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| Saturday, July 25, 2015 |
Sunday, July 26, 2015 |
Monday, July 27, 2015 |
| Oral Presentations | Oral Presentations | Oral Presentations |
| Poster Sessions | Poster Sessions | Poster Sessions |
Monday, July 27, 2015
| 08:30-11:00 | HALL A | |
PL12 Plenary
Session: Chairs: |
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| 08:30 | BODY MASS INDEX AND MORTALITY IN A VERY LARGE COHORT: IS IT REALLY HEALTHIER TO BE OVERWEIGHT? (Invited Lecture) A.L. Klatsky, J. Zhang, Northern CA Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA, USA |
317 |
| 08:45 | MEDITERRANEAN DIET: FROM HISTORY TO CULTURE TO MEDICINE (Invited Lecture) D. Panagiotakos, School of Health Science, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece |
318 |
| 09:00 | GENDER DIFFERENCES AND HEALTHY AGING (Invited Lecture) E.L. Barrett-Connor, UC San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA |
320 |
| 09:15 | CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES TO THREATFUL CHALLENGES IN PERSONS WITH HIGH TRAIT ANXIETY (Invited Lecture) D. Jezova, N. Hlavacova, R. Duncko, P. Solarikova, M. Marko, I. Brezina, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia |
321 |
| 09:30 | ASSOCIATION OF MODIFIABLE LIFESTYLE FACTORS AND RISK OF TOTAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY AMONG OLDER US MALE PHYSICIANS (Invited Lecture) L. Djoussé, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA |
322 |
| 09:45 | ASSESSMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR PROGNOSIS IN DIABETIC PATIENTS. THE ROLE OF CARDIAC IMAGING (Invited Lecture) A. Elhendy, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI, USA |
323 |
| 10:00 | TIME OF ONSET OF CARDIAC EVENTS: DOES GENDER MATTER? (Invited Lecture) R. Manfredini, A. De Giorgi, F. Fabbian, F. Signani, M. Gallerani, R. Salmi, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Italy |
324 |
| 10:15 | NEW INSIGHTS INTO SEX-BASED DIFFERENCES IN HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture) S. Malik, University of California, Irvine, USA |
325 |
| 10:30 | CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION SUBSEQUENT TO EXPOSRE TO OZONE; AN AIR POLLUTANT (Invited Lecture) R. Sethi, California Health Sciences University, Clovis, California, USA |
326 |
| 10:45 | SCREENING FOR CVD IN DIABETES: EVIDENCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS (Invited Lecture) N.D. Wong, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA |
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| 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION | |
| MONDAY, July 27, 2015 | ||
| 08:30-10:45 | HALL B | |
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PL13 Plenary Session: FROM MECHANISMS TO FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN THE TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE Chairs: P.A. Heidenreich, Palo Alto, CA, USA M.R. Johnson, Madison, WI, USA |
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| 08:30 | ADJUDICATED VERSUS ADMINISTRATIVE HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION (Invited Lecture) A.P. Kalogeropoulos, A. Patel, S. Li, L. Papadimitriou, G. Burkman, V.V. Georgiopoulou, J. Butler, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA |
327 |
| 08:45 | THE HEART FAILURE CLINIC: TAKING CENTER STAGE IN CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT (Invited Lecture) M.A. Silver, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL USA |
328 |
| 09:00 | BEYOND THE GUIDELINES - NEW OPTIONS FOR TREATING HEART FAILURE IN 2015 (Invited Lecture) M.R. Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA |
329 |
| 09:15 | BIVENTRICULAR SUPPORT - TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART (Invited Lecture) F. Arabia, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles CA, USA |
331 |
| 09:30 | LEFT VENTRICULAR VS. BIVENTRICULAR MECHANICAL SUPPORT FOR FAILING HEARTS: MAIN CHALLENGES BEFORE DECISION MAKING (Invited Lecture) M. Dandel, Deutsches Herzzentrum, Berlin, Germany |
330 |
| 09:45 | INTERVENTIONS USING OF THE ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD TO IMPROVE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture) P.A. Heidenreich, VA Palo Alto HCS, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA |
332 |
| 10:00 | REDUCTION OF 30-DAY ALL-CAUSE READMISSION IN HEART FAILURE: CURRENT EVIDENCE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS (Invited Lecture) |
333 |
| 10:15 | COENZYME Q10 AS AN ADJUVANT THERAPY IN HEART FAILURE (HF) (Invited Lecture) A. Kumar, V. Mohan, K. Harharpreet, Govt. Medical College/G.N.D. Hospital, Amritsar, India |
334 |
| 10:30 | ULTRAFILTRATION THERAPY FOR ACUTE HEART FAILURE; WHERE ARE WE STANDING IN 2015? (Invited Lecture) A.K. Kazory, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA |
335 |
| 10:45 | COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture) K. Alagiakrishnan, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
336 |
| 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION | |
| MONDAY, July 27, 2015 | ||
| 08:30 - 10:15 | HALL C | |
| S34 Session: VALVULAR HEART DISEASE MECHANISMS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS Chairs: M-R. Movahed, Tucson, AZ, USA N.M. Rajamannan, Rochester MN, USA |
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| 08:30 | INCREASING UTILIZATION OF THE BIOPROSTHETIC VALVE IN PATIENT UNDER 60- REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE CONTRARY TO GUIDELINE RECOMMENDATION M. Kawabori, J. Ejiofor, S. McGurk, M. Yammine, L. Cohn, S. Aranki, T. Kaneko, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA |
337 |
| 08:45 | CIRCULAR SHAPE ASSUMPTION OF OVAL LVOT BY STANDARD 2D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (CONTINUITY METHOD) MAY RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL UNDERESTIMATION OF AORTIC VALVE AREA
M. Roberts, A. Samim, C. Katikireddy, UCSF Fresno, Fresno, CA, USA |
338 |
| 09:00 | PREDICTION OF NEW ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT T. Ando, D. Slovut, C. Taub, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, NY, USA |
339 |
| 09:15 | UPDATE ON TREATMENT OF VALVE DISEASE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS (Invited Lecture) I. Mikati, Radiology Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA |
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| 09:30 | OUTCOMES OF MITRAL VALVE SURGERY FOR MITRAL STENOSIS A.F. Al Mosa, H. Najm, A. Omair, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
340 |
| 09:45 | INFECTIOUS ENDOCARDITIS PREVALENCE HAS BEEN INCREASING OVER THE YEARS WITH PERSISTENTLY HIGHER PREVALENCE IN MALE GENDER M-R. Movahed, M. Hashemzadeh, M. Hashemzadeh, CareMore, University of Arizona, Long Beach VA Health Care System, Tucson, AZ, USA |
341 |
| 10:00 | ELEVATED SERUM OSTEOPROTEGERIN LEVELS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AORTIC VALVULAR STENOSIS: A META-ANALYSIS P. Agasthi, A. Chenna, S. Aloor, P. Kudaravalli, A. Onwuanyi, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, USA |
342 |
| 10:15 | COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION | |
| MONDAY, July 27, 2015 | ||
| 11:15 - 13:45 | HALL A | |
| PL14
Plenary Session: CURRENT CONCEPTS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE AND ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES Chairs: E.A. Amsterdam, Sacramento, CA, USA D.S. Berman, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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| 11:15 | WHAT IS OPTIMAL THERAPY FOR STABLE ANGINA IN THE YEAR 2015?
(Invited Lecture) U. Thadani, University of Oklahoma HSC and VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
343 |
| 11:30 | EVOLUTION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LOW RISK PATIENTS PRESENTING TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH CHEST PAIN (Invited Lecture) E.A. Amsterdam, University of California (Davis) Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA |
344 |
| 11:45 | CT ASSESSMENT OF CORONARY FLOW PHYSIOLOGY (Invited Lecture) D.S. Berman, D. Dey, P. Slomka, G. Germano, S.W. Hayes, J.D. Friedman, L. Thomson, A. Rozanski, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA |
345 |
| 12:00 | MYOCARDIAL VIABILITY IN CORONARY ARTERY CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION (Invited Lecture) J. Shirani, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA |
346 |
| 12:15 | CHOOSING WISELY: WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN’T (Invited Lecture) G.W. Barsness, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA |
347 |
| 12:30 | RESPIRATORY MANEUVERS THAT CAN BE USEFUL DURING CARDIAC CAUTERIZATION OR CORONARY INTERVENTIONS (Invited Lecture) M.R. Movahed, CareMore, Tucson, Arizona, USA |
349 |
| 12:45 | EVOLVING ROLE OF PLATELET FUNCTION TESTING IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES (Invited Lecture) R.K. Sharma, J.D. Marsh, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA |
350 |
| 13:00 | ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION FOLLOWING IMPLANTATION OF CORONARY DRUG-ELUTING STENTS AND MEDICAL THERAPIES (Invited Lecture) M. Terashima, Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi, Japan |
348 |
| 13:15 | STABLE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE: THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE (Invited Lecture) M.S. Sidhu, Albany Medical Center, NY, USA |
351 |
| 13:30 | DECLINING TRENDS IN CARDIOGENIC SHOCK DEVELOPING DURING HOSPITALIZATION FOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (AMI): INSIGHTS FROM A POPULATION BASED CORONARY HEART DISEASE REGISTRY
R. Makam, J. Gore, D. McManus, J. Yarzebski, R. Goldberg, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA |
352 |
| 13:45 | VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION | |
| MONDAY, July 27, 2015 | ||
| 11:15-13:30 | HALL B | |
S35 Session: Chairs: |
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| 11:15 | RENAL BIOMARKERS PREDICT ADVERSE OUTCOMES IN HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION A. Singh, S. Lee, P.J. Tan, P. Huang, Y. Cao, C. Kam, S.C. Chai, T.S. Chee, K.L. Tong, G. Leong, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore |
353 |
| 11:30 | PREDICTORS OF RESPONSE IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE REQUIRING MILRINONE J.L. Turner, J.J. Teuteberg, M.A. Mathier, R. Ramani, D. Ishizawar, M.A. Simon, D. McNamara, B.C. Lampert, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA |
354 |
| 11:45 | CORRELATION BETWEEN AORTIC ROOT DILATION AND DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION AND RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PARAMETERS P. Rodriguez-Lozano, S. Raslan, A. Melhem, M. Shea, A. Khan, P. Nalabothu, M. Morsy, W. Khalife, K. Sadat, UTMB, Galveston, TX, USA |
355 |
| 12:00 | EFFECTS OF LIBERAL VERSUS RESTRICTIVE BLOOD TRANSFUSION STRATEGIES IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
S.V. Patel, P. Patel, R. Minhasn, M. Patel, H. Gill, P. Kaleka, K. Waraich, Western Reserve Health Education, Youngstown, OH, USA |
356 |
| 12:15 | PREDICTING READMISSION IN A HEART FAILURE POPULATION AT A RURAL TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
D. Stapleton, H. Prasad, E. Stapleton, G. Choudhary, F. Ali, Guthrie Clinic/Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA, USA |
357 |
| 12:30 | FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HEART FAILURE READMISSIONS FROM SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES
F.J. Akande, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA |
358 |
| 12:45 | DISCHARGE HOME HEALTH VS. HOSPICE REFERRAL AND 30-DAY ALL-CAUSE READMISSION IN MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES HOSPITALIZED FOR HEART FAILURE R.E. Kheirbek, R.D. Fletcher, A. Ahmed, VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
359 |
| 13:00 | READMISSIONS: HOW MANY ARE ACTUALLY PREVENTABLE?
M. Farbaniec, T. Schmidt, P. Alagona, A. Foy, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA |
360 |
| 13:15 | FRACTIONAL EXCRETION OF UREA AS A PROGNOSTIC INDICATOR IN PATIENTS WITH LOW CARDIAC INDEX R.C. Liu, J. Chuang, M. Yeh, Beverly Hospital, Montebello, CA, USA |
361 |
| 13:30 | VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION | |
| MONDAY, July 27, 2015 | ||
| 11:15-12:30 | HALL C | |
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S36 Session: DIABETES, HYPERTENSION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE – RISK AND MANAGEMENT Chairs: S.D. Gertz, Jerusalem, Israel D. Panagiotakos, Athens, Greece |
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| 11:15 | COMPARATIVE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF DIFFERENT AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE PARAMETERS AS PREDICTORS OF STROKE: THE HYGIA PROJECT D.E. Ayala, J.J. Crespo, M. Dominguez-Sardina, A. Moya, A. Otero, M.T. Rios, M.C. Castineira, S.M. Gomara, J.R. Fernandez, R.C. Hermida, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain |
362 |
| 11:30 | FETUIN-B IMPAIRS CARDIAC INSULIN SIGNALING AND CONTRIBUTES TO INCREASED CARDIAC ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION INJURY SUSCEPTIBILITY IN DIABETES W.Z. Wang, F. Fu, K. Wang, J.X. Sun, Z.W. Shi, X.Y. Liang, H.F. Zhang, Experiment Teaching Center, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China |
363 |
| 11:45 | MORNING SURGE AND SLEEP-TIME BLOOD PRESSURE AS PROGNOSTIC MARKERS OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK: THE HYGIA PROYECT
R.C. Hermida, M. Dominguez-Sardina, A. Otero, M.T. Rios, S.M. Gomara, A. Moya, M.C. Castineira, A. Mojon, J.R. Fernandez, D.E. Ayala, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain |
364 |
| 12:00 | PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH OBESITY RELATED HYPERTENSION IN OBESE AFRICAN AMERICANS AND HYPERTENSION NON RESOLUTION AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY: A SINGLE CENTER STUDY
C. Gandotra, J.S. Ngwa, A. Mahajan, G. Ortega, C.C. Emenari, N.D. Molyneaux, S.A. Layne, M. Turner, D. Tran, T.M. Fullum, Howard University Hospital, Washington DC, USA |
365 |
| 12:15 | PREVENTION OF A POSSIBLE DRUG–DRUG INTERACTION: DOES CONCURRENT ADMINISTRATION OF ORLISTAT AND PIOGLITAZONE INCREASE THE RISK OF DRUG-INDUCED HEPATOTOXICITY?
P. Rahimi-Moghaddam, M. Emzhik, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran |
366 |
| 12:30 | VISIT POSTERS AND EXHIBITION | |
| Saturday, July 25, 2015 |
Sunday, July 26, 2015 |
Monday, July 27, 2015 |
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