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P501    Poster Session
PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE / RISK FACTORS FOR ATHEROTHROMBOTIC DISEASE

ROLE OF DIETARY HABITS AMONG THREE DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS IN ST-SEGMENT ELEVATED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (STEMI)
G. Peretto, A. Durante, A. Laricchia, F. Ancona, M. Spartera, U. NG, D. Hu, N. Cristell, A. Maseri, D. Cianflone Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

BORDERLINE HIGH LDL-C AND ENDOTHELIAL VASOCONSTRICTOR TONE
K.J. Diehl, J.J. Greiner, B.L. Stauffer, C.A. DeSouza, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN A YOUNG STUDENT POPULATION FROM THE CITY OF CAMPINAS, BRAZIL
J.F.K. Saraiva, D.J.B. Saraiva, A. Avezum, A. Thimerman, L.A.M. Cesar, J.R.Z. Mendes, C.C. Magalhaes Sao Paulo State Cardiology Society, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

A SCHOOL-BASED EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTOR KNOWLEDGE AMONG IRANIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
F. Khoshkhou, A. Arbabisarjou, Islamic Azad University of Zahedan Branch, Zahedan, Iran

RELATIONSHIP OF CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK FACTORS, REVEALED IN HEALTH CENTERS, AND DATA OF DISPERSION ECG-CARTING
M.V. Avdeeva, A.B. Shapovalova, L.V. Shcheglova, St.-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia

INCREASED PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS IN GREEK MIGRANTS WITH CHD: THE HEALTHY HEART, HEALTHY MIND STUDY
L.A. Kiropoulos, I. Meredith, A. Tonkin, D. Clarke, P. Antonis, J. Plunkett, University of Melbourne, Melbourne and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTATION OF FOLIC ACID & VITAMIN B12 ON CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY & HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
N. Nand, PGIMS, Rohtak, India

HYPOMAGNESAEMIA IN CARDIO-CEREVROVASCULAR DISEASE IS LINKED OF SOME RISK FACTORS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND OF MISSING TOOTH, IN PATIENTS FROM ROMANIA
I.A. Gutiu, L.I. Gutiu, F.S. Radulescu, M. Cojocaru Military Emergencies Hospital, Bucuresti, Romania

P502    Poster Session
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE / HEART VALVE SURGERY

BALLOON VALVULOPLASTY AS A BRIDGE TO AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
A.D. Patel, J. Stewart, E. Clermont, K. Mavromatis, V. Babaliaros, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

A SINGLE TERTIARY CARE CENTER EXPERIENCE WITH BMV (BALLOON MITRAL VALVOTOMY) IN PREGNANT WOMEN IN INDIA
S.C. Mishra, A. Banerji, Base Hospital Delhi Cantt, New Delhi, Delhi, India

PREOPERATIVE LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN DEGENERATIVE MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
E. Malev, G. Kim, M. Omelchenko, L. Mitrofanova, M. Prokudina,
E. Zemtsovsky, Almazov Federal Heart, Blood and Endocrinology Centre, Russia

IS LEFT ATRIAL SIZE A HIGH RISK FOR POST-OPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
G.H. Yao, R. Ali, J. Cui, D. Engelman, D. Deaton, J. Flack III, J.R. Cook, J. Rousou, L. Jiang, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA, USA

DOES PRE-OPERATIVE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE ESTIMATED BY CKD-EPI FORMULA IMPACT LONG-TERM SURVIVAL FOLLOWING AORTIC VALVE SURGERY?
A. Kossar, M. Ji, H. Yerebakan, S. Jones, L. Soni, T. Raza,
B.C. Esrig, M. Argenziano, F.H. Cheema, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

UNDERSTANDING OF THE ETIOLOGY OF DEGENERATIVE MITRAL VALVE DISEASE BY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, SURGEON AND PATHOLOGIST
E. Malev, G. Kim, L. Mitrofanova, M. Gordeev, M. Prokudina,
E. Zemtsovsky, Almazov Federal Heart, Blood and Endocrinology Center, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

CAN DIASTOLIC FUNCTION PARAMETERS BE USED TO DETERMINE THE TIMING OF SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS?
M.Q. Najib, J.L. Ganji, A. Raizada, H.R. Lee, H.P. Chaliki Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA

IMPACT OF N-TERMINAL BNP LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE VALVULAR AORTIC STENOSIS
T. Thomas, C.N. Manjunath, S. Banu, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences & Research, Bangalore, India

ANALYSIS OF MORBIDITY, MORTALITY AND RISK FACTORS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH ‘CONTINUOUS SUTURE TECHNIQUE’
S.K. Singh, V. Devenraj, S.K. Dwivedi, D. Kaushal, A. Kumar,
V. Tewarson, T. Goyal, S. Kumar, N. Rajput, S. Kumar, CSM Medical University, Lucknow, India

DOES BMI OR METABOLIC SYNDROME PREDICT OUTCOME AFTER MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY?
M. Ji, A. Kossar, H. Yerebakan, B.C. Esrig, T. Raza, L. Soni,
S. Jones, M. Argenziano, F.H. Cheema, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

VALVE SURGERY IN ENDOCARDITIS AND NON-ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITHOUT CORONARY ANGIOGRAM
M.M. Paulpillai, S. Dadkhah, S. Dowlatshahi, M. Shahreyar, M.A. Furghani, R. Sharain, St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, USA  

HIGHER PREVALENCE OF PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS REPORTED IN SUBJECTS WITH MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE IS RELATED TO HIGHER PREVALENCE OF FEMALE GENDER WITH MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE AND NOT DUE TO PRESENCE OF MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE
M.R. Movahed, S. Bates, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ, USA  

TGF-BETA ANTIGENE EXPRESSION AND CALCIFIC AORTIC STENOSIS
N.N. Parfenova, E.V. Dubova, S.I. Khasanova, L.B. Mitrofanova, E.V. Zemtsovsky, M. Prokudina, Almazov Federal Heart, Blood and Endocrinology Center, Saint-Petersburg, Russia  

P503    Poster Session
CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION / MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT

LONG TERM FUNCTIONAL BENEFITS OF EPICARDIAL PATCHES AS CELL CARRIERS
H. Hamdi, V. Planat-Benard, A. Bel, H. Neamatalla, M-C. Perrier, L. Casteilla, M. Pucéat, A.A. Hagège, O. Agbulut, P. Menasché, INSERM U633, Laboratory of Biosurgical Research, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France  

CORONARY CALCIFICATIONS ARE NOT A MARKER OF CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY IN PATIENTS AFTER HEART TRANSPLANTATION
F. von Ziegler, M. Greif, J. Ruemmler, C. Becker, B. Reichart, B. Meiser, I. Kaczmarek, G. Steinbeck, A. Becker, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Grosshadern Campus, Munich, Germany  

DELETION OF CD98 IN MOUSE LYMPHOCYTES RESULTS IN CARDIAC ALLOGRAFTS ACCEPTANCE
P. Zhu, Z. Liu, Q. Zhang, H. Tsumura, X-K. Li, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development , China  

LATE MYOCARDIAL INVOLVEMENT WITH PERICARDIAL CONSTRICTION CAUSED BY MEDIASTINITIS DUE TO THE DONOR TRANSMITTED KLEBSIELLA INFECTION AFTER HEART TRANSPLANTATION
N. Arat, E. Pektok, C. Ciftci, N. Yazýcýoglu, S. Kucukaksu Istanbul Bilim University, Istanbul, Turkey  

EFFECT OF CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE SUPPORT ON DIASTOLIC FUNCTION
N. Nair, P. Lammert, S. John, D. Jupiter, E. Gongora, C. Tong

ESTIMATION OF GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE IN HEART TRANSPLANTATION RECIPIENTS: IS CKD-EPI EQUATION A SUPERIOR PROGNOSTIC INDICATOR THAN THE MDRD EQUATION?
M. Ji, H. Yerebakan, A. Kossar, S. Jones, L. Soni, M. Argenziano, P.C. Schulze, H. Takayama, Y. Naka, F.H. Cheema, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

P504    Poster Session
VASCULAR BIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH

SERP-1 AND SERP-2, VIRAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROTEINS, MODULATE SIGNALING IN HUMAN MONOCYTES
J.A. Davids, S. Saikaly, N. Fife, A.R. Lucas, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

THE STUDY OF INVITRO CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS OF CRATAEGUS ARONIA IN NORMOTENSIVE RATS
M.S. Shekha, O. Al-Habib, Faculty of Science, University of Zakho, Iraq  

MODULATION OF AORTIC INWARD RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNELS ACTIVITY BY HYDROGEN SULFIDE
O. Al-Habib, A. Salihi, O. Moran, C. Picco, D. Baroni Faculty of Science, University of Zakho, Iraq  

P505    Poster Session
GENETIC DETERMINANTS OF HEART DISEASE, GENE AND CELL BASE THERAPIES, BASIC RESEARCH

GENE POLYMORPHISMS IL-1 RN Y IL-1B-511 IN VENEZUELAN WITH CHRONIC CHAGASIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
C.C. Rodríguez-Bonfante, M.A. Chiurillo-Siervo, L. Labrador-Montero, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela  

DYNAMICS OF MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY 473 HEART DISEASE AND POST INFARCTION CARDIOSCLEROSIS AFTER STEM CELL THERAPY
Z. Rahimov, A. Barotov, A. Dustov, M. Khidirov, U. Kurbonov,
T. Gulmuradov, S. Muminjonov, A. Didari, S.S. Rahmonov,
M. Mirshahi, Cardio-Vascular Surgery and Hematology of Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan andUMRS 872, INSERM, Paris, France  

THE ROLE OF GENE POLYMORPHISM IN FAMILIAR CARDIOMYOPATHY
W.M. Alshaqha, K.A. Alabdulrahman, D.A. Dizmiri, Imam Mohammed Bin Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  

P506    Poster Session
CARDIAC ARREST AND SUDDEN DEATH

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS AMONG PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH CARDIAC ARREST AND NEUROLOGICAL EVENTS TREATED WITH HYPOTHERMIA
M. Mohammadi, G. Baquero, J. Logue, S. Ettinger, J. Banchs, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA  

ATHEROSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE BURDEN, LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION, AND OUTCOMES IN CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVORS TREATED WITH THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA
V.K. Khurana, B. Saour, T. Waters, Y. Ji, M. Torosoff, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA  

THE OCCURRENCE OF SHIVERING IN CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVORS UNDERGOING TARGETED TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A GOOD NEUROLOGIC OUTCOME
S.U. Nair, K. Ramya Kallur, S. Dolacky, J.B. Lundbye Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA  

EXPLORING SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH- AN AUTOPSY STUDY FROM SOUTH INDIA
U.N. Srivatsa, K. Swaminathan, S.A. Munavarah, A. Selvamurugan, P.K. Dash, K. Shantaraman, UC Davis, CA, USA  

CAN A WEARABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR (WCD) BE USED FOR ANTIARRHYTHMIC MEDICATION INITIATION AND TITRATION?
E.T. Karam, C. Pherson, N.R. Bianco, S.J. Szymkiewicz, Zoll Medical, Pittsburgh, PA, USA  

P507    Poster Session
CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY – ARRHYTHMIA ASSESSMENT AND PREVENTION

CAVO-TRICUSPID ISTHMUS CATHETER ABLATION WITHOUT FLUOROSCOPIC GUIDANCE: FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH CARTO 3 SYSTEM
I. Uribe, M. Alvarez, L. Tercedor, G. Tortajada, M. Algarra, J. Jimenez, R. Macias, R. Melgares, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain  

SHORT-COUPLED TORSADES DE POINTES: IS VENTRICULAR ECTOPY ALWAYS SHORT-COUPLED?
A. Yin, R.T. Ho, D.R. Frisch, A.J. Greenspon, B.B. Pavri, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA  

FLUOROSCOPIC VS NON-FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGING DURING PEDIATRIC CATHETER ABLATION: A TIME-SAFETY-COST-EFFICACY COMPARISON
Y. Sanil, H. Singh, P.P. Karpawich, The Children's Hospital of Michgan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA  

BEST LEAD(S) REGARDING QT INTERVAL MEASUREMENT FOR BEDSIDE ECG MONITORING: A SYSTEMIC REVIEW
S.L. Lo, H.S. Lo, H.C. Lo, F.C. Lin, S.C. Yeh, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Tauyuan, Taiwan  

INCREASED MORTALITY RISK DURING GRAVITATIONAL TRANSITION IN HEART DISEASE MODEL
P. Rattanawong, W. Vuthikraivit, A. Charoensri, T. Bupha-Intr, T. Ngarmukos, S. Tantiphanwadi, A. Kijtawornra, I. Miyoshi, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand