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Sunday,
July 25, 2010		 Monday,
July 26, 2010		 Tuesday,
July 27, 2010
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

09:00 - 10:15   HALL A
 OC: OC OPENING CEREMONY
Chairperson: John A. Elefteriades, New Haven, CT, USA

GREETINGS
Asher Kimchi, USA
Founder and Chairman
International Academy of Cardiology

John A. Elefteriades, USA
Chairman, Scientific Executive Committee
Chairman, Section of Cardiovascular Surgery
15th World Congress on Heart Disease

Jeffrey S. Borer, USA
Member, Scientific Executive Committee
Chairman, Section of Valvular Heart Disease
15th World Congress on Heart Disease

Naranjan S. Dhalla, Canada
Member, Scientific Executive Committee
Chairman, Section of Cellular Biology of the Heart
15th World Congress on Heart Disease

Gordon Fung, USA
Member, Scientific Advisory Board
15th World Congress on Heart Disease

Kenneth Maiese, USA
Member, Scientific Executive Committee
Chairman, Section of Vascular Biology
15th World Congress on Heart Disease

PRESENTATION OF 2010 AWARDS
John A. Elefteriades, New Haven, CT, USA
Jeffrey S. Borer, USA

 

  
09:35 - 10:15  OL OPENING LECTURE -
HALL A
OL:


09:35

OPENING LECTURE – FOURTH H.J.C. SWAN MEMORIAL LECTURE

INTRODUCTION
Kenneth Maiese, USA

  

09:40

VOODOO DEATH REVISITED: THE MODERN LESSONS OF NEUROCARDIOLOGY (Invited Lecture)
M.A. Samuels, Brigham and Women's Hospital. Boston, MA, USA 

 485
10:15 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
10:45-13:00   HALL A
  PL01    Plenary Session:
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND BIOMARKERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 
Chairpersons:
K. Maiese, Newark, NJ, USA
P.K. Singal, Winnipeg, MB, Canada		  
10:45 OXIDATIVE STRESS: BIOLOGY AND BIOMARKERS IN THE VASCULAR SYSTEM (Invited Lecture)
K. Maiese, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA		 001
11:00 THE ROLE OF EXCESS RADICAL FLUX IN HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
P.K. Singal, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences St. Boniface Research Center, Winnipeg, MB, Canada  		 002
11:15 INFLAMMATION AND HEART FAILURE; CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES OR BOTH? (Invited Lecture)
D. Anzulovic-Miroševic, M. Zaninotto, M.M. Mion, M. Plebani, M.L. Barzon, I. Castagliuolo, P. Brun, G. Palů,
S. Dalla-Volta, University of Padova Medical School, Padova, Italy 		003
11:30 ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE - PEROXYNITRITE IMBALANCE IN HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
T. Malinski, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA 		004
11:45 MOLECULAR REGULATION OF APOPTOSIS IN THE HEART: "TO BE OR NOT TO NF-KB (Invited Lecture)
L.A. Kirshenbaum, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada 		005
12:00 MYELOPEROXIDASE: A MARKER AND MEDIATOR OF ACUTE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
J.G. Filep, University of Montreal, Canada 		006
12:15 NOVEL CORONARY IMAGING AND MULTI-BIOMARKER STRATEGY FOR ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME (Invited Lecture)
Y. Seino, Nippon Medical School Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital, Chiba, Japan 		007
12:30 THROMBOXANE RECEPTOR AT THE CROSS-ROAD OF INFLAMMATION AND OXIDATIVE STRESS IN ATHEROGENESIS (Invited Lecture)
D. Pratico, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA 		008
12:45 IDENTIFICATION OF A CARDIAC SPECIFIC PROTEIN TRANSDUCTION DOMAIN BY IN VIVO BIOPANNING USING A M13 PHAGE PEPTIDE DISPLAY LIBRARY (Invited Lecture)
M. Zahid, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA 		009
13:00 LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
10:45-13:00   HALL B

 

 PL02   Plenary Session:
NOVEL TREATMENT AVENUES IN HEART FAILURE
Chairpersons:
J.S. Borer, NY, USA
 R.E. Hobbs, Cleveland, OH, USA

 
10:45 HEART RATE REDUCTION AND CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES: IS THERE A THERAPEUTIC RELATION? (Invited Lecture)
J.S. Borer, SUNY Downstate, NY, USA  		 010
11:00 RELAXIN IN ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
R.E. Hobbs, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA  		 011
11:15 CARDIAC TROPONIN AND HEART FAILURE
(Invited Lecture)
W.L. Miller, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA 		012
11:30 LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK: ASSESSING VARIATIONS IN HOSPITAL RESOURCE USE AND OUTCOMES FOR ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
M.K. Ong, C.M. Mangione, P.S. Romano, Q. Zhou,
A.D. Auerbach, B. Davidson, T.G. Ganiats, S. Greenfield, J.J. Escarce, University of California: Los Angeles, CA, USA 		013
11:45 THE ROLE OF COENZYME Q10 IN REFRACTORY CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
K.A. Adarsh, Govt. Medical College/G.N.D. Hospital, Amritsar, India 		014
12:00 ROLE OF RYANODINE RECEPTOR AS A NEW THERAPEUTIC TARGET IN DIABETIC HEART DYSFUNCTION (Invited Lecture)
B. Turan, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey 		015
12:15 TREATING CONGESTION IN ADVANCED HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
J.N. Nanas, University of Athens, Greece 		016
12:30 REGULATION OF PDE5 EXPRESSION IN THE FAILING HEART (Invited Lecture)
Z. Lu, X. Xu, X. Hu, S. Lee, J. Hall, Y. Chen, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA 		017
12:45 CTHRC1 - A NOVEL CARDIOTROPIC HORMONE
I. Pinz, J.P. Stohn, R.J. LeClair, M. Maslov, Q. Wang, A.S. Cuttler, L. Liaw, V. Lindner Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, ME, USA		 018
13:00 LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
10:45 - 12:45   HALL C
  S21   Session:  
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME, ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Chairpersons:
Y. Birnbaum, Houston, TX, USA
K. Prasad, Saskatoon, Canada

 
10:45 CANDESARTAN SUPPRESSES INCREASE IN SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 2 AND FIBROSIS DURING HEALING AFTER REPERFUSED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN THE RAT MODEL
B.I. Jugdutt, A. Palaniyappan, H. Idikio, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada  		 019
11:00 CONTRAST-INDUCED NEPHROPATHY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING EMERGENCY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION FOR ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
T. Senoo, M. Motohiro, H. Kamihata, S. Yamamoto,
T. Isono, K. Manabe, T. Sakuma, S. Yoshida, Y. Sutani,
T. Iwasaka Kansai Medical University, Hirakata City, Osaka, Japan 		020
11:15 IMPACT OF SYMPTOM-TO-REPERFUSION TIME ON LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC FUNCTION FOLLOWING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
S.B. Prasad, V. See, P. Brown, T. McKay, A. Narayan,
P. Kovoor, L. Thomas, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia 		021
11:30 LOX-1 IS INVOLVED IN THE COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION BY ENDOGENOUS C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY
Y. Fujita, K. Otsui, A. Kakino, S. Yamaguchi, Y. Sato,
R. Yoshimoto, T. Sawamura National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan 		022
11:45 IMPACT OF RANDOM PLASMA GLUCOSE ON ADMISSION IN DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH ACUTE ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
V.H. Tan, J. Chow, P.P. Goh, K.L. Tong, K.S. Tan,
J. Lingamanaicker, V. Lim, G. Leong, S.H. Ong, Y.S. Goh, C.H. Tan, Changi General Hospital, Singapore 		023
12:00 FLU VACCINATION AND ADVERSE OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED NON-ST ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
M. Zahid, I. Singla, C.B. Good, A.F. Sonel University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 		024
12:15 LOW DOSE THROMBOLYTIC TREATMENT IS EFFECTIVE IN RESTORING PATENCY IN THE CAROTID ARTERIES, IN A CLINICALLY RELEVANT LARGE ANIMAL MODEL
E. Tseliou, A. Ntalianis, E. Kaldara, M. Bonios, S. Vakrou, M. Konstantakis, M. Tsamatsoulis, V. Kontopidi, J. Terrovitis, J. Nanas, University of Athens, Greece 		025
12:30 FASTER ENDOTHELIALISATION OF A NEW BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER STENT
C.J. Wolf, M. Nemec, S. Ingerle, H. Weber, SMZ-Ost, Vienna, Austria 		026
12:45 LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
10:45 - 12:00   HALL D
  S22   Session:  
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY/ CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Chairpersons:
T.A. Pilcher, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
G. Sandor, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  
10:45 VALVE REPAIR IN RHEUMATIC MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
F.A. Fabiani, S.E. Saad, P.F. Pollice, P.P. Pollice, University of Berne, Switzerland 		027
11:00 CORONARY FLOW DYNAMICS IN CHILDREN AFTER REPAIR OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT ASSESSED WITH TRANSTHORACIC DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
E.H. Aburawi, E. Pesonen, United Arab Emirates University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Al-Ain, UAE 		028
11:15 THE PRESSURE WIRE AS DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: A NOVEL NEW APPLICATION
T. Hamid, H. Hadi, B. Clarke, V.S. Mahadevan, Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK 		029
11:30 RISK STRATIFICATION FOR SYMPTOMS AND ARRHYTHMIAS AFTER TETRALOGY OF FALLOT REPAIR
S.O. Arya, J. Kovach, P.P. Karpawich, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA 		030
11:45 MYOCARDIAL REMODELING IN HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME ANALYZED BY ULTRASOUND BIOMICROSCOPY AND MICROARRAY IN THE CHICK EMBRYO
D. Sedmera, Z. Pesevksi, A. deAlmeida, M. Mrug,
V. Fresco, J. Barth, X. Cui, E. Krejci, R. Kockova, Institute of Physiology AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic 		031
12:00 LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
14:00 - 16:15   HALL A
  PL03   Plenary Session:
SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH / ADVANCES IN IMPLANTABLE RHYTHM DEVICE THERAPY
Chairpersons:
M.E. Cain, Buffalo, NY, USA
A.B. Curtis, Tampa, FL, USA		  
14:00 GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH (Invited Lecture)
S.S. Chugh, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA 		069
14:15 DIAGNOSIS OF ARVC, MODIFICATION OF THE TASK FORCE CRITERIA (Invited Lecture)
F.I. Marcus, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ, USA 		070
14:30 RISK STRATIFICATION FOR SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH: INSIGHTS FROM CLINICAL TRIALS (Invited Lecture)
M.E. Cain, University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA 		071
14:45 RISK ASSESSMENT IN BRUGADA SYNDROME (Invited Lecture)
M. Takagi, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan 		072
15:00 PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT FOR IMPLANTABLE DEVICE THERAPY IN THE OUTPATIENT SETTING: FINDINGS FROM IMPROVE HF (Invited Lecture)
A.B. Curtis, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA 		073
15:15 ISOLATED VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION: RISK FACTORS AND INDICATIONS FOR ICD THERAPY (Invited Lecture)
F. Duru, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland 		074
15:30 THE LATEST IN IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR THERAPY (Invited Lecture)
S.M. Al-Khatib, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA              		 075
15:45 ROLE OF BIVENTRICULAR PACING IN PATIENTS WITH STANDARD PACING INDICATIONS (Invited Lecture)
J.W.H. Fung, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China 		077
16:00 MYTHS, MAGICAL THINKING, AND MRI: SCANNING IMPLANTABLE RHYTHM DEVICE PATIENTS (Invited Lecture)
J.R. Gimbel, Knoxville, TX, USA 		078
16:15 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
14:00 - 16:15   HALL B
  PL04   Plenary Session:
UPDATE / RECENT ADVANCES IN NON-INVASIVE IMAGING / RISK PREDICTION
Chairpersons:
S.F. Nagueh, Houston, TX, USA
T. Tomaru, Sakura City, Japan		  
14:00 VASCULAR IMAGINGS FOR EVALUATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT RISK AND GUIDANCE OF TREATMENT (Invited Lecture)
T. Tomaru, Toho University, Sakura City, Japan 		079
14:15

PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF FINDINGS FROM CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE (Invited Lecture)
R. Krittayaphong, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand  

 080
14:30 CLINICAL APPLICATION OF 3D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (Invited Lecture)
T. Shiota, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA 		081
14:45 ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF LV DIASTOLIC FUNCTION (Invited Lecture)
S.F. Nagueh, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA 		082
15:00

LIVE/REAL TIME 3-DIMENSIONAL TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (Invited Lecture)
N.C. Nanda, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA

083
15:15 CHARACTERISTICS OF VULNERABLE PLAQUES IN MULTIPLE-DETECTOR ROW CT-BASED CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY (Invited Lecture)
Y. Kihara, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan 		084
15:30 RECIPROCAL ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ECTOPIC CARDIOVASCULAR CALCIFICATION AND OSTEOPOROSIS (Invited Lecture)
E. Aikawa, Brigham and Women's, Boston, MA, USA 		085
15:45 LABELING CARDIOVASCULAR STEM CELL FOR NON-INVASIVE IMAGING FOR ENHANCED ENGRAFTMENT AND EFFICACY (Invited Lecture)
D.L. Kraitchman, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA, USA 		086
16:00

NON-INVASIVE IMAGING OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN OBESE PATIENTS (Invited Lecture)
A. Elhendy, Marshfield, WI, USA

087
16:15 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
14:00 - 16:15   HALL C
 

S23  Session:
 MOLECULAR CARDIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH
Chairpersons:
C.J. Chen, Houston, TX, USA
D.K. Das, Farmington, CT, USA

  
14:00 NOTCH ACTIVATES ENDOTHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE DEVELOPING ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL THROUGH AUTOCRINE ACTIVATION OF SOLUBLE GUANYLYL CYCLASE
A.C.Y. Chang, Y.X. Fu, A. Setiadi, K. Niessen, L. Chang, M. Fuller, A. Karsan University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 		088
14:15 EFFECTIVE CARDIOMYOCYTES DIFFERENTIATION OF hESCs IN SERUM-FREE CONDITION WITH CONDITIONED MEDIUM OF ENDODERM LINEAGE CELLS DERIVED FROM hESCs
S.H. Moon, M.K. Kim, S.J. Park, J.W. Jang, H.M. Chung, CHA University, Seoul, South Korea 		089
14:30

OXIDOREDUCTASE ACTIVITY OF MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITORY FACTOR PROVIDES CARDIOPROTECTION IN ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION
K. Koga, A. Kenessey, S.R. Powell, E.J. Miller,
K. Ojamaa, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA  

090
14:45 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE PHOSPHATASE-1 DEFICIENCY DECREASES ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN APOLIPOPROTEIN E KNOCKOUT MICE
S. Imaizumi, V. Grijalva, S. Hama, S. Priceman, L. Wu, M. Navab, A.M. Fogelman, S.T. Reddy David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA 		091
15:00 DYSAUTONOMIA DUE TO REDUCED CHOLINERGIC NEUROTRANSMISSION CAUSES CARDIAC REMODELING AND HEART FAILURE
A.A. Lara, D.D. Damasceno, R. Pires, R. Gros,
E.R. Gomes, R.R. Resende, V.F. Prado, A.P. Almeida, M.A.M. Prado, S. Guatimosim, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 		092
15:15 RATE-DEPENDENT BLOCK OF HKV1.5 CHANNELS AND THE MOLECULAR DETERMINANT BY THE NATURAL FLAVONE ACACETIN
H.J. Wu, W. Wu, G.R. Li Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China 		093
15:30 ELEVATED TIMP-1 LEVELS IN HEART FAILURE AND ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TIMP-1 POLYMORPHISM AND THE EF IN PATIENTS WITH ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION TREATED WITH PRIMARY PCI
M. Pavkova Goldbergova, J. Parenica, I. Bartonova,
P. Kala, M. Poloczek, O. Toman, K. Prymusova, J. Tomandl, J. Spinar, A. Vasku Institute of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic 		094
15:45 SIGNALING PATHWAY INVOLVED IN ANTI-HYPERTROPHIC EFFECTS OF ANGIOTENSIN-(1-7)/MAS AXIS IN CARDIOMYOCYTES
E.R. Gomes, A.A. Lara, P.W.M. Almeida, D. Guimaraes, R.R. Resende, M.J. Campagnole-Santos, M. Bader, R.A.S. Santos, S. Guatimosim Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 		095
16:00 ROLES OF BMP SIGNALING DURING MOUSE VALVULOGENESIS
L. Song, K. Jiao, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 		096
16:15 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
14:00 - 16:30   HALL D
  S24  Session:
 NEW APPROACHES TO SURGICAL REVASCULARIZATION/ MECHANICAL SUPPORT/ LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES, CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION
Chairpersons:
R. Hetzer, Berlin, Germany
L.P. Perrault, Montreal, Canada
 
14:00 CUSTODIOL-N, A NOVEL ORGAN PROTECTION SOLUTION PROTECTS AGAINST MYOCARDIAL AND ENDOTHELIAL REPERFUSION INJURY AFTER ORTHOTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION
G. Szabo, G. Veres, T. Radovits, M. Karck, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany 		097
14:15 INITIAL EXPERIENCE WITH CIRCULATING ENDOTHELIAL CELLS (CEC) AS A SUPERSENSITIVE MARKER OF TISSUE DAMAGE IN LESS INVASIVE CORONARY SURGERY: IS MINIMAL EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION (MEC) EQUIVALENT TO OPCAP?
T. Wittwer, Y.H. Choi, K. Neef, M. Schink, A. Sabashikov, J. Strauch, J. Wippermann, P. Teschendorf, O. Mehler, T. Wahlers, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany 		098
14:30 OUTCOMES OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE VALVE SURGERY VERSUS MEDIAN STERNOTOMY IN PATIENTS ±75 YEARS OF AGE
J. Lamelas, A. Sarria, O. Santana, A. Pineda, G.A. Lamas Mount Sinai Heart Insitute, Miami Beach Fl, USA, Columbia University Division of Cardiac Surgery, New York, NY, USA 		099
14:45 PROTECTION OF DONOR HEART: COMBINING COLD-STORAGE WITH PRECONDITIONING BY USING DOXYCYCLINE EXHIBITS IMPORTANT PROTECTION AGAINST ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY
E.Ozcinar, A.Seymen, S.Eryilmaz, U.Ozyurda, B.Turan, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey 		100
15:00 AN ADDITIVE COMPLEX SCORE AND A BEDSIDE MENTAL ARITHMETIC MODEL FOR OPERATIVE RISK STRATIFICATION IN CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS PATIENTS
Z. Zheng, L. Zhang, X. Yuan, S-S. Hu, Fu Wai Hospital, Peking, Union Medical College, Beijing, P.R.China 		101
15:15 OUTCOMES OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE VALVE SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH AN EJECTION FRACTION LESS THAN 30%
O. Santana, J. Reyna, L. Elkayam, M. Funk, G.A. Lamas, J. Lamelas Mount Sinai Heart Institute, Miami Beach Fl, USA, Columbia University Division of Cardiology, New York, NY, USA 		102
15:30 ON-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY WITHOUT ALLOGENIC BLOOD PRODUCT TRANSFUSION
M. Lisy, E. Schmid, R. Kind, P. Rosenberger, B. Nohe,
H. Haeberle, G. Ziemer, U. Stock, University Hospital, Tuebingen, Germany 		103
15:45 THE NO TOUCH HARVESTING TECHNIQUE FOR VEIN GRAFTS IN CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY PRESERVES AN INTACT VASA VASORUM
M. Dreifaldt, D. SR. Souza, A. Loesch, J.R. Muddle,
L. Bodin, M.R. Dashwood, Orebro University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden 		104
16:00 THE CHINESE CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT REGISTRY: ANALYSIS OF MULTICENTER DATABASE
S.S. Hu, Z. Zheng, X. Yuan, H.W. Gao, Fu Wai Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China 		105
16:15 A 10 YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH WITH THORATEC® AND HEARTMATE® VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES
M.B. Vijayappa, G. Singh, A. Nahata, K. Malhotra,
A. Cheema, U. Manchanda, A. Talkad, B. Clemson, University of Illinois, Peoria, IL, USA 		106
16:30 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
17:00-18:00   HALL A
 

PL05   Plenary Session:
THE RELEVANCE OF GENETICS IN PROVIDING UNDERSTANDING AND TREATMENT FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Chairpersons:
J.D. Marsh, Little Rock, AR, USA
K.N. Pandey, New Orleans, LA, USA

  
17:00 CALCIUM CHANNEL EXPRESSION IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS IS MODULATED BY CALCIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT GENE TRANSFER (Invited Lecture)
S. Telemaque, S.E. Flynn, T. Grain, M. Liu, J.D. Marsh, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA 		108
17:15 GENETIC DISRUPTION OF NPR1 GENE STIMULATES RAS GENE EXPRESSION: ROLE IN CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY (Invited Lecture)
K.N. Pandey, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA 		109
17:30 STUDIES OF THE GENETIC BASIS OF CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS (Invited Lecture)
N.E. Bowles, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA 		110
17:45 INDUCTION OF MICRORNA-1 BY MYOCARDIN IN SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS INHIBITS CELL PROLIFERATION (Invited Lecture)
J. Chen, Y-L. Jiang, S. Radhakrishnan, J. Li, H. Yin,
E. Catharina, D-Z. Wang, X-L. Zheng, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 		111
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
16:45 - 18:45   HALL B
 

PL06   Plenary Session:
 ARTERIAL DISEASE AND HYPERTENSION
Chairpersons:
W.S. Aronow, Valhalla, NY, USA
E. Bossone, Amalfi Coast, Italy

  
16:45 PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
W.S. Aronow, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA 		112
17:00 PULMONARY PRESSURE RESPONSE TO EXERCISE: FROM PHYSIOLOGY TO PATHOLOGY (Invited Lecture)
E. Bossone, Cava de Tirreni & Amalfi Coast Hospital, Amalfi Coast, Italy 		113
17:15 NEURAL MECHANISMS OF HYPERTENSION: FROM THE VIEW OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (Invited Lecture)
Y. Hirooka, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan 		114
17:30 CHRONIC THROMBO-EMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: EVALUATION AND TREATMENT (Invited Lecture)
O. Ben-Yehuda, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA 		115
17:45 ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS: ROLE IN VASCULAR BIOLOGY AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM (Invited Lecture)
S. Wassmann, Lady Davis Institute and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada 		116
18:00 INFRAPOPLITEAL INTERVENTION FOR LIMB SALVAGE (Invited Lecture)
O. Kawarada, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA 		117
18:15 THE PREVALENCE OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE IN HIV PATIENTS
N. Gupta, C. Lau, R. Parikh, I. Gupta, S. Bajaj,
A. Agarwal, W. Dhillon, A. Al-dehneh, M. Lange,
M. Bikkina, Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA 		118
18:30 HYPOTENSIVE RESPONSES TO THE ALPHA2-ADRENERGIC AGONISTS ARE ENHANCED AND ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASED G PROTEIN COUPLING IN SPINOPHILIN NULL MICE
R. Lu, Y. Chen, N. Peng, K. Jiao, L.E. Limbird, J.M. Wyss, Q. Wang, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA 		119
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
16:45 - 19:15   HALL C
  S25  Session:
 VASCULAR BIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH
Chairpersons:
S. Dalla-Volta, Padova, Italy
T. Malinski, Athens, OH, USA

  
16:45 CELL SURFACE GRP78 CONTRIBUTES TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESSION OF ATHEROTHROMBOSIS
A. Al-Hashimi, J. Caldwell, M. Gonzalez-Gronow,
J.I. Weitz, H. Al-Bayati, J.G. Dickhout, R.C. Austin, McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA 		120
17:00 CYTOKINE SIGNALING AND THE REGULATION OF MACROPHAGE GENE EXPRESSION AND FOAM CELL FORMATION
J.E. Mclaren, N. Li, R. Salter, D. Michael,
T. Ashlin, D.P. Ramji, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK 		121
17:15 HEME-ARGINATE ENHANCES ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE AND ADIPONECTIN, BUT DEPLETED ENDOTHELIN-1 WITH REDUCTION OF KIDNEY LESIONS IN MINERALOCORTICOID-INDUCED HYPERTENSION
J.F. Ndisang, A. Jadhav, University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine, Dept of Physiology, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 		122
17:30 GLUCOSAMINE REDUCE ATHEROSCLEROTIC BURDEN IN APOPROTEIN E KNOCK-OUT MICE
S-W. Jeong, D-E. Kim, W-K. Kim, Dongguk University, Goyang City, South Korea 		123
17:45 GAMBOGIC ACID INHIBITS ADHESION MOLECULE EXPRESSION AND NF-kB ACTIVATION IN HUMAN AORTIC ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
W-J. Zhang, C. Li, J. Ding, B. Frei, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA 		124
18:00 VASCULAR REMODLEING IN TRANSGENIC MICE WITH CRE RECOMBINASE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE PDGFRB PROMOTER
A.S. Cuttler, R.J. LeClair, D. Venkatesh, Q. Wang,
C.M. Sorenson, L. Liaw, V. Lindner, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, ME, USA 		125
18:15 TEN-YEAR CLINICAL FOLLOW-UP RESULTS OF INTRACORONARY RADIATION THERAPY USING RHENIUM-188-DTPA-FILLED BALLOON SYSTEM
I.H. Chae, M.A. Kim, H.S. Kim, M.M. Lee, Y.B. Park Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 		126
18:30 ASSOCIATION OF PLASMA THROMBIN-ACTIVATABLE FIBRINOLYSIS INHIBITOR ACTIVITY WITH THE OCCURRENCE, SEVERITY AND EXTENT OF THE DISEASE, AND WITH PLASMA C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND FIBRINOGEN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH STABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
I. Konukcu, M.N. Akkus, S. Seyis, I.T. Ozcan, D. Cicek, V.G. Cin, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey 		128
18:45 ANTI-PHOSPHATIDYL SERINE AUTOANTIBODY EXPRESSION AS A POTENTIAL BIOMARKER FOR PATIENTS WITH PREMATURE CORONARY EVENTS WITH ANTI-PHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME
H.Y. Ali, Z.A. Abdullah, Technical & Health Institute, Zakho, Zakho-Kurdistan Region, Iraq 		129
19:00 ALTERATION OF REDOX-MEDIATED VASCULAR THROMBOSIS WITH A NOVEL DERIVATIVE OF ASTAXANTHIN
F.J. Pashkow, T.J. King, K. Fujioka ,T.H. Goodin,
S.K. Kahn, P.F. Bodary Cardax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Aiea, HI, USA 		130
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
16:45 - 18:45   HALL D
 

S26  Session:
 NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PATHOGENESIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE/ PULMONARY CIRCULATION AND RENAL ASPECTS
Chairpersons:
K.A. Adarsh, Amritsar, India
B.I. Jugdutt, Edmonton, AL, Canada

  
16:45 INCIDENCE OF MYOCARDITIS IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
C. Chimenti, C. Centurion, P. Severino, R. Verardo,
F. Toscano, F. Fedele La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy 		131
17:00 ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF ACUTE CARDIORENAL SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED HEART FAILURE
S. Dadfarmay, E. Alhaj, R.L. Berkowitz, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA 		133
17:15 DISTINCT TRAJECTORIES OF FATIGUE IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH PROGNOSIS
O.R.F. Smith, N. Kupper, P. De Jonge, J. Denollet, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands and University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway 		134
17:30 THE ROLE OF ANGIOTENSIN ON MITOCHONDRIAL ATP PRODUCTION AND THE EFFECT OF ANGIOTENSIN ON ADRIAMYCIN-INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY
N. Dursun, E. Taskin, M.B. Yerer Aycan, K. Ozdogan,
E. Kunduz University of Erciyes, Kayseri, Turkey 		135
17:45 PREDICTING EFFECTS OF EXERCISE TRAINING IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE SECONDARY TO ISCHEMIC OR IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
H.M. Kemps, G. Schep, W.R. de Vries, S.L. Schmikli, M.L. Zonderland, E.J. Thijssen, P.F.F. Wijn,
P.A.F.M. Doevendans, Maxima Medical Centre, Veldhoven, The Netherlands 		136
18:00 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF CARPERITIDE FOR ACUTE HEART FAILURE: A MULTICENTER RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED DOSE-FINDING STUDY
G. Wang, W. Liu, J. Zhang Fu Wai Hospital and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China 		137
18:15 FRACTIONAL EXCRETION OF SODIUM (FENA) AND WORSENING RENAL FUNCTION IN HEART FAILURE (HF) EXACERBATION
F.T. Alattar, N. Imran, V.A. DeBari, K.N. Mallah,
F.E. Shamoon Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth, NJ, USA 		138
18:30 MOLECULAR HETEROGENEITY OF NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES: EFFECTS ON DIAGNOSITIC RESULTS
E.E. Niederkofler, U.A. Kiernan, J. O'Rear, N.S. Pollitt,
U. Schellenberger, A. Protter, R.W. Nelson, Intrinsic Bioprobes Inc., Tempe, AZ, USA 		139


 

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