Tuesday, July 15, 2003

08:30 - 14:00      Poster Hall

P301   Poster Session: DRUG THERAPY IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

• 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 
   

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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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 
   

• 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 
   

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

• 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
   

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

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

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

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

P304   Poster Session:  MODIFICATION OF LIPOPROTEINS AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

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

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

P305   Poster Session:  DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE

• 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 
   

• 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 
   

• 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

• 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
  C. Pitsavos, C. Chrysohoou, K. Tzioumis, J. Skoumas, P. Stravopodis, M. Toutouza, M. Skoumbourdis, C. Stefanadis, P. Toutoouzas, D.B. Panagiotakos Cardiology Clinic, University of Athens, Greece
   

• 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 
   

• 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
   

• 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
   

• 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
   

• 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
  A. Ahmadvand, E.  Nematipoor, N. Karimi, M.J. Mahmoodi, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 
   

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

• 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 

P307   Poster Session: NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES

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

P308   Poster Session:  DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY: VARIOUS ETIOLOGIES

• 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
   

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

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

• 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
   

• 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

• 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
   

• 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
   

• 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 
   

• 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 
   

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

P310   Poster Session:  PHARMACOTHERAPY

• 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
   

• 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
   

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

P311   Poster Session:  MISCELLANEOUS

• 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
   

• 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 
   

• 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 
   

• 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 
   

• 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
   

• 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
   

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

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

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

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