna, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

 
2

COMPARATIVE  EFFICACY OF THERAPY WITH ALTIAZEM RR AND DILREN IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIE HEART DISEASE, STENOCARFIA, FUNCTIONAL CLASSES II-III
R. Zaslavskaya, G.  Dilmagambetova, Hospital No. 60, Moscow, Russia

 
3

ACE-INHIBITORS AND B-BLOCKERS: COMPARISON OF THEIR EFFECT ON QT DISPERSION IN PATIENTS AFTER ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
H. Jain, N. Shaikh, M. Mathew Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby PA, USA

 
 

 

 
 

P302   Poster Session:
LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELING AFTER MI

 
4

SUBCLINICAL ISHEMIC CHANGE OF MYOCARDIUM: LEFT VENTRICULAR GEOMETRY IN PATIENTS WITH FIRST UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS
M.R. Babaskiene, J. Janenaite, D. Luksiene, B. Slapikiene, R. Grybauskiene, P. Grybauskas, R.  Cerniauskiene, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania

 
 

 

 
 

P303   Poster Session:
SECONDARY PREVENTION, PROGNOSIS, RISK STRATIFICATION

 
5

PLEIOTROPIC EFFECT OF ATORVASTATIN IN PATIENTS WITH ATHEROSCLEROSIS
N.N. Kipshidze, I. Petriashvili, M. Sulakvelidze, National Center of Therapy, Tbilisi, Georgia 

 
6

ASSOCIATION OF CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE DETECTION IN THE HUMAN AORTIC WALL AND EXTENT OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASE
M. Porqueddu, R. Spirito, A. Parolari, M. Zanobini, G. Pompilio, G. Polvani, F. Alamanni, E. Tremoli, P. Biglioli, Centro Cardiologico "Monzino Foundation", Milan, Italy 

 
7

CLINICAL EVENTS IN HEART DISEASE PATIENTS WITH LOW LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION: 3 YEAR FOLLOW-UP RESULTS
M.C. Elliott-Eller, G. Weidner, C. Pischke, R.O. Marlin, M. Li, N. Mendell, L. Lipsenthal, R. Finkel, D.M. Ornish, Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Sausalito, CA, USA 

 
8

PERIOPERATIVE DETERMINANTS OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN ELDERLY HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS UNDERGOING NON-CARDIAC SURGERY
J.S.A. Capunitan, J.R.G. Torres, R.E. Ramboyong, E.V.S. Caguioa, UST Hospital, Manila, Philippines

 
9

HEART RATE VARIABILITY, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AFTER A CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROGRAM
A.R. Leal, C.A. Paiva, F.M. Ferreira, J.L. Gomes, HGSA, Porto, Portugal

 
10

HIGH RISK CORONARY PATIENTS - IS SELF PERCEPTION OF HEALTH THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO IMPROVEMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER SURGERY?
B.B. Mihajlovic, M.M. Potic, Z.R. Potic, M.A. Popov, D.J. Jakovljevic, N.D. Radovanovic, University Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sremska Kamenica, Vojvodina, Serbia & Montenegro

 
11

QUALITY OF LIFE FIVE YEARS AFTER CORONARY SURGERY
B.B. Mihajlovic, M.M. Potic, Z.R. Potic, M.A. Popov, D.J. Jakovljevic, N.D. Radovanovic, University Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sremska Kamenica, Vojvodina, Serbia & Montenegro

 
12

THE SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME AND THEIR CORRELATION WITH PRE-HOSPITAL DELAY AND CLINICAL
R.T. Tibayan, P.E. Ramboyong, E.V.S. Caguioa, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines

 
13

THE POSTPRANDIAL LIPEMIA, OXIDATIVE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTIN IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE
B. Zhao, J. Zhang, W. Li, L. Liu, Tianjin Heping Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

 
 

 

 

TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2003

Board No.

 

 POSTER HALL

 

P304   Poster Session:  
MODIFICATION OF LIPOPROTEINS AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

 
14

THE INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRE-TREATMENT LDL-CHOLESTEROL AND LDL-GOAL ATTAINMENT (REALITY -STUDY)
K.J. Krobot, D.D. Yin, L.E. Melilli, E. Alemao, E. Steinhagen-Thiessen, MSD Sharp & Dohme GMBH, Haar, Germany, USA 

 
15

INITIAL TREATMENT OF HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA PATIENTS WITH LIPID LOWERING DRUGS AND LDL-C GOAL ATTAINMENT IN SPAIN
F.J. García Ruiz, A.M. Ibanez, F. Perez-Jimenez, U. Lipidos, X. Pinto, U. Lipidos, G.  Nocea, M.A. Casado, J.  Erbey,
E. Alemao, D.D. Yin, CS Las Águilas, Madrid, Spain, USA 

 
 

 

 
 

P305   Poster Session:  
DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE

 
16

ACE GENE AND LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2
K. Puzyrev, O. Koshelskaya, T. Kosyankova, E. Efimova, A. Falkovskaya, Research Institute of Cardiology, RAMS, Tomsk, Russia 

 
17

TRIMETAZIDINE IMPROVES LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
G.M.C. Rosano, C. Vitale, B. Sposato, M. Fini, S. Chierchia, San Raffaele Roma, Roma, Italy 

 
18

EFFECTS OF BERBERINE ON TNF-ALPHA AND ACTIVITY OF ALDOSE REDUCTASE IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY
X.H. Zeng, Y.Y. Li, X.J. Zeng, Chengdu Second Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

 
 

 

 
 

P306   Poster Session:  
PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

 
19

THE EFFECT OF THE COMBINATION OF MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND LEISURE TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON THE RISK OF DEVELOPING ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES, IN HYPERTENSIVE SUBJECTS: THE CARDIO2000 STUDY
D.B. Panagiotakos, C. Pitsavos, C. Chrysohoou, K. Tzioumis, J. Skoumas, P. Stravopodis, M. Toutouza, M. Skoumbourdis, C. Stefanadis, P. Toutoouzas, Cardiology Clinic, University of Athens, Greece

 
20

EFFECT OF ARTIFICIAL FIBER COMPLEXES ON LIPID METABOLISM IN HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC RATS
B. Zhao, L. Liu, W. Li, Tianjin Heping Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

 
21

RELATIONSHIP OF ADVERSE DIET, ANTHROPOMETRY AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO HYPERLIPIDEMIA IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS
R. Sharma, A. Chatterjee, K.K. Talwar, R.M. Pandey, R. Guleria, V. Dhingra, K. Rastogi, A. Misra, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

 
22

FACTORS AND RISK ESTIMATION OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN  "HEALTHY" POPULATION
M.I. Kelmendi, R.H.
Bejiqi, University Children's Hospital, Prishtina, UNMIK, Kosova, Albania

 
23

CORRELATION BETWEEN THE PREVALENCE OF CONVENTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RISK FACTORS
P.I. Kikeli, Z.P. Preg, P.M. Polinger Hubatsch, M.F. Fejer, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Targu Mures, Romania

 
24

PREVALENCE OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE RISK FACTORS IN A SAMPLE POPULATION OF IRANIAN MEDICAL STUDENTS IN 3 TEHRAN  UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS DURING THEIR INTERNSHIP DURING THE YEAR 2001
M.J. Mahmoodi, A. Ahmadvand, E.  Nematipoor, N. Karimi, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 

 
25

HYPERTENSION: A PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR IMMIGRANT TURKISH WOMEN
M. Hochleitner, Innsbruck University Hospital, Austria

 
26

LIPOPROTEIN(A) IS PREDICTIVE OF ANGIOGRAPHIC DISEASE IN YOUNG WOMEN BUT NOT IN YOUNG MEN
K.O. Akosah, S.I. Barnhart, A.M.  Schaper, S.M.  Devine, Gundersen Lutheran, La Crosse, WI, USA 

 
 

 

 

TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2003

Board No.

 

POSTER HALL

 

P307   Poster Session:
NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES

 
27

RELATION OF BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE AND QTC PROLONGATION AFTER ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
R. Zaliunas, J. Blushes, R. Grybauskiene, P. Grybauskas, D. Karciauskaite, I  Bluzhaite, G. Urbonaviciene, J. Janenaite, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania

 
 

 

 
 

P308   Poster Session:  
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY: VARIOUS ETIOLOGIES

 
28

DIFFERENCES IN PROGNOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOLIC AND IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
S.M.R. Amorim, J. Silva-Cardoso, B. Moura, M. Campelo, E. Martins, C. Abreu-Lima, Hospital Sao Joao, Porto, Portugal

 
29

CARDIAC-RELATED TOXOCARIASIS; REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
W. Taungjaruwinai, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

 
30

CARDIAC - RELATED SALMONELLA INFECTION IN THAILAND; AN OVERVIEW OF DOCUMENTED CASES
W. Taungjaruwinai, V.  Wiwanitkit, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

 
31

TACHYCARDIA MEDIATED CARDIOMYOPATHY AND SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH SECONDARY TO WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME
D. Kamra, R. Pareek, F. Padder, B. Kantharia, Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA

 
32

DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY :THE EFFECT OF CLINICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN THE SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE HOSPITALISED IN A SUB-SAHARAN TERTIARY FACILITY
J.N.A. Ajuluchukwu, A.C. Mbakwem, F.A.Daniel, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria 

 
 

 

 
 

P309   Poster Session:
LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

 
33

ENHANCED BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY IN NORMOTENSIVE MICE CAUSES CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY AND DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
P. Martinka, P.B. Persson, A. Patzak, H.M. Stauss, Humboldt University (Charite), Berlin, Germany, USA

 
34

MECHANISMS UNDERLYING CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION IN HEART FAILURE DUE TO VOLUME OVERLOAD
E. Cantor, A. Babick, S. Rathi, X. Yao, W. Zhang, R. Temsah, E. Sentex, N.S. Dhalia, T. Netticadan, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

 
35

HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYPATHY: THE LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE
A.C. Mbakwem, D.A. Oke, J.N.A. Ajuluchukwu, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria 

 
36

PATHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SCAR FORMATION AFTER PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL SEPTAL MYOCARDIAL ABLATION
K. Tamura, Y. Sugisaki, S. Ono, M. Takayama, H. Yoshida, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan 

 
37

LONG TERM FOLLOW UP OF 147 CASES OF HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY (HCM)
A. Kumar, S.P. Singh, A. Varun Mohan, Govt Medical College/G.N.D. Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab, India 

 
 

 

 

TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2003

Board No.

 

POSTER HALL
 

P310   Poster Session:  
PHARMACOTHERAPY

 
38

CARDIOTOXICITY INDUCED BY DIGITALIS COMPOUNDS PRODUCES APOPTOSIS IN GUINEA PIGS CARDIOMYOCYTES
M. Ramirez, G. Zarco, J. Chanona, R. Nunez, A. Sanchez, J. Suarez, O. Picazo, G. Pastelin, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia "Ignacio Chavez" Mexico, D.F., Mexico

 
39

CLINICAL AND HAEMODYNAMIC IRBESARTAN EFFECTS ON PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, COMPLICATED WITH HEART FAILURE PROGRESSION
S.R. Dadashzade, I.I. Knyazkova, Institute of Therapy of AMS of Ukraine, Kharkov, Ukraine

 
40

POSTINFARCTION LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELLING: IMPACT OF IRBESARTAN
L.T. Malaya, S.R. Dadashzade, I.I. Knyazkova, Institute of Therapy of AMS of Ukraine, Kharkov, Ukraine

 
 

 

 
 

P311   Poster Session:
MISCELLANEOUS

 
41

CHANGES OF VASOACTIVE AND INFLAMMATORY FACTORS, MYOCARDIAL INJURY MARKERS DURING AND AFTER CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS AND OFF-PUMP SURGERY
L. Szekely, Z. Sikos,  B. Soltesz,  L. Bodrics,  K. Matyas,  F. Horkay, Gottsegen Hungarian Institute of Cardiology, Budapest, Hungary

 
42

MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHIC MAPPING IN PATIENTS WITH TRANSPLANTED HEARTS IN COMPARISON TO THOSE WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND TO HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS
M. El-Arousi, I. Chaikovsky, H. Koertke, G. Tenderich, K. Minami, D. Seifert, L. Arusoglu,
R. Korfer, M. Morshuis, SQUID International AG, Essen, Germany 

 
43

LEFT ATRIAL SYSTOLIC FUNCTION IN MEDITERRANEAN ANEMIA AND PRESERVED LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC FUNCTION
N.J. Pantazopoulos, I. Moyssakis, M. Kouli, P. Margos, D. Papadopoulos,  V. Votteas, D.  Loukopoulos, "Laiko" Hospital, Athens, Greece 

 
44

MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE HEART DISEASE WITH A NEW SYSTEM IN AN UNSHIELDING SETTING
I. Chaikovsky, B. Hailer, S. Auth-Eisernitz, G. Schafer, F. Steinberg, D. Gronemeyer, Catholic Hospital "Philippusstift", Essen, Germany 

 
45

ACLS TRAINING: COMPARISON OF BRAZILIAN VS NORTH AMERICAN STUDENT RESPONSES ACLS TRAINING: COMPARISON OF BRAZILIAN VS NORTH AMERICAN STUDENT RESPONSES
S. Timerman, E.F. Paiva, D.  Ferreira, J.A.F. Ramires, K.B. Kern, R.A. Berg, B.  Monroe, Heart Institute (InCor) University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil, USA

 
46

EFFECTS IN CHANGES OF FREQUENCY AND DURATION OF EXTERNAL CARDIAC COMPRESSIONS
S. Timerman, J.A.F. Ramires, L.F. Cardoso, K.B. Kern, R.B. Ramos, A.M. Bento, H. Halperin, Heart Institute (InCor) University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil, USA

 
47

REPRODUCIBILITY OF EA/AA RATIO OF SPECTRAL DOPPLER ARTIFACTS
N.J. Nelassov, Rostov-on-Don State Medical University, Rostov-on Don, Russia

 
48

NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN HEART
V.S. Nikiforov, A.S. Svistov Medico-Military  Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia

 
49

FREE-FLOATING THROMBUS IN THE RIGHT HEART: ROLE OF ECHOCARDIOGRAM AND THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY
R. Pareek,
D. Kamra, B. Jaar, R. Verma, D. Rolston, MCP/Hahnemann University-Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

 
50

AN UNUSUAL LEFT ATRIAL MASS
F.H. Madziwa, S.N.C.  Makoni, Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, PA, USA

 

 

 

 

Sunday,
July 13, 2003
Monday,
July 14, 2003
Tuesday,
July 15, 2003
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