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TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2001
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Plenary Session:
DRUG THERAPY IN
ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE |
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Chairpersons: |
P. Deedwania , Fresno CA, USA
U. Thadani , Oklahoma City OH, USA |
| 08:30 |
OUTCOMES RESEARCH IN
HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture) |
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W. Weintraub, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| 08:45 |
SECONDARY PREVENTION
FOLLOWING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. IS THERE A STANDARD REGIMEN? (Invited
Lecture) |
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O. Abdel-Aziz, Cairo, Egypt |
| 09:00 |
PLEIOTROPIC EFFECTS OF
STATINS (Invited Lecture) |
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C. Rosendorff, Bronx, NY, USA |
| 09:15 |
THE ROLE OF AGGRESSIVE
LIPID-LOWERING THERAPY IN THE ELDERLY (Invited Lecture) |
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P. Deedwania, Fresno, CA, USA |
| 09:30 |
OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT OF
PATIENTS WITH STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS (Invited Lecture) |
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U. Thadani, Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
| 09:45 |
REDUCING CARDIOVASCULAR
EVENTS: FOCUS ON CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS (Invited Lecture) |
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R. Dibianco, Tacoma Park, MD, USA |
| 10:00 |
THE INTERNATIONAL
NIFEDIPINE STUDY: KEY OUTCOME AND CORONARY CALCIFICATION RESULTS OF THE
INSIGHT TRIAL (Invited Lecture) |
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M. Motro, J. Shemesh, Tel Hashomer, Israel |
| 10:15 |
COMPARISONS BETWEEN
ACE-INHIBITORS IN PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: THE SMILE II
STUDY (Invited Lecture) |
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C. Borghi, Bologna, Italy |
| 10:30 |
VALSARTAN-INDUCED
CARDIOPROTECTION INVOLVES ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 2 RECEPTOR UPREGULATION IN
DOG AND RAT IN VIVO MODELS OF REPERFUSED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (Invited
Lecture) |
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B.I. Jugdutt, Edmonton, AB, Canada |
| 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
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TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2001
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| 08:30 - 10:30 |
COLUMBIA A
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Plenary Session:
NEW APPROACHES
TO CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, HEART TRANSPLANTATION |
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Chairpersons: |
J.A. Elefteriades , New Haven CT, USA
P.M. Mccarthy , Cleveland OH, USA |
| 08:30 |
SURGICAL STRATEGIES
BEYOND CABG - MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE DIFFUSE END-STAGE CORONARY ARTERY
DISEASE (Invited Lecture) |
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R. Hetzer, T. Krabatsch, Berlin, Germany |
| 08:45 |
ANGIOGENSIS SURGICAL
THERAPY WITH HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1-ALPHA IN ENDSTAGE CORONARY
ARTERY DISEASE (Invited Lecture) |
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G.P. Fontana, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 09:00 |
LV RECONSTRUCTION FOR
ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture) |
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P.M. McCarthy, Cleveland, OH, USA |
| 09:15 |
RIGHT VENTRICLE-SPARING
HEART TRANSPLANTATION: NEW TECHNIQUE FOR THE RECIPIENT WITH PULMONARY
HYPERTENSION (Invited Lecture) |
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S. Tittle, C. Lovoulos, F. Lee, G.S. Kopf, J.A.
Elefteriades, New Haven, CT, USA |
| 09:30 |
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION:
OLD PROBLEM – NEW SOLUTIONS (Invited
Lecture) |
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R. Kass, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 09:45 |
HEART-LUNG
TRANSPLANTATION: FROM AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO AN ACCEPTED CLINICAL
THERAPY (Invited Lecture) |
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B. Reichart, H. Gulbins, B.M. Meiser,
Munich, Germany |
| 10:00 |
END STAGE CARDIOMYOPATHY:
HEART TRANSPLANTATION OR ALTERNATIVE SURGICAL TECHNIQUES (Invited
Lecture) |
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B.M. Meiser, J. Schirmer, H. Reichenspurner,
B. Reichart, Munich, Germany |
| 10:15 |
CELL TRANSPLANTATION
THERAPY WITH ALLOGENEIC BONE MARROW STROMAL CELLS IN A PORCINE
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION MODEL (Invited Lecture) |
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R. Makkar, M.S. Quayyum, K. Takizawa, M.
Lill, M. Frantzen, M.C. Fishbein, R. MacLellan, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2001
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| 08:30 - 10:45 |
COLUMBIA C
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Session:
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY:
NEW OBSERVATIONS AND APPROACHES |
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Chairperson: |
M.R. Johnson , Chicago IL, USA
R. Pacher , Vienna, Austria |
| 08:30 |
EVALUATION OF VIRAL
INFECTION IN THE MYOCARDIUM OF PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC DILATED
CARDIOMYOPATHY |
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S. Fujioka, Y. Kitaura, A. Ukimura, H.
Deguchi, K. Kawamura, T. Isomura, H. Suma, A. Shimizu, Osaka, Shonan,
Japan |
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COST EFFECTIVENESS OF
OUTPATIENT INOTROPIC THERAPY IN REFRACTORY HEART FAILURE |
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K. Vijayaraghavan, S. Crum, Q. Helgeson,
Phoenix, AZ, USA |
| 09:00 |
AGGRESSIVE MEDICAL
THERAPY IN HEART FAILURE IMPROVES ATRIAL FIBRILLATION CARDIOVERSION |
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K.O. Akosah, W. Brown, S. Smart, A. Schaper,
P. Havlik, S. Barnhart, J. Wypyzynski, S. Devine, La Crosse, WI, USA |
| 09:15 |
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
OXYGEN CONSUMPTION RECOVERY KINETICS IN THE EVALAUTION OF PATIENTS WITH
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE |
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E. Klainman, J. Lebzelter, G. Fink, M.R.
Kramer, Givatayim, Petach Tikva,, Israel |
| 09:30 |
HOSPITAL MORTALITY
FOLLOWING OPEN-HEART SURGERY BASED ON POSTOPERATIVE INOTROPIC DRUG
REQUIREMENTS: FORMULA FOR MECHANICAL CARDIAC ASSIST DEVICE INSERTION
PROTOCOL |
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L.E. Samuels, J. Entwistle, M.P. Thomas, J.N.
Kelly, E.C. Holmes, J. Narula, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| 09:45 |
HEMODYNAMIC
CHARACTERISTICS OF MECHANICAL PULSUS ALTERNANCE IN PATIENTS WITH
IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY |
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A. Hirashiki, H. Ishihara, H. Kanda, M.
Iwase, M. Yokota, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan |
| 10:00 |
CORRELATION BETWEEN THE
NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND CLINICAL AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY VARIABLES IN
PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE |
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F. Reis, N. Dantas, A. Fernandes, L. Alvim,
V. Souza, R. Barreto, A. Duarte, B. Aguiar, A. Rabelo Jr., Salvador,
Bahia, Brazil |
| 10:15 |
EXPERIMENTAL CELL PATCH
CARDIOMYOPLASTY IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION FOR PREVENTION OF
REMODELING |
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S.A. Taheri, H.J. Leonhardt, R. Heffner, M.
Noe, J. Naughton, J. Turkkan, Bufalo, NY, USA |
| 10:30 |
DEFINING A MURINE MODEL
OF HEART FAILURE : CRYOINJURY VS CORONARY LIGATION |
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K.A. Hutcheson, P.P.A. Mammen, R.S.
Williams, D.J. Garry, J.M. Dimaio, Dallas, TX, USA |
| 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
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TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2001
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| 10:45 - 13:45 |
COLUMBIA B
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Plenary Session:
RESULTS OF NEW
CLINICAL TRIALS IN HEART FAILURE |
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Chairpersons: |
U. Elkayam , Los Angeles, CA, USA
M. Gheorghiade , Chicago IL, USA |
| 10:45 |
HOSPITALIZATION FOR HEART
FAILURE: A CALL FOR ACTION (Invited Lecture) |
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M. Gheorghiade, Chicago, IL, USA |
| 11:00 |
AN OVERVIEW OF CLINICAL
TRIALS FOR NEW CARDIAC THERAPIES (Invited Lecture) |
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R.E. Hobbs, Cleveland, OH, USA |
| 11:15 |
OPPORTUNITIES AND
CHALLENGES IN THE TREATMENT OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IN 2001 (Invited
Lecture) |
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M.R. Johnson, Chicago, IL, USA |
| 11:30 |
PARTIAL PATTY ACID
OXIDATION INHIBITION: A NOVEL APPROACH FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART
FAILURE (Invited Lecture) |
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H.N. Sabbah, W.C. Stanley, Detroit, MI, USA |
| 11:45 |
NEW ADVANCES IN THE USE
OF AT1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS (ARBS) (Invited Lecture) |
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B.I. Jugdutt, Edmonton, AB, Canada |
| 12:00 |
TOLERABILITY OF
INITIATION OF BETA BLOCKADE (Invited Lecture) |
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S. Gottlieb, Baltimore, MD, USA |
| 12:15 |
PROSTAGLANDIN E1 AS
INTRAVENOUS UPFRONT THERAPY FOR THE USE OF ß-BLOCKERS IN HTx CANDIDATES
(Invited Lecture) |
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R. Pacher, M. Hulsmann, A. Bojic, J. Bialy,
D. Moertl, M. Grimm, B. Stanek, Vienna, Austria |
| 12:30 |
BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS OF
CHRONIC HEART FAILURE AS INFLUENCED BY ß-LOCKADE (Invited Lecture) |
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B. Stanek, M. Hulsmann, B. Sturm, J. Bergler-Klein,
R. Pacher, Vienna, Austria |
| 12:45 |
IMPROVEMENT OF LEFT
VENTRICLE MASS INDEX AND DIASTOLIC FUNCTION IN ELDERLY HYPERTROPHIC
HYPERTENSIVES BY LOSARTAN. TWO YEARS FOLLOW-UP |
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C. Moroni, A. Bossini, M. Nanetti, T.
Infusino, A. Mancini, R. Comacchia, V. Marigliano, R. Cassone, Rome,
Italy |
| 13:00 |
NEW PROBIOTIC
ANTIOXIDANTS FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE |
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V. Slesarev, R. Ellthorpe, T. Dimitrov,
Houston, TX, USA |
| 13:15 |
INTRAVENOUS NESIRITIDE (HBNP)
BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART
FAILURE, THE VMAC STUDY |
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U. Elkayam, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 13:30 |
REPORT OF THE
INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS PANEL FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (Invited
Lecture) |
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J.A. Reiffel, New York, NY, USA |
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TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2001
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| 10:45 - 13:00 |
COLUMBIA A
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Session: SURGERY FOR LV
DYSFUNCTION, CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION |
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Chairpersons: |
G.P. Fontana , Los Angeles, CA, USA
B.M. Meiser , Munich, Germany |
| 10:45 |
DYNAMIC AORTOMYOPLASTY
WITH LATISSIMUS DORSI IN HEART FAILURE |
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J.C. Trainini, A. Cristen, B. Elencwajg, J.
Barisani, E. Cabrera Fischer, J. Mouras, J. Binstein, J. De Paz, Buenos
Aires, Argentina |
| 11:00 |
HEART RETRANSPLANTATION:
INSTITUTIONAL RESULTS OF A SERIES OF 31 CASES |
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B. Schlechta, A.A. Kocher, M. Ehrlich, M.
Ploner, E. Wolner, G. Laufer, Vienna, Austria |
| 11:15 |
HAVE WE FOUND A RELIABLE
NON-INVASIVE METHOD TO PREDICT OR NOT, SEVERE REJECTION IN
HEART-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS? |
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H.R. Villarraga, H. Daza, J. Sanchez, M.
Badiel, F. Rosso, P. Olaya, Colombia |
| 11:30 |
ATTITUDINAL, BEHAVORIAL
AND CLINICAL VARIATION AMONG SOME HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANT PATIENTS |
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M. Moore Free, Dallas, TX, USA |
| 11:45 |
BIOMECHANICAL HEARTS:
MUSCULAR BLOOD PUMPS, PERFORMED IN A ONE- STEP OPERATION, AND TRAINED
UNDER SUPPORT OF CLENBUTEROL |
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N.W. Guldner, P. Klapproth, M. Grossherr, A.
Brugge, H.H. Sievers, Luebeck, Germany |
| 12:00 |
PREVENTION OF BONE LOSS
AFTER CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION WITH CALCITRIOL OR ALFACALCIDOL VS.
PLACEBO |
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C. Werner, S. Florian, K. Theisen, R.
Gartner, H.U. Stempfle, Munich, Germany |
| 12:15 |
ONE YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF
PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC SUPPORT DEVICE |
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S. Dushe, H. Hotz, D. Buttner, F.X. Kleber,
W. Konertz, Berlin, Germany |
| 12:30 |
A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED
STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO LEADING METHODS OF PREPARING
SKELETAL MUSCLE FOR CARDIAC AUGMENTATION |
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E.B.C. Woo, A. Tang, T.L. Hooper, S.
Salmons, Manchester, UK |
| 12:45 |
THE PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF
ELECTRICAL PRESTIMULATION ON MOBILIZED LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE |
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E.B.C. Woo, A. Tang, P.S. Hastleton, S.
Salmons, T.L. Hooper, Manchester, UK |
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TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2001
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| 10:45 - 13:15 |
COLUMBIA C
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Session:
INTERVENTIONAL
CARDIOLOGY II |
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Chairpersons: |
Fayaz
Shawl , Tacoma Park MD, USA
Walter Tan , Pittsburgh PA, USA |
| 10:45 |
IMPLANTATION OF CORONARY
PTFE-GRAFTS IN DEGENERATED SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFTS: ACUTE AND INTERMEDIATE
TERM RESULTS |
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M. Hofmann, J. Haase, H. Storger, F.
Schwartz, Frankfurt/Main, Germany |
| 11:00 |
COMPARISON OF CLINICAL
AND ANGIOGRAPHIC RESTENOTIC RATES BETWEEN DIRECT STENTING AND STENTING
WITH PREDILATATION. RESULTS FROM THE DISCO TRIAL |
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J.M. De La Torre, J. Zueco, A. Figueroa, J.M.
Ruiz-Nodar, L. Martinez-Elbal, J.R. Lopez-Minguez, C. Rodriguez, I.
Calvo, J. Moreu, Cantabria, Spain |
| 11:15 |
IN-STENT RESTENOSIS: CUT,
STRETCH OR DRILL? |
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R. Lowe, N. Palmer, S. Osula, R. Perry,
Liverpool, UK |
| 11:30 |
INFLUENCE OF SURFACE
CHARGE OF STENT MATERIAL ON THE GROWTH OF VASCULAR CELLS IN VITRO |
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N. Kipshidze, S. Iyer, V. Nikolaychik, G.
Roubin, V. Chekanov, M. Leon, J. Moses, New York, NY, USA |
| 11:45 |
PERIOPERATIVE USE OF
TIROFIBAN HYDROCLORIDE DOES NOT INCREASE SURGICAL BLEEDING AFTER
EMERGENT/URGENT CABG |
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F.F. Bizzarri, S. Scolletta, E. Neri, G.
Frati, Siena, Italy |
| 12:00 |
SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS
OF ENHANCED EXTERNAL COUNTERPULSATION IN IMPROVING ANGIOPLASTY
RESTENOSIS |
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T. Stys, W.E. Lawson, J.C.K. Hui, J.J.
Tartagalia, R. Subramanian, Z.M. Du, M.Q. Zhang, Stony Brook, NY, USA |
| 12:15 |
TREATMENT OF IATROGENIC
PSEUDOANEURYSMS OF THE FEMORAL ARTERY BY THROMBIN INJECTION: A
MULTICENTER REGISTRY |
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H. Sievert, W. Pfeil, R. Jaksch, A. Fach, M.
Kotzerke, Frankfurt,, Germany |
| 12:30 |
PLAQUE DESTABILIZATION
AND DISRUPTION IN WATANABE HERITABLE HYPERLIPIDEMIC RABBIT TREATED WITH
LIPOPOLYSACCARIDE AND VIPER VENOM |
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E. Bonanno, A. Mauriello, D. Pesce, C. De
Angelis, M.R. Lucreziotti, A. Gallo, L.G. Spagnoli, Rome, Italy |
| 12:45 |
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY ROLE FOR
THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY IN INFERIOR MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION |
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M. Boschello, C. Perrone, A. Cera, A.
Mecenero, E. De Dominicis, Arzignano, Vicenza, Italy |
| 13:00 |
URGENT ANGIOPLASTY FOR
AMI WITH PUMP FAILURE OR CARDIOGENIC SHOCK |
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Z. Huang, Y. Hou, D. Xu, P. Wu, Y. Liu,
Guangzhou, China |
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