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SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2001
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Chairperson:
J.S. Borer , New York NY, USA |
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GREETINGS |
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Asher. Kimchi, USA
Founder and Chairman
International Academy of Cardiology
2nd
International Congress on Heart Disease |
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Jeffrey S. Borer, USA
Chairman, Scientific Executive Committee
Chairman, Section of Valvular Heart Disease
International Academy of Cardiology
2nd International Congress on Heart Disease
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Prediman K. Shah, USA
Member, Scientific
Executive Committee
Chairman, Section of Pathogenesis of
Atherosclerosis
International Academy of Cardiology
2nd
International Congress on Heart Disease |
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Herbert J. Geschwind, France
Member,
Scientific Executive Committee
International Academy of Cardiology
2nd International Congress on Heart Disease |
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Uri Elkayam, USA
Member, Scientific Executive Committee
Chairman, Section of Heart Failure
International Academy of Cardiology
2nd International Congress on Heart Disease |
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SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2001
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| 09:30 - 10:15 |
COLUMBIA B
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Chairperson:
J.S. Borer , New York NY, USA |
| 09:30 |
INTRODUCTION |
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J.S. Borer, USA
Chairman, Scientific Executive Committee
Chairman, Section of Valvular Heart Disease
International Academy of Cardiology
2nd International Congress on Heart Disease |
| 09:30 |
OPENING LECTURE:
MODERN PERSPECTIVES ON DISEASES OF THE THORACIC AORTA |
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J.A. Elefteriades, New Haven, CT, USA |
| 10:15 |
Coffee Break |
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SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2001
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| 10:45 - 13:15 |
COLUMBIA B
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Plenary Session:
MOLECULAR
CARDIOLOGY AND BASIC MECHANISMS |
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Chairpersons: |
N.S. Dhalla , Winnepeg MB, Canada
J. Towbin , Houston TX, USA |
| 10:45 |
LIMITATION OF
MITOCHONDRIAL CALCIUM DURING ISCHEMIA: THE ROLE OF KATP CHANNELS
(Invited Lecture) |
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S. Schaefer, Davis, CA, USA |
| 11:00 |
MECHANISMS OF
ALTERATIONS IN CARDIAC SARCOPLASMIC RETICULAR GENE EXPRESSION DUE
TO ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION (Invited Lecture) |
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N.S. Dhalla, R.M. Temsah, Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada |
| 11:15 |
THE ROLE OF G
PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR SIGNALING IN HYPERTENSION
(Invited Lecture) |
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A. Eckhart, Durham, NC, USA |
| 11:30 |
SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
PATHWAYS AND APOPTOSIS IN HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture) |
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L.A. Kirshenbaum, L.A. Regula,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| 11:45 |
MOLECULAR ASPECTS
OF MYOCARDITIS (Invited Lecture) |
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N. Bowles, Houston, TX, USA |
| 12:00 |
MOLECULAR BASIS OF
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY (Invited Lecture) |
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J. Towbin, Houston, TX, USA |
| 12:15 |
STRUCTURAL AND
BIOCHEMICAL BASIS OF CARDIAC MYOCYTE SURVIVAL AND DEATH: A DYNAMIC
TENSION (Invited Lecture) |
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B. McManus, H. Luo, B. Yanagawa, M.
Esfandiarei, C. Carthy, P. Cheung, M. Zhang, A. Wang, J. Wilson,
D. Yang, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| 12:30 |
AN EARLY MOLECULAR
DEFECT IN ADRIAMYCIN-INDUCED CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
(Invited Lecture) |
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P.K. Singal, Winnipeg, Mannitoba,
Canada |
| 12:45 |
PATHOBIOLOGIC ROLE
OF HYPERFIBRINOGENEMIA IN CAROTID PLAQUE DESTABILIZATION |
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L.G. Spagnoli, A. Mauriello, G.
Sangiorgi, G. Palmieri, R. Virmani, D.R. Holmes, R.S. Schwartz, S.
Fratoni, R. Pistolese, Rome, Italy, Washington, DC, Rochester, MN,
USA |
| 13:00 |
ACTIVATION OF
PLATELET NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE BY BETA-ADRENERGIC AGONISTS IS
IMPAIRED IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE |
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P.D. O'Kane, G. Jackson, A. Ferro,
London, UK |
| 13:15 |
Lunch Break |
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SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2001
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| 10:45 - 13:00 |
COLUMBIA A
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Plenary Session:
MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES |
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Chairpersons: |
P.C. Block , Atlanta GA, USA
S. Stern , Jerusalem, Israel |
| 10:45 |
SYMPTOMATOLOGY AND
ECG CHANGE WITH AGE IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES (Invited
Lecture) |
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S. Stern, S. Behar, V. Boyko, J. Leor,
S. Gottlieb, Jerusalem, Tel Hashomer, Israel |
| 11:00 |
2B/3A INHIBITORS IN
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: IMPLICATIONS OF LATE BREAKING TRIALS
(Invited Lecture) |
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P.C. Block, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| 11:15 |
THE ROLE OF
INTEGRINS IN PLATELET ACTIVATION (Invited Lecture) |
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D. Fitzgerald, Dublin, Ireland |
| 11:30 |
DOES EVERYONE WITH
AN ACS OR WITH PCI REALLY NEED PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN IIA/IIIB
INHIBITORS? (Invited Lecture) |
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M.R. Bell, Rochester, MN, USA |
| 11:45 |
A COMPARISON OF 12
HOURS INFUSION OF ABCIXIMAB WITH TIROFIBAN FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS
CORONARY INTERVENTION |
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P. Goel, G.C. Flaker, C. Eberhard, R.
Madsen, D. Gardi, Columbia, MO, USA |
| 12:00 |
SURVIVAL FOLLOWING
CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY VS. CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY IN
ANATOMIC SUBSETS IN WHICH THE LATTER IMPROVES SURVIVAL COMPARED
WITH MEDICAL THERAPY. RESULTS FROM THE BYPASS ANGIOPLASTY
REVASCULARIZATION INVESTIGATION (Invited Lecture) |
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P.B. Berger, J.L. Velianou, H.A.
Viachos, F. Feit, A.K. Jacobs, D.P. Faxon, M. Attubato, M.L.
Stadius, B.H. Weiner, D.O. Williams, K.M. Detre, Rochester,
Minnesota, USA |
| 12:15 |
THE ROLE OF
INFLAMMATION IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES (Invited Lecture) |
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S.L. Kopecky, Rochester, MN, USA |
| 12:30 |
A NEW PARADIGM FOR
OFFICE MANAGEMENT OF CARDIAC PATIENTS (Invited Lecture) |
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Y. Charuzi, T.W. Lang, Los Angeles,
CA, USA |
| 12:45 |
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN
AS AN ADJUNCT FOR GLOBAL CARDIOVASCULAR RISK PROTECTION (Invited
Lecture) |
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P.M. Ridker, Boston, MA, USA |
| 13:00 |
Lunch Break |
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SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2001
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| 10:45 - 13:15 |
COLUMBIA C
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Plenary Session:
VASCULAR
BIOLOGY AND NEUROHORMONAL MECHANISMS I |
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Chairpersons: |
S. Dalla-Volta ,
Padova, Italy
A. Lerman , Rochester MN, USA |
| 10:45 |
ENDOTHELIAL
DYSFUNCTION: THE RISKS OF THE RISK FACTORS (Invited Lecture) |
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A. Lerman, Rochester, MN, USA |
| 11:00 |
NEURO-HUMORAL AND
ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN UNSTABLE ANGINA (Invited Lecture) |
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S. Dalla-Volta, Padova, Italy |
| 11:15 |
CHRONIC INHIBITION
OF NO SYNTHESIS PER SE PROMOTES STRUCTURAL INTIMAL REMODELING OF
THE RAT AORTA (Invited Lecture) |
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M.A. Rossi, Rebeirao Preto, S.P.,
Brazil |
| 11:30 |
ENDOTHELIAL
PROTECTION BY NITRIC OXIDE DONORS AND ASPIRIN: INVOLVEMENT OF HEME
OXYGENASE-1 AND FERRITIN (Invited Lecture) |
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H. Schroder, N. Grosser, Halle (Saale),
Germany |
| 11:45 |
EFFECTS OF THE
NITRIC OXIDE INHIBITOR, L-NAME, AND A HEMEOXYGENASE INHIBITOR, ON
THE RESPONSE TO HYPOXIA IN THE INTACT CHEST RAT (Invited
Lecture) |
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A.L. Hyman, S.R. Baber, R. Johnson,
P.J. Kadowitz, New Orleans, LA, USA |
| 12:00 |
ETICAL ISSUES IN
THE MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture) |
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H.J. Geschwind, Paris, France |
| 12:15 |
N-TERMINAL PRO
BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE: A VALUABLE TOOL TO MONITOR THERAPY AND
TO OPTIMIZE RISK STRATIFICATION IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE? (Invited
Lecture) |
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M. Haass, Heidelberg, Germany |
| 12:30 |
BNP: A BLOOD TEST
FOR HEART FAILURE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES (Invited
Lecture) |
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D. Heublein, J.C. Burnett Jr.,
Rochester, MN, USA |
| 12:45 |
THE ENDOTHELIN
SYSTEM IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: INTERACTION WITH THE SNS AND THE
RAS (Invited Lecture) |
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R.R. Wenzel, Essen, Germany |
| 13:00 |
ENDOTHELIN
ANTAGONISTS IN SEVERE HEART FAILURE: THE VIENNA EXPERIENCE (Invited
Lecture) |
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J. Bergler-Klein, Vienna, Austria |
| 13:15 |
Lunch Break |
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SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2001
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| 14:00 - 15:45 |
COLUMBIA B
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Plenary Session:
ARRHYTHMIAS I: SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH, RISK STRATIFICATION,
IMPLANTABLE ANTIARRHYTHMIC DEVICES |
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Chairperson: |
M.E. Cain , St. Louis MO, USA
G.A. Ewy , Tucson AZ, USA |
| 14:00 |
IMPROVING SURVIVAL
OF OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST (Invited Lecture) |
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G.A. Ewy, Tucson, AS, USA |
| 14:15 |
IMPACT OF THE
MULTICENTER UNSUSTAINED TACHYCARDIA TRIAL (MUSTT) ON RISK
STRATIFICATION AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (Invited Lecture) |
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M.E. Cain, St. Louis, MO, USA |
| 14:30 |
T-WAVE ALTERNANS
FOR ARRHYTHMIA RISK STRATIFICATION (Invited Lecture) |
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M.R. Gold, Baltimore, MD, USA |
| 14:45 |
CARDIAC
RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY FOR HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture) |
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W.T. Abraham, Lexington, KY |
| 15:00 |
DEVICE THE-RAPY FOR
PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE: PRESENT DATA AND ONGOING
TRIALS (Invited Lecture) |
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B. Olshansky, K. Shivkumar, Iowa City,
IA, USA |
| 15:15 |
NEUROHORMONAL
CHANGES INDUCED BY BIVENTRICULAR PACING THERAPY IN CONGESTIVE
HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture) |
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L. Padeletti, M. Hill, M.C. Porciani,
A. Sabini, A. Colella, N. Musilli, P. Pieragnoli, A. Michelucci,
C. Tosti, Florence, Italy |
| 15:30 |
TESTING-BASED
THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES FOR VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE (Invited Lecture) |
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D. Flammang, Saint-Michel, France |
| 15:45 |
Coffee Break |
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SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2001
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| 14:00 - 16:15 |
COLUMBIA A
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Plenary Session:
NUCLEAR
CARDIOLOGY, PET, MRI, EBT |
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Chairpersons: |
D. Agostini ,
Caen, France
P. Marzullo , Pisa, Italy |
| 14:00 |
UPDATE IN NUCLEAR
IMAGING AND PROGNOSIS (Invited Lecture) |
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D.S. Berman, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 14:15 |
THE ELUSIVE LINK
BETWEEN ABSENCE OF ANGINAL SYMPTOMS AND OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH
DYSFUNCTIONING MYOCARDIUM (Invited Lecture) |
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P. Marzullo, A. Gimelli, Pisa, Italy |
| 14:30 |
SPECT AND PET
IMAGING IN LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY SECONDARY TO HYPERTENSION (Invited
Lecture) |
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D. Agostini, Caen, France |
| 14:45 |
MRI IMAGING IN
HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture) |
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F. Fedele, M. De Santis, A. Pimpinella,
M. Massimo, Rome, Italy |
| 15:00 |
DELAYED CONTRAST
ENHANCMENT AND CONTRACTILE FUNFTION IN THE HUMAN HEART (Invited
Lecture) |
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F. Claessens, L. Van Hoe, L. Janssens, F.
Charlier, B. Van Kelecom, J. Schillebeeckx, M. Vanderheyden,
Bonheiden, Belgium |
| 15:15 |
THE IMPACT OF
ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY (EBT) ON THE TREATMENT OF LIPID DISORDERS
(Invited Lecture) |
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H. Hecht, Morristown, NJ, USA |
| 15:30 |
STUNNING VS
HIBERNATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE (Invited Lecture) |
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G. Ambrosio, I. Tritto, Perugia, Italy |
| 15:45 |
COST-SAVING
APPROACH TO NORMAL POST STRESS MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SCAN IN
PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH CHEST PAIN (Invited
Lecture) |
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R. Gal, Milwaukee, WI, USA |
| 16:00 |
DISCRIMINATION OF
TRANSMURAL FROM NON-TRANSMURAL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITH
NON-INVASIVE 3D IMAGING |
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A.J. Sinusas, X. Papademetris, D.P.
Dione, T. Constable, New Haven, CT, USA |
| 16:15 |
Coffee Break |
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SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2001
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| 14:00 - 16:15 |
COLUMBIA C
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Session:
VASCULAR BIOLOGY
AND NEUROHORMONAL MECHANISMS II |
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Chairperson: |
B.I. Jugdutt , Edmonton AB, Canada
M.A. Rossi , Ribeirao Preto SP,
Brazil |
| 14:00 |
SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL
PROLIFERATION ASSESSED BY GFP FLUORESCENCE |
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R. Lowe, A.R. Conant, A.W.M. Simpson,
M.R. Chester, Liverpool, UK |
| 14:15 |
ACUTE CHLAMYDIA
PNEUMONIAE INFECTION IMPAIRS ENDOTHELIAL VASOMOTOR FUNCTION OF
CORONARY ARTERIES IN PIGLETS |
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P. Liuba, E. Pesonen, I. Paakkari, S.
Batra, A. Forslid, S. Sandstrum, O. Werner, Lund, Sweden |
| 14:30 |
THE AUTONOMIC
REFLEXES AND PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE |
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K.E. Otah, M.O. Salifu, K. Delis, L.T.
Clark, Brooklyn, NY, USA |
| 14:45 |
MAGNITUDE OF THE
INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS AND RELATION TO
ADVERSE CLINICAL OUTCOMES |
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M. Hansman, J.H. Holmes IV, N.C.
Connolly, D.L. Paull, M.E. Hill, S.W. Guyton, M.E. Ditkoff, W.
Campbell, S.F. Ziegler, R.A. Hall, Seattle, WA, USA |
| 15:00 |
BASAL WHOLE BODY
NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHESIS IS UNCHANGED IN SUBJECTS WITH CORONARY
ARTERY DISEASE COMPARED TO HEALTHY CONTROLS |
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P.D. O'Kane, G. Jackson, A. Ferro,
London, UK |
| 15:15 |
INCREASED
BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE AS A MARKER FOR RIGHT VENTRICULAR
DYSFUNCTION IN ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM |
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I.I. Tulevski, M. Groenink, H. Romkes,
D.J. Van Veldhuisen, H. Buller, B.J.M. Mulder, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands |
| 15:30 |
PLASMA ENDOTHELIN
1, ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE AND BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE FOR
THE EVALUATION OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR
DYSFUNCTION |
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L. Menezes Falcao, M. Joao Marta, F.
Pinto, F. Veiga, F. Boomsma, C. Coelho, P. Pego, M. Bicho, J.M.
Braz Nogueira, L. Ravara, P. Van Zwieten, Lisbon, Portugal,
Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 15:45 |
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS
OF LONG TERM TRIIODOTHYRONINE (T3) INFUSION IN PATIENTS WITH
ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND LOW-T3 SYNDROME |
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G. Iervasi, Pisa, Italy |
| 16:00 |
THE EFFECTS OF
REPEATED CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION ON CORONARY ARTERIES IN
PIGLETS: ARE THESE PRECURSIVE TO ATHEROSCLEROSIS? |
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P. Liuba, E. Pesonen, I. Paakkari, S.
Batra, A. Forslid, S. Sandstrum, O. Werner, Lund, Sweden |
| 16:15 |
Coffee Break |
| SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2001 |
| 16:15 - 18:15 |
COLUMBIA A
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Plenary Session:
NEW
DEVELOPMENTS IN ECHOCADIOGRAPHY |
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Chairpersons: |
A.J. Labovitz
, St. Louis MO, USA
F.J. Pinto , Lisbon, Portugal |
| 16:15 |
CONTRAST STRESS
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (Invited Lecture) |
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A.J. Labovitz, St. Louis, MO, USA |
| 16:30 |
CONTRAST
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: A NEW APPROACH TO MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION (Invited
Lecture) |
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S.B. Feinstein, Chicago, IL, USA |
| 16:45 |
THE AORTA AS A
SOURCE OF EMBOLI (Invited Lecture) |
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I. Kronzon, New York, NY, USA |
| 17:00 |
REGRESSION OF
THORACIC AORTIC ATHEROSCLEROSIS: A TRANSESOPHAGEAL (Invited
Lecture) APPROACH |
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C.E. Pitsavos, C. Aggeli, C.
Stefanadis, P. Toutouzas, Athens, Greece |
| 17:15 |
THE ECHOCARDIOGRAM
IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION (Invited Lecture) |
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D.G. Blanchard, San Diego, CA, USA |
| 17:30 |
INTRAVASCULAR
ULTRASOUND IMAGING – NEW ADVANCES (Invited
Lecture) |
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F. Pinto, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 17:45 |
IS LOW EJECTION
FRACTION SUFFICIENT TO DEFINE THE PROGNOSIS OF A PATIENT OR SHOULD
WE CHARACTERIZE THE TYPE OF DYASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION? |
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H.R. Villarraga, J.E. Citelli, F.
Rosso, M. Badiel, J. Sanchez, P. Olaya, Colombia |
| 18:00 |
COMPARISON OF LOW
DOSE DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
DURING GLUCOSE-INSULIN-POTASSIUM INFUSION FOR THE DETECTION OF
MYOCARDIAL VIABILITY AFTER ANTERIOR MI |
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E. Yetkin, K. Senen, M. Ileri, R. Atak,
S. Cehreli, I. Tandogan, F. Kosar, H. Turhan, D. Demirkan,
Ayranci-Ankatra, Turkey |
| SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2001 |
| 16:15 - 19:00 |
COLUMBIA B
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Session:
ARRHYTHMIAS II:
DIAGNOSIS, DRUG THERAPY, ABLATION, PACING |
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Chairpersons: |
M.R. Gold , Baltimore MD, USA
B. Olshansky , Iowa City IA, USA |
| 16:15 |
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICALLY
GUIDED RISK STRATIFICATION AND ICD THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH
UNEXPLAINED SYNCOPE, NO DOCUMENTED VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS AND
STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE |
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T. Pezawas, G. Stix, J. Kastner, M.
Wolzt, C. Mayer, D. Moerti, H. Schmidinger, Vienna, Austria |
| 16:30 |
A CLINICAL STUDY ON
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DISPERSION OF INTRAVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION
AND MALIGNANT VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA |
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M. Guo, Z. Wang, X.L. Huang, Urumqi,
Xinjiang, China |
| 16:45 |
RATE CONTROL AFTER
RADIOFREQUENCY MODIFICATION OF ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE IN PATIENTS
WITH PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND DUAL ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE
PHYSIOLOGY |
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S.S. Rokas, S.N. Chatzidou, C.A.
Pamboucas, S.H. Gaitanidou, D.I. Chaniotis, S.F. Stamatelopoylos,
Athens, Greece |
| 17:00 |
LOW
DOSE AMIODARONE IN CHRONIC RHEUMATIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION:
PREDICTORS OF CONVERSION |
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A. Kapoor, S. Kumar, P.K. Goel, N.
Sinha, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| 17:15 |
FREQUENCY
MODULATION POTENTIATES ENHANCEMENT OF CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY OF
NON-EXCITATORY ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DELIVERED INTO THE SEPTAL
WALL OF THE RIGHT VENTRICLE |
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I. Shemer, W. Haddad, Y. Mika, N.
Darvish, S. Ben-Haim, Haifa, Israel |
| 17:30 |
LEAD
POSITION AND OUTCOME OF INTERNAL CARDIOVERSION OF ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION |
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A. Plewan, K. Martin, Munchen, Germany |
| 17:45 |
THE ACUTE AND
LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT ATRIOVENTRICULAR DELAYS OF DDD
PACING MODE ON CARDIAC FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART
FAILURE |
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Y.H. Li, K. Liu, Beijing, China |
| 18:00 |
DISTANCE
FROM RIGHT ATRIAL SUTURE LINE TO TRICUSPID ANNULUS PREDICTS ATRIAL
FLUTTER AFTER ORTHOTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION |
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R. Gascuega, F. Arribas, M. Lopez,
Madrid, Spain |
| 18:15 |
PROBABILITY OF
OCCURRENCE OF LIFE-THREATENING VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS IN CHAGAS4
DISEASE VERSUS NON-CHAGAS4 DISEASE |
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M. Martinelli Filho, R.A. Teixeira,
S.F. Siqueira, A.A.A. Pedrosa, S.A.D. Nishioka, R. Costa, M.
Scanavacca, E.A. Sosa, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 18:30 |
DEFIBRILLATOR
IMPLANTATION AND GENDER |
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M. Hochleitner, Innsbruck, Austria |
| 18:45 |
LEFT VENTRICULAR
DYSFUNCTION IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: IMPROVEMENT FOLLOWING THE
COX-MAZE OPERATION |
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H.V. Schaff, J. Singh, J. Dearani, G.
Danielson, Rochester, MN, USA |
| SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2001 |
| 16:15 - 18:15 |
COLUMBIA C
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Session:
HYPERTENSION,
BASIC AND CLINICAL |
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Chairpersons: |
H. Boudoulas , Columbus OH, USA
M. Motro , Israel |
| 16:15 |
EFFICACY OF
LERCANEDIPINE VS LOSARTAN ON LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN
HYPERTENSIVE TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS |
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R. Fogari, P. Preti, A. Zoppi, A.
Banderali, L. Corradi, P. Lazzari, R.M. Pesce, A. Mugellini, Pavia,
Italy |
| 16:30 |
COMPREHENSIVE HBP
CARE IN YOUNG URBAN BLACK MALES (Invited Lecture) |
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M.N. Hill, USA |
| 16:45 |
HEMODYNAMIC AND
NEUROHUMORAL EFFECTS OF VERAPAMIL-SR /TRANDOLAPRIL VS.
TRANDOLAPRIL IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH MILD HEART FAILURE |
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M. Bourian, V. Mitrovic, W. Patyna, M.
Parzeiler, Bad Nauheim, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
| 17:00 |
DIFFERENT
EFFECTS OF VITAMIN C SUPPLEMENTATION IN PATIENTS WITH RISK FACTORS
FOR CAD |
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T.H. Schindler, P.T. Buser, M.
Olschewski, J. Miller, M. Pfisterer, E. Nitzsche, Basel,
Switzerland |
| 17:15 |
RENIN GENE
EXPRESSION IN TWO KIDNEY, ONE CLIP (2K1C) HYPERTENSIVE RATS |
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Y. Zhu, Z. Wang, K. Lim, H.S. Lee, H.
Zhu, Singapore, Singapore |
| 17:30 |
EFFECT
OF TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE ON BLOOD PRESSURE IN HYPERTENSIVE RATS AND
CALCIUM MOBILIZATION IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS |
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P. Chan, J.C. Liu, Wen Shan, Taiwan-R.O.C. |
| 17:45 |
SPURIOUS SYSTOLIC
HYPERTENSION IN YOUNG MEN - ELASTIC NOT STIFF ARTERIES |
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A. Mahmud, J. Feely, Dublin , Ireland |
| 18:00 |
COMPARATIVE
EFFICACY OF MOXONIDINE MONOTHERAPY AND MOXONIDINE WITH MELATONIN
THERAPY ON CIRCULATION VARIABLES AND THEIR CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN
HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS |
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R.M. Zaslavskaya, F. Komarov, A.
Shakirova, Moscow, Russia |
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