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MONDAY, JULY 23, 2001
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Plenary Session:
STENTS:
NEW DEVICES, OPTIMAL APPLICATION, CAROTID ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING |
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Chairpersons: |
E. Alt , Munich, Germany
D. Iosseliani , Moscow, Russia |
| 08:30 |
STENTING OF SMALL
CORONARY ARTERIES: IMMEDIATE AND MIDTERM FOLLOW-UP (Invited
Lecture) |
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D. Iosseliani, Moscow, Russia |
| 08:45 |
NEW INSIGHTS INTO
STENT INDUCED CORONARY RESTENOSIS (Invited Lecture) |
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E. Alt, Muenchen, Germany |
| 09:00 |
DRUG ELUTING STENTS
TO DECREASE NEOINTIMAL HYPERPLASIA (Invited Lecture) |
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I.K. De Scheerder, Leuven, Belgium |
| 09:15 |
THE ROLE OF CAROTID
STENTING IN PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMATIC CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (Invited
Lecture) |
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F.A. Shawl, Takoma Park, MD, USA |
| 09:30 |
CLINICAL TRIALS IN
CAROTID ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING (Invited Lecture) |
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W. Tan, M.H. Wholey, Pittsburgh, PA,
USA |
| 09:45 |
NEW DOUBLE POROUS
COATING OF STENTS: INITIAL IN VITRO RESULTS (Invited Lecture) |
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V. Nikolaychik, S. Iyer, R. Mehran, G. Dangas,
G. Roubin, J. Moses, M. Leon, N. Kipshidze, New York, NY,
Milwaukee, WI, USA |
| 10:00 |
EARLY RESULTS OF
CAROTID ARTERY STENTING WITH A FILTER DISTAL-PROTECTION SYSTEM |
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N. Al-Mubarak, A. Colombo, S.S. Iyer,
N. Carvaja, R. Meheran, J.J. Vitek, New York, NY, USA |
| 10:15 |
DRUG ELUTING STENTS
(Invited Lecture) |
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A.H. Gershlick, K. Hogrefe, Leicester,
UK |
| 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| MONDAY, JULY 23, 2001 |
| 08:30 - 10:30 |
COLUMBIA A
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Plenary Session:
DIASTOLIC
DYSFUNCTION, LVH AND HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY |
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Chairpersons: |
P.R. Liebson , Chicago IL, USA
C. Palombo , Pisa, Italy |
| 08:30 |
DIASTOLIC
DYSFUNCTION-CLINICAL AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT (Invited
Lecture) |
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C. Shub, Rochester, MN, USA |
| 08:45 |
NON-SYSTOLIC HEART
FAILURE IN THE ELDERLY: IS IT REAL? IS IT IMPORTANT? (Invited
Lecture) |
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J. Gottdiener, Roslyn, NY, USA |
| 09:00 |
LEFT VENTRICULAR
REMODELING, FUNCTION AND RISK PREDICTION (Invited Lecture) |
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P.R. Liebson, Chicago, IL, USA |
| 09:15 |
CORONARY
CIRCULATION IN PHYSIOLOGIC AND PATHOLOGIC MYOCARDIAL HYPERTROPHY
IN MAN (Invited Lecture) |
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C. Palombo, Pisa, Italy |
| 09:30 |
TREATMENT OF HOCM
BY TRANSCORONARY ABLATION OF SEPTAL HYPERTROPHY: A SIX YEAR
EXPERIENCE (Invited Lecture) |
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H.J. Kuhn, Bielefeld, Germany |
| 09:45 |
FLEXIBLE
PERCUTANEOUS PERICARDIOSCOPY: NEW SOLUTIONS FOR THE OLD DRAWBACKS (Invited
Lecture) |
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P. Seferovic, A.D. Ristic, R.
Maksimovic, M.C. Ostojic, D.S. Simeunovic, P.L.J. Petrovic,
Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 10:00 |
MYOCARDIAL
PERFUSION AND FUNCTION ACCORDING TO LV GEOMETRY IN ARTERIAL
HYPERTENSION (Invited Lecture) |
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M. Kozakova, Pisa, Italy |
| 10:15 |
PERIPHERAL
MYOPATHY: A REASON FOR LACK OF CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT AFTER
SUCCESSFUL TRANSCORONARY ABLATION OF SEPTAL HYPERTROPHY (TASH) IN
PATIENTS WITH HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY |
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F.C. Lieder, F.H. Gletzen, F.W. Rath,
H. Kuhn, Muenster, Germany |
| 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| MONDAY, JULY 23, 2001 |
| 08:30 - 10:45 |
COLUMBIA C
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Session:
MOLECULAR
CARDIOLOGY, GENETIC STUDIES, VASCULAR BIOLOGY, ENDOTHELIAL
FUNCTION |
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Chairpersons:
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A.L. Hyman , New Orleans LA, USA
P.K. Singal , Winnipeg, MB, Canada |
| 08:30 |
INTERLEUKIN-6/SOLUBLE
INTERLEUKIN-6 PRECEPTOR COMPLEX INHIBITS MYOCARDIAL APOPTOSIS |
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K. Matsushita, S. Iwanaga, T. Oda, K.
Kimura, M. Shimada, M. Tanaka, S. Matsumura, S. Ogawa, Tokyo,
Japan |
| 08:45 |
CIRCULATING
IMMUNE COMPLEXES IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS |
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A.K. Lefvert, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 09:00 |
CHANGES OF
APOPTOSIS AND FAS GENE EXPRESSION IN CARDIOMYOCYTES IN RATS WITH
DIFFERENT DURATION OF REPERFUSION FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA
AND THE EFFECTS OF ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING |
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M. Zhao, D. Hu, Y. Chen, L. Liu, Y.
Li, Beijing, China |
| 09:15 |
CARNITINE INHIBITS
SUPEROXIDE ANION RELEASE BY HUMAN PLATELETS AND ENDOTHELIAL CELLS |
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F. Violi, P. Pignatelli, C. Caroselli,
P. Gazzaniga, F.M. Pulcinelli, Roma, Italy |
| 09:30 |
NCAM-EXPRESSION IS
ASSOCIATED WITH INTRAMYOCARDIAL INFLAMMATION AND HYPERTROPHY IN
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY |
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M. Noutsias, K. Ostermann, U. Kuehl,
H.P. Schultheiss, Berlin, Germany |
| 09:45 |
GAS-PLASMA IMPLANTS
PROMOTE ANGIOGENESIS IN THE NUDE MOUSE OMENTAL MODEL |
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S.R. Bailey, J. Polan, N. Goswami, O.
Munoz, C. Jundt, A. Agrawal, San Antonio, USA |
| 10:00 |
COULD ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING
ENZYME (ACE) INHIBITORS DIMINISH THE ATHEROGENIC EFFECTS OF
CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION? |
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P. Liuba, E. Pesonen, I. Paakkan,
Lund, Sweden |
| 10:15 |
DOES OBESITY AFFECT
ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN YOUNG HEALTHY NON SMOKING ADULTS? |
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S. Koulouris, I. Karabinos, G. Makris,
M. El-Ali, A. Kranidis, D. Kardara, T. Giannoulis, T. Theodoridis,
V. Kokkinou, N. Exadaktylos, F. Kardaras, Athens, Greece |
| 10:30 |
EFFECT
OF VITAMIN C ON ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION OF EPICARDIAL CORONARY
ARTERY IN CHRONIC SMOKERS |
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T.H. Schindler, N. Magosaki, M.
Olschewski, P.T. Buser, M. Pfisterer, E. Nitzsche, Basel,
Switzerland |
| 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
| MONDAY, JULY 23, 2001 |
| 10:45 - 13:15 |
COLUMBIA B
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Plenary Session:
NEW
INSIGHTS INTO THE PATHOGENESIS AND MANAGEMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS |
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Chairperson: |
P.K. Shah , Los Angeles CA, USA
B.E. Sobel , Colchester VT, USA |
| 10:45 |
DIABETES AND HEART
DISEASE: PATHOGENETIC LINKS (Invited Lecture) |
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B.E. Sobel, Colchester, VT, USA |
| 11:00 |
IDENTIFICATION AND
FUTURE TREATMENT OF THE VULNERABLE PLAQUE (Invited Lecture) |
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J.T. Willerson, Houston, TX, USA |
| 11:15 |
ROLE OF INFECTION
IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS (Invited Lecture) |
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S.E. Epstein, Washington, DC, USA |
| 11:30 |
ROLE OF
INFLAMMATION IN VASCULAR RESPONSE TO INJURY(Invited Lecture) |
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P.K. Shah, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 11:45 |
THE 'INFECTIOUS'
HYPOTHESIS TO ATHEROSCLEROSIS: WHERE DO WE CURRENTLY STAND? (Invited
Lecture) |
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S. Gupta, London, UK |
| 12:00 |
NEW INSIGHTS INTO
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS (Invited Lecture) |
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J.C. Tardif, Montreal, Canada |
| 12:15 |
MULTIPLE UNSTABLE
CORONARY PLAQUE IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MI INCREASE RECURRENT
ISCHEMIA AND REVASCULARIZATION RATES (Invited Lecture) |
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J.A. Goldstein, USA |
| 12:30 |
RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
ANALYSIS OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE COMPOSITION (Invited
Lecture) |
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A. Van Der Laarse, Leiden, The
Netherlands |
| 12:45 |
POSITIVE
REMODELING IN PATIENTS WITH UNSTABLE CORONARY SYNDROMES IS NOT
CONFINED TO THE LESION SITE BUT INVOLVES THE DISTAL VESSEL |
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P. Schoenhagen, K.M. Ziada, E.M. Tuzcu,
Cleveland, Oh, USA |
| 13:00 |
VON WILLEBRAND
FACTOR PLASMA ACTIVITY PARALLELS THE SEVERITY OF INFLAMMATION IN
PATIENTS WITH AN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME |
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S. Koulouris, I. Karabinos, A.
Kranidis, T. Giannoulis, M. El-Ali, T. Theodoridis, I. Lekatsas,
V. Kokkinou, N. Exadaktylos, Athens, Greece |
| 13:15 |
Lunch Break |
| MONDAY, JULY 23, 2001 |
| 11:00 - 13:15 |
COLUMBIA A
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Session:
PEDIATRIC
CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY, CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE |
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Chairperson: |
H.
Sievert, Frankfurt,
Germany
B.W. Duncan, Seattle WA, USA |
| 11:00 |
TRANSCATHETER
CLOSURE OF ASD AND VSD IN ADULTS (Invited
Lecture) |
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H. Sievert, Frankfurt, Germany |
| 11:15 |
DECREASED
CARDIAC RESERVE IN ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RIGHT
VENTRICULAR PRESSURE OVERLOAD: EVIDENCE FOR IMPAIRED DIASTOLIC AND
SYSTOLIC FUNCTION |
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I.I. Tulevski, A. Hirsch, I. Tulevski,
E.E. Van Der Wall, H. Romkes, J. Stoler, B.J.M. Mulder, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands |
| 11:30 |
OUTCOME OF
PEDIATRIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION: AN ANALYSIS OF 27 CASES |
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B. Schlechta, A.A. Kochner, M.
Ehrlich, M. Ploner, D. Luckner, U. Saize-Muhar, E. Wolner, G.
Laufer, Vienna, Austria |
| 11:45 |
MECHANICAL
CIRCULATORY SUPPORT FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH ACUTE
FULMINANT MYOCARDITIS |
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B.W. Duncan, D.J. Bohn, J.W. French,
P.C. Laussen, D.L. Wessel, Seattle, WA, USA |
| 12:00 |
DIASTOLIC
DYSFUNCTION AFTER FONTAN OPERATION: A CAUSE OF PHYSICAL
INTOLERANCE |
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A. Shmalts, S. Zaets, Newark, NJ, USA |
| 12:15 |
INTRAPULMONARY
VENTILATION-PERFUSION DISTRIBUTION AFTER THE TOTAL CAVOPULMONARY
CONNECTION |
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M. Tayama, N. Fukushima, T.
Matsushita, H. Matsuda, Osaka, Japan |
| 12:30 |
THE
VALUE OF LOW-DOSE DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE
DETECTION OF LV IMPAIRMENT IN SURVIVORS FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER. |
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L. Elbl, H. Hrstkova, J. Nonotny, Brno,
Czech Republic |
| 12:45 |
PREVALENCE OF
SYMPATHETIC ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS AFTER SURGICAL CORRECTION OF
TETRALOGY OF FALLOT AT RISK OF LIFE-THREATENING ARRHYTHMIAS |
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L. Daliento, L. Menti, P. Zanco, A.F.
Folino, M. Rotundo, S. Dalla-Volta, Padova, Italy |
| 13:00 |
CONGENITAL HEART
DISEASE IN DIABETIC PREGNANCIES |
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L.A. Lisowski, P.M. Verheijen, C.S.
Kleinman, E.J. Meijboom, Utrecht, The Netherlands, CT, USA |
| 13:15 |
Lunch Break |
| MONDAY, JULY 23, 2001 |
| 10:45 - 12:45 |
COLUMBIA C
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Session:
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
AND MANAGEMENT OF LVH AND HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY |
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Chairpersons: |
R.E. Hobbs , Cleveland OH, USA
H.J. Kuhn , Bielefeld, Germany |
| 10:45 |
ALTERATIONS IN
CORONARY MICROCIRCULATION WITH REGRESSION OF LVH |
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K. Rajappan, O. Rimoldi, B. Glenville,
P.P. Punjabi, R.D.L. Stanbridge, K. Taylor, D.J. Pennell, P.G.
Camici, London, UK |
| 11:00 |
EFFECTS OF
OCTREOTIDE IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTROPHIC |
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H. Kursaklioglu, M. Barcin, A. Iyisoy,
S. Kose, H.F. Tore, E. Demirtas, Ankara, Turkey |
| 11:15 |
INCREASED
DIGITALIS-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVE SUBSTANCES (DLIS) AND MYOCARDIAL
REMODELING |
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T. Hayashi, Y. Ijiri, H. Shimomura, F.
Terasaki, H. Horimoto, Y. Kitaura, Takatsuki, Japan |
| 11:30 |
LV-HYPERTROPHY IN
CRITICAL AORTIC STENOSIS: IMPACT OF ACE-POLYMORPHISM AND VALVE
PROSTHESIS-PATIENT MISMATCH ON MYOCADIAL MASSES |
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I. Knez, M. Pilsl, A. Mircic, A. Kofer,
R. Maier, W. Renner, O. Stanger, B. Schrottner, S. Huber, P.
Oberwalder, B. Rigler, Graz, Styria, Austria |
| 11:45 |
HAEMODINAMICAL
EFFECTS OF SEQUENTIAL PACING IN THE OBSTRUCTIVE HYPERTROPHIC
CARDIOMIOPATHY |
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R. Gascuega, J.C. Tascon, A. Albarran,
F. Hernandez, J. Garcio, J. Sanz, M. Pombo, C. Pindado, M. Alonso,
J. Andreu, Madrid, Spain |
| 12:00 |
REAL-TIME
BEAT-TO-BEAT EVALUATION OF CARDIAC OUTPUT IN PATIENTS WITH
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY USING A NOVEL NON-INVASIVE TECHNIQUE |
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F. Mazzuoli, M. Romano, P. Petrone, M.
Pistolesi, F. Cecchi, Florence, Italy |
| 12:15 |
PERCUTANEOUS
TRANSLUMINAL SEPTAL MYOCARDIAL ABLATION IN HYPERTROPHIC
OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY (HOCM) USING MYOCARDIAL CONTRAST
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (MCE): A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE |
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S. Kar, R.J. Siegel, J. Bergman, H.G.
Voorman, H. Luo, A. Robinson, K. Varghese, N. Eigler, R. Makkar,
Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 12:30 |
DEFINING
PHYSIOLOGIC UPPER LIMITS FOR LV CAVITY SIZE IN JUNIOR ELITE
ATHLETES |
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S. Firoozi, S. Sharma, G. Whyte, W.J.
McKenna, London, UK |
| 12:45 |
Lunch Break |
| MONDAY, JULY 23, 2001 |
| 14:00 - 16:15 |
COLUMBIA B
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Plenary Session:
VALVULAR
HEART DISEASE, HEART VALVE SURGERY |
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Chairpersons: |
J.S. Borer , New York NY, USA
A. Trento , Los Angeles CA, USA |
| 14:00 |
CLINICAL SEQUELAE
OF REGURGITANT VALVULAR DISEASES: RELATION TO MOLECULAR AND
CELLULAR ABNORMALITIES (Invited
Lecture) |
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J.S. Borer, New York, NY, USA |
| 14:15 |
FLOPPY MITRAL
VALVE/MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE: EFFECTS ON THE CIRCULATION (Invited
Lecture) |
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H. Boudoulas, Columbus, OH, USA |
| 14:30 |
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS (Invited
Lecture) |
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J. Gardin, Irvine, CA, USA |
| 14:45 |
MITRAL VALVE REPAIR
FOR ISCHEMIC MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY (Invited
Lecture) |
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D. Cosgrove, USA |
| 15:00 |
LACK OF SIGNIFICANT
SURVIVAL BENEFIT OF MITRAL REPAIR IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC MITRAL
REGURGITATION (Invited
Lecture) |
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A. Trento, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 15:15 |
AORTIC AND MITRAL
VALVE SURGERY ON THE BEATING HEART (Invited
Lecture) |
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B. Gersak, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 15:30 |
AORTIC VALVE
PROSTHESIS: PATIENT MISMATCH, THE ROLE OF AORTIC ROOT ENLARGEMENT (Invited
Lecture) |
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T.A. Orszulak, Rochester, MN, USA |
| 15:45 |
PERCUTANEOUS
BALLOON MITRAL VALVULOPLASTY UNDER TEE GUIDANCE (Invited
Lecture) |
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A. Pichard, L. Satler, K. Kent, J.
Laird, R. Waksman, W. Suddath, S. Goldstein, S. Elaham, P. Sears-Rogan,
J. Lindsay, Washington, DC, USA |
| 16:00 |
NEWER OPTIONS IN
THE HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING OF CARDIAC PATIENTS (Invited
Lecture) |
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D.M. Meyer, M.E. Jessen, P. Latham, C.
Shi, L.S. Morse, L.K. Douning, L. Chi, Dallas, Texas, USA |
| 16:15 |
Coffee Break |
| MONDAY, JULY 23, 2001 |
| 14:00 - 15:45 |
COLUMBIA A
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Plenary Session:
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY I |
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Chairpersons: |
V. Klauss , Munich, Germany
G.W. Vetrovec , Richmond VA, USA |
| 14:00 |
FRACTIONAL FLOW
RESERVE: A NEW APPROACH TO CORONARY INTERVENTIONS. DIAGNOSTIC,
PROGNOSTIC AND ECONOMIC IMPACT (Invited
Lecture) |
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V. Klauss, Munich, Germany |
| 14:15 |
TELEDILATATION: USE
OF ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT ELECTIVE
ANGIOPLASTY PROCEDURES AT HOSPITALS WITHOUT ON-SITE CARDIAC
SURGERY (Invited
Lecture) |
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K.N. Garratt, Rochester, MN, USA |
| 14:30 |
INTRACORONARY
RADIATION THERAPY FOR RESTENOSIS: WHERE IS THE TARGET? A LESSON
FROM BETA VS GAMMA (Invited
Lecture) |
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J. Whiting, J. Hausleiter, A. Li, C.
Abbey, R. Makkar, M. Sebastian, H. Honda, N. Eigler, Los Angeles,
CA, USA |
| 14:45 |
INTRACORONARY
BRACHYTHERAPY: UPDATE ON EFFICACY AND LIMITATIONS BASED ON RECENT
TRIAL RESULTS (Invited
Lecture) |
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G.W. Vetrovec, Richmond, Virginia, USA |
| 15:00 |
MANAGING QUALITY
AND COSTS IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING INTERVENTIONAL PRACTICE (Invited
Lecture) |
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C.S. Rihal, Rochester, MN, USA |
| 15:15 |
RADIOCONTRAST
NEPHROPATHY: THE DYE IS NOT CAST (Invited
Lecture) |
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N.E. Lepor, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 15:30 |
DIRECT THROMBIN
INHIBITION IN PCI (Invited
Lecture) |
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J. Marmur, NY, USA |
| 15:45 |
Coffee Break |
| MONDAY, JULY 23, 2001 |
| 14:00 - 16:15 |
COLUMBIA C
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Session:
MODIFICATION OF
RISK FACTORS AND CAD, DYSLIPOPROTEINEMIA, DIABETES MELLITUS,
SECONDARY PREVENTION |
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Chairpersons: |
O. Abdel-Aziz , Cairo, Egypt
C. Rosendorff , Bronx NY, USA |
| 14:00 |
URIC ACID IS
CLOSELY LINKED TO VASCULAR NITRIC OXIDE ACTIVITY |
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A.J. Maxwell, K.A. Bruinsma, Belmont,
CA, USA |
| 14:15 |
ARDIOGENIC SHOCK
AND MORTALITY IN DIABETICS FROM A COMMUNITY-BASED POPULATION |
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J. Tedesco, R. Scott Wright, G.S.
Reeder, S.L. Kopecky, D. Dvorak, B.A. Williams, W.L. Miller,
Rochester, MN, USA |
| 14:30 |
IMPAIRMENT OF
MENTAL STRESS-INDUCED BRACHIAL ARTERY VASODILATION IN ASYMPTOMATIC
HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC SUBJECTS (Invited
Lecture) |
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E. Hausnerova, J.S. Gottdiener, W.J.
Kop, R. Chavko, J.C. Pezzullo, D.N. Herrington, M. Drum, M.K.
Klemm, D.S. Krantz, C. Rackley, Washington, DC, Roslyn, NY,
Bethesda, MD, Wake Forest U., NC, USA |
| 14:45 |
DIABETIC PATIENTS
WITH HEART FAILURE ARE AT A HIGHER RISK OF HYPERKALEMIA WHEN
TREATED WITH SPIRONOLACTONE |
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M. Khalid, F.W. Smart, D. Stapleton,
H.O. Ventura, New Orleans, LA, USA |
| 15:00 |
NATURAL HISTORY AND
RISK FACTORS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH |
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A.W. Zieske, M.T. Gray, J.P. Strong,
New Orleans, LA, USA |
| 15:15 |
THE
3 ACUTE PHASE REACTANTS C-REACTIVE PROTEIN, FIBRINOGEN AND C3 ARE
DIFFERENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH TRADITIONAL RISK FACTORS |
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A. Muscari, L. Bastagli, V. Tomassetti,
G. Massarelli, O. Cappelletti, L. Plate, P. Boni, P. Puddu,
Bologna, Italy |
| 15:30 |
RISK
EVALUATION AND STROKE PREVENTION IN THE ELDERLY -CERIVASTATIN
TRIAL |
|
K. Lauterbach, T. Binnen, D. Ludwig,
P. Hanrath, W. Krone, W. Lehmacher, D. Leys, E. Windler, Cologne,
Germany |
| 15:45 |
FIBER-MULTIVITAMIN
BLEND: AN OVER-THE-COUNTER LDL LOWERING PRODUCT |
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D.L. Sprecher, G.L. Pearce, A.M.
Boddie, N. Fotouhi, V. Horiatis, Cleveland,, OH, USA |
| 16:00 |
PREDICTORS OF
ADVERSE OUTCOMES IN TREATING ANGINA PATIENTS WITH ENHANCED
EXTERNAL COUNTERPULSATION |
|
W.E. Lawson, Stony Brook, NY, USA |
| 16:15 |
Coffee Break |
| MONDAY, JULY 23, 2001 |
| 16:15 - 19:00 |
COLUMBIA B
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Plenary Session:
DILATED
CARDIOMYOPATHY: VARIOUS ETIOLOGIES |
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Chairpersons: |
M.A. Alpert , Mobile AL, USA
H.P. Schultheiss , Berlin, Germany |
| 16:15 |
NEW THERAPEUTIC
STRATEGIES IN INFLAMMATORY CARDIOMYOPATHY (Invited
Lecture) |
|
H.P. Schultheiss, Berlin, Germany |
| 16:30 |
COLLAGEN VASCULAR
DISEASE AND THE HEART (Invited
Lecture) |
|
M.A. Alpert, Mobile, AL, USA |
| 16:45 |
FAT DISSOCIATION
SYNDROME (FDS) VERSUS ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA (ARVD) (Invited
Lecture) |
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G. Fontaine, P. Fornes, F. Fontaliran,
Ivry-sur-Seine, France |
| 17:00 |
OUTCOME OF
SUBSEQUENT PREGNANCIES IN WOMEN WITH A HISTORY OF PERIPARTUM
CARDIOMYOPATHY (Invited
Lecture) |
|
U. Elkayam, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 17:15 |
THE CORONARY
MICROCIRCULATION IN DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY (Invited
Lecture) |
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D. Neglia, G. Sanbuceti, O. Sorace, P.
Salvadori, O. Parodi, A. L'abbate, Pisa, Italy |
| 17:30 |
VIRAL MYOCARDITIS
AS PREDICTSOR OF DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY (Invited
Lecture) |
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N.N. Kipshidze, M. Rogava, M.
Gudushauri, Tbilisi, Georgia |
| 17:45 |
LYME DISEASE AND
THE HEART, A STATE OF THE ART (Invited
Lecture) |
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R.N.A. Gasser, S. Vidalli, H. Koppel,
Graz, Austria |
| 18:00 |
SURVIVAL IN
BIOPSY-PROVEN CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS IS SIMILAR TO LYMPHOCYTIC
MYOCARDITIS AND DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY (Invited
Lecture) |
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L.T. Cooper, Y. Okura, M. Grogan,
Rochester, MN, USA |
| 18:15 |
CONGESTIVE
CARDIOMYOPATHY IN THE CAT (Invited
Lecture) |
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S.K. Liu, New York, NY, USA |
| 18:30 |
INTRAMYOCARDIAL
ICAM-1 EXPRESSION CORRELATES WITH SOLUBLE SICAM-LEVELS IN
MYOCARDITIS PATIENTS |
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M. Noutsias, C. Hohmann, P.L.
Schwimmbeck, M. Pauschinger, U. Kuehl, H.P. Schultheis, Berlin,
Germany |
| 18:45 |
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
WITHOUT RAPID VENTRICULAR RATE INDUCES VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY
IN ABSENCE OF HEART DISEASE |
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M. Bellorini, P. Jourdain, F. Funck,
J. Loiret, N. Guillard, B. Thebault, M. Desnos, Pontoise, Paris,
France |
| MONDAY, JULY 23, 2001 |
| 16:15 - 18:45 |
COLUMBIA A
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Session:
SURGICAL ASPECT:
MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION, HEART VALVE SURGERY |
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Chairperson: |
R. Kass , Los Angeles CA, USA
D.M. Meyer , Dallas TX, USA |
| 16:15 |
LONG-TERM RESULTS
AFTER MINIMAL INVASIVE VEIN HARVESTING |
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R. Coppoolse, W. Rees, D. Oefler, T.
Heydorn, G. Mahesh, F.V. Redwitz, H. Warnecke, Bad Rothenfeld,
Germany |
| 16:30 |
OFF-PUMP
REVASCULARIZATION USING DIFFERENT TISSUE STABILIZER - RESULTS IN
174 CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS |
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K. Ansorge, H.G. Wollert, H.
Grubitzsch, L. Eckel, Karlsburg, Germany |
| 16:45 |
PROSPECTIVELY
RANDOMIZED COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT MECHANICAL AORTIC VALVES |
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R. Autschbach, W. Thomas, F. Volkmar,
L. Georg, R. Thomas, D. Anno, M.W. Friedrich, Leipzig, Germany |
| 17:00 |
STERNOTOMY AS A
SOURCE OF AUTOLOGOUS CELLS WITH POTENTIAL FOR SEEDING |
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A.D. Protopapas, A.T. Riga, H.J.
Salacynski, A.M. Seifalian, G. Hamilton, R.K. Walesby, Enfield,
Middlesex, UK |
| 17:15 |
A
PROTOCOL ACHIEVING THE TWO-DAY DISCHARGE IN CONVENTIONAL CARDIAC
SURGERY |
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S.D. Herman, R. Sahni, J. Haft, D.
Bregman, Englewood, NJ, USA |
| 17:30 |
EARLY AND LONG-TERM
RESULTS AFTER SURGERY FOR ISCHEMIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY WITH
MITRAL REGURGITATION |
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B.B. Mihajlovic, L. Petrovic, S. Nicin,
J. Selestiansky, V. Torbica, M. Popov, N. Radovanovic, Sremska
Kamenica, Yugoslavia |
| 17:45 |
EFFECT
OF POSTERIOR PERICARDIOTOMY ON POSTOPERATIVE SUPRAVENTRICULAR
ARRHYTHMIAS AND LATE PERICARDIAL EFFUSION (POSTERIOR
PERICARDIOTOMY) |
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E. Kuralay, E. Ozal, U. Demirkilic, H.
Tatar, Ankara, Turkey |
| 18:00 |
POST-STERNOTOMY
UPPER ABDOMINAL INCISIONAL HERNIAE: A MINIMALLY INVASIVE MESH PLUG
REPAIR |
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S.D. Steinberg, D.A. Mayer,
Huntington, NY, USA |
| 18:15 |
EVIDENCE OF ONGOING
INFLAMMATION IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC MITRAL STENOSIS: ELEVATED
LEVELS OF CIRCULATING ADHESION MOLECULES |
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E. Yetkin, A.R. Erbay, M. Ileri, H.
Turhan, M. Balci, S. Cehreli, K. Senen, R. Atak, D. Demirkan,
Ayranci-Ankatra, Turkey |
| 18:30 |
EARLY
INVESTIGATION AFTER VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH SILVER _SILZONE_-COATED
PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES |
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J.W. Auer, R. Berent, P. Hartl, M.
Porodko, B. Eber, Wels, Austria |
| MONDAY, JULY 23, 2001 |
| 16:15 - 18:15 |
COLUMBIA C
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Session:
ISCHEMIC HEART
DISEASE: BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS AND OTHER DIAGNOSTIC METHODS |
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Chairpersons: |
Y. Charuzi , Los Angeles CA, USA
H.J. Geschwind , Creteil, France |
| 16:15 |
EFFECTS OF ENHANCED
EXTERNAL COUNTERPULSATION ON RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM IN
EXPERIMENTAL AMI |
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W.E. Lawson, L. Lu, Z.S. Zheng, W.K.
Wu, J.C.K. Hui, Stony Brook, NY, USA |
| 16:30 |
IN PATIENTS WITH
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (AMI) LYMPHOCYTOPENIA (LP) PREDICTS
MORTALITY |
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N. Bhalodkar, S. Blum, A. Bhalodkar,
M. Beato, Bronx, NY, USA |
| 16:45 |
DOES A NEGATIVE
TROPONIN-I ADD ANY VALUE TO A NEGATIVE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAM IN
PATIENTS WITH CHEST PAIN AND INTERMEDIATE RISK OF CORONARY ARTERY
DISEASE |
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H.R. Villarraga, H. Duque, F. Rosso,
M. Badiel, J. Sanchez, P. Olaya, Colombia |
| 17:00 |
PROTECTIVE EFFECTS
OF THREE POLYPHENOLS AGAINST MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIC-REPERFUSION
INJURY |
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C. Sun, M. Liu, Zhejiang, China |
| 17:15 |
PERCUTANEOUS
ASSESSMENT OF CORONARY BLOOD FLOW AND CARDIAC BIOMARKERS |
|
K. Vikenes, J. Westby, K. Matre, M.
Farstad, J.E. Nordrehaug, Bergen, Norway |
| 17:30 |
A NEW NONINVASIVE
APPROACH TO FOLLOW UP PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY
RESULTS |
|
I.A. Chaikovsky, S. Auth-Eisernitz, D.
Groenemeyer, F. Steinberg, B. Hailer, Essen, Germany |
| 17:45 |
EVALUATION
OF INTERMEDIATE LESIONS WITH INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND: CLINICAL
FOLLOW UP OF PATIENTS WITH DEFERRED INTERVENTION BASED ON
ULTRASONOGRAPHIC DEFINITE CRITERIA |
|
J.M. De La Torre, M. Fernandez-Valis,
J. Zueco, T. Colman, Cantabria, Spain |
| 18:00 |
CORRELATION OF
TROPONIN T AND QT DISPERSION IN UNSTABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
PATIENTS IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL |
|
S.C. Burjonroppa, S. Jacob, M. Mathew,
Aldan, PA, USA |
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