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Sunday,
July 17, 2005
Monday,
July 18, 2005
Tuesday,
July 19, 2005
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Sunday, July 17, 2005

09:00 - 09:30   HALL B
  OC:  OPENING CEREMONY

Chairperson: J.S. Borer, New York, NY, USA

 
  GREETINGS
Asher Kimchi
, USA
Founder & Chairman
International Academy of Cardiology
12th World Congress on Heart Disease

Jeffrey S. Borer, USA 
Chairman, Scientific Executive Committee
Chairman, Section of Valvular Heart Disease
International Academy of Cardiology
12th World Congress on Heart Disease

Naranjan S. Dhalla, Canada  
Member, Scientific Executive Committee
Chairman, Section of Cellular Biology of the Heart
International Academy of Cardiology
12th World Congress on Heart Disease

John A. Elefteriades, USA   
Member, Scientific Executive Committee
Chairman, Section of Cardiovascular Surgery
International Academy of Cardiology
12th World Congress on Heart Disease
 

Uri Elkayam, USA
Member, Scientific Executive Committee
Chairman, Section of Heart Failure
International Academy of Cardiology
12th World Congress on Heart Disease

PRESENTATION OF 2005 AWARDS
Jeffrey S. Borer,
USA
John A. Elefteriades, USA 
 

 
09:35 - 10:15   HALL B
  OL: OPENING LECTURE:  FIRST H.J.C. SWAN MEMORIAL LECTURE

Chairperson: U. Elkayam, Los Angeles, CA, USA

 
09:35 INTRODUCTION

U. Elkayam, USA

 
09:40

INTEGRATION OF CARDIAC MRI, CARDIAC CT SCANNING, AND NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY IN CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS WITH KNOWN OR SUSPECTED CHRONIC CAD: WHICH TEST IN WHICH PATIENT?
D.S. Berman, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

 
10:15 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
10:45-13:15   HALL A
  PL01    Plenary Session:
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, GENETIC STUDIES

Chairpersons: N. S. Dhalla, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
                     H.N. Sabbah, Detroit, MI, USA

 
10:45 SARCOLEMMAL REMODELING IN HEART FAILURE DUE TO MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (Invited Lecture)
N.S. Dhalla, St. Boniface Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
 
11:00 REVERSAL OF MALADAPTIVE FETAL GENE PROGRAM FOLLOWING THERAPY WITH CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY MODULATION NON-EXCITATORY ELECTRIC SIGNALS (Invited Lecture)
H. Sabbah, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA
 
11:15 A GENERAL PARADIGM OF PROGRESS OF HEART FAILURE WITH THE CLEAVAGE AND TRANSLOCATION OF MYOCARDIAL DYSTROPHIN (Invited Lecture)
T. Toyo-oka, H. Kumagai, T. Kawada, F. Masui, A. Tezuka, T. Ebisawa, S. Kostin, M. Nakazawa, J. Schaper, K. Ozawa, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
 
11:30 GENDER DIMORPHIC RESPONSE OF HIF TO ACUTE ISCHEMIA (Invited Lecture)
M. Zampino, P. Goldspink, D. Geenen, P. Buttrick, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA 
 
12:00 HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
A.A. Knowlton, University of California, Davis, CA and VA Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
 
12:15 CARDIOVASCULAR PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF UROGUANYLIN IN DAHL-IWAI SALTS SENSITIVE RATS
Y. Momose, S. Yamamura, F. Okabe, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
 
12:30 DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY AS A DISEASE OF THE COSTAMERE
N.E. Bowles, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
 
12:45 GENETIC ALTERATION IN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR-A DEFINES NOVEL TARGET FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STATES
K.N. Pandey, Tulane University Health Sciences Center and School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
 
13:00 ROLES OF THE GAP JUNCTION IN ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING AGAINST MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
T. Miura, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
 
13:15 LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2005
10:45-12:45   HALL B
 

 

PL02   Plenary Session:
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES, ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY

Chairpersons: J.H. Chesebro, Jacksonville, FL, USA
                     S. Dalla-Volta, Padova, Italy

 

 

10:45 NON INVASIVE CORONARY ARTERY IMAGING BY MULTI-DECTECTOR SPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY: COMPARISON WITH INVASIVE CONVENTIONAL CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY (Invited Lecture)
S. Romano, P. Greco, L. Del Borrello, A. Ramondo, S. Dalla-Volta, L. Barachino, University of Padova Medical School, Padova, Italy
 
11:00 PROTEOMICS A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR THE STUDY OF BIOMARKERS DURING THE ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES (Invited Lecture)
A.L. Lopez Farre, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
 
11:15 WHAT HAVE THE INTRODUCTION OF TROPONIN AND THE NEW AMI DEFINITION DONE TO THE CORONARY CARE UNIT? IMPACTS ON CASE MIX, CASE LOAD AND PATIENT OUTCOME (Invited Lecture)
D. Zahger, Department of Cardiology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
 
11:30 RISK STRATIFICATION POST MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: IMPLICATIONS FROM THE INSPIRE TRIAL (Invited Lecture)
J. Mahmarian, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
 
11:45 IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR PATIENT (Invited Lecture)
J.H. Chesebro, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA
 
12:00 INCIDENCE OF HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA (HIT) AND ITS PROBLEMS IN JAPAN (Invited Lecture)
T. Tomaru, Cardiology Center, Toho University Sakura Hospital
 
 
12:15 COMPARISON OF PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION AND FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBANALYSES FROM THE DANAMI-2 TRIAL (Invited Lecture)
H. Kelbaek, H.R. Andersen, RigshoSpitalet and Skejby Hospital, Denmark
 
12:30 EARLY USE OF LIPID LOWERING DRUGS IN ACS (Invited Lecture)
S. Gottlieb, Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
 
12:45 LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
10:45 - 13:15   HALL C
  S51   Session:  
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PATHOGENESIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE, PULMONARY PULMONARY CIRCULATION ASPECTS, PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

Chairperson:   B.I. Jugdutt, Edmonton, Canada

 
10:45 PHARMACOLOGICAL STIMULATION OF BETA2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS (AR) ENHANCES THERAPEUTIC EFFECTIVENESS OF BETA1 AR BLOCKADE IN RODENT DILATED ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
I. Ahmet, E.G. Lakatta, M.I. Talan,
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
 
11:00 LEVOSIMENDAN IMPROVES LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION COMPARED WITH DOBUTAMINE IN THE TREATMENT OF CARDIOGENIC SHOCK COMPLICATING REVASCULARIZED ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
M. Garcia-Gonzalez, A. Dominguez-Rodriguez, J. Ferrer-Hita, P. Abreu-Gonzalez, M. Bethencourt-Munoz Hospital Universitario de Canarias. La Laguna, Tenerife. Spain
 
11:15 EFFECT OF TELMISARTAN AND LOSARTAN ON GLUCOSE METABOLISM IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME
C. Vitale, A Cornoldi, C. Castiglioni, A. Tulli, M. Volterrani, M. Fini, G.M.C. Rosano Fondazione San Raffaele IRCCS – Roma, Italy
 
11:30 A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF DIGOXIN FOR TREATMENT OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IN PATIENTS IN SINUS RHYTHM
W.B. Hood, Jr., A.L. Dans, G.H. Guyatt, R. Jaeschke, J.J.V. McMurray, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
 
11:45 MULTIDICIPLINARY TREATMENT IN SEVERE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
R.M. Ganam
, D. Hermoni, M. Abu-Rass,
Cardiology Department, Meir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, Israel
 
12:00 CLINICAL EFFICACY OF SILDENAFIL IN PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
B.K.S. Sastry, C. Narasimhan, N.K. Reddy, B.S. Raju
CARE Hospital, Hyderabad, AP, India
 
12:15 HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF NAIVE PATIENTS WITH HIV-ASSOCIATED PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
G. Barbaro, A. Lucchini, G. Barbarini, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
 
12:30 PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AS A PREDICTOR OF POOR OUTCOME IN ROBOTIC CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY
S. Joshi, A. Fischer, T. Sichrovsky, J.J. Derose, Jr., R.C. Ashton, S. Balaram, S. Bangalore, D. Gopinath, M. Vloka, J.S. Steinberg, St. Luke's –Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
 
12:45 LEVOSIMENDAN EFFECTIVELY REDUCES PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN HEART TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES
E. Herrera Garza, C. Macias Hidalgo, P. Martinez Bermudez, F. De la Fuente Magallanes, L. Elizondo Sifuentes, Hospital de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares y del Torax, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
 
13:00 INTRAVASCULAR THROMBOSIS FOLLOWING HYPOXIA-INDUCED PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IS REGULATED BY CYCLOOXYGENASE-2
M.C. Cathcart , A. Bradford, G. Chen, K. O' Byrne, D.J. Fitzgerald, G.P. Pidgeon, T.C.D./St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
 
13:15 LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
10:45 - 13:15   HALL D
  S52   Session:  
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: ATHEROSCLEROSIS: PRIMARY PREVENTION, TREATMENT, MODIFICATION OF LIPOPROTEINS

Chairperson:   B.F. Uretsky, Galveston, TX, USA

 
10:45 INFLAMMATORY BIOMARKERS AND CAD - HYPE AND HOPE (Invited Lecture)
R Schnabel, S Blankenberg, Medical Clinic II, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
 
11:00 ATORVASTATIN REDUCES INFARCT SIZE IN AN ISOLATED RAT HEART MODEL BY ACTIVATING PRO-SURVIVAL KINASES
K Mensah, M.M. Mocanu, D.M.Yellon, The Hatter Institute and Centre for Cardiology, University College London Hospitals and Medical School, London, United Kingdom
 
11:15 REGULATION OF MACROPHAGE SCAVENGER RECEPTOR EXPRESSION - NEW PLEIOTROPIC EFFECTS OF STATINS
J. Han, X. Zhou, M. Parson, A.C. Nicholson, A.M. Gotto, Jr., T. Yokoyama, D.P. Hajjar, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
 
11:30 REDUCTION OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS, SERUM LIPIDS AND OXIDATIVE STRESS, AND ELEVATION OF SERUM HDL-C BY LIGNAN COMPLEX  ISOLATED FROM FLAXSEED
K Prasad, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
 
11:45 LIPID OXIDISING CHLAMYDIA ANTIBODIES AS A NEW DRUG TARGET IN THE TREATMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
I.M. Petyaev, Cambridge Theranostics Ltd., Bioscience Innovation Centre, Cambridge, UK
 
12:00 SHORT AND LONG TERM CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY ANGINA USING CARDIAC SHOCK WAVE THERAPY 
A Gutersohn, G Caspari, R Erbel, University Essen Dep Cardiology, Essen, Germany
 
12:15 A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF DIETARY FIBER INTAKE ON SERUM LIPIDS
J Chen, P.K. Whelton, J. He, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
 
12:30 PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN
M. Hochleitner, A. Bader, B. Wildt
Innsbruck University Hospital, LBI Gender Studies, Women's Health Ofice, Innsbruck, Austria
 
12:45 PREVENTIVE DENTAL CARE MAY PREVENT CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY
A. Blum, E. Front , A. Peleg, K. Kruger, F. Vigder, Z. Laster, Poria Medical Center, Lower Galilee, Israel
 
13:00 LUNCH BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
14:00 - 16:15   HALL A
  PL03   Plenary Session:
ARRHYTHMIAS I: SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH / CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION / IMPLANTABLE ANTIARRHYTHMIC DEVICES

Chairpersons: M.E. Cain, St. Louis, MO, USA
                    
V.K. Somers, Rochester, MN, USA

 
14:00 SLEEP APNEA, ARRHYTHMIA AND SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH (Invited Lecture)
V.K. Somers, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
 
14:15 RISK STRATIFICATION FOR SUDDEN DEATH--IS EJECTION FRACTION ALONE SUFFICIENT? (Invited Lecture)
M.E. Cain, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
 
14:30 MINIMIZING UNNECESSARY RIGHT VENTRICULAR PACING IN AN ICD (Invited Lecture)
B Olshansky, D Lerew, S.P. McQuillen, J. Day, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
 
14:45 INDICATIONS FOR ICD IMPLANTATION-GUIDELINES FOR THE CLINICIAN (Invited Lecture)
C.T. Peter, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
 
15:00 THE IDENTIFICATION OF HEART FAILURE PATIENTS PRONE TO BENEFIT FROM CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY (Invited Lecture)
M.V. Pitzalis, M. Iacoviello, R. Romito, E. De Tommasi, P. Guida, G. Luzzi, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
 
15:15 PACING THERAPY: LESSONS LEARNED FROM MULTICENTER CLINICAL STUDIES (Invited Lecture)
P Levine,
St. Jude Medical CRMD, Sylmar, CA, USA
 
15:30 THE FULLY AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR: THE REALITY OF A NEW MEANINGFUL SCENARIO (Invited Lecture)
A Martinez-Rubio, Hospital de Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
 
15:45 UBIQUINONE AND HYPOTHERMIA AFTER CARDIAC ARREST: CLINICAL RESULTS, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PREDICTORS
M.S. Damian
, D. Ellenberg, R. Gildemeister, G. Simonis, J. Lauermann, W. Sauter, C. Georg, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
 
16:00 CORONARY VEIN BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY FOR LEFT VENTRICULAR PACEMAKER LEAD IMPLANTATION
B Hansky, J. Vogt, H. Gueldner, J. Heintze, B. Lamp, D. Horstkotte, R Koerfer, Heart Center NRW, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
 
16:15 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
14:00 - 16:45   HALL B
  PL04   Plenary Session:
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CARDIAC IMAGING

Chairpersons:  D.S. Berman, Los Angeles, CA, USA
                      A. Lahiri, London, UK

 
14:00 NONINVASIVE ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUES IN THE EVALUATION OF SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE—STATE OF THE ART (Invited Lecture)
J.M. Gardin, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
 
14:15 ULTRASOUND ASSESSMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK (Invited Lecture)
P.R. Liebson, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Il, USA
 
14:30 CORONARY CALCIUM, SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHAEMIA AND INFLAMMATORY BIOMARKERS IN ASYMPTOMATIC TYPE 2 DIABETIC SUBJECTS WITHOUT PRIOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
V.A. Dhakshinamurthy, E. Lim, D. Hopkins, R. Corder, A. Lahiri, Cardiac Imaging and Research Centre, Wellington Hospital, London, UK
 
14:45 NEW INSIGHT IN THE EVALUATION OF THE REGIONAL LEFT VENTRICLE  FUNCTION (Invited Lecture)
F Fedele, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
 
15:00 NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY: WHICH GOLD STANDARD FOR SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY? (Invited Lecture)
P Marzullo, A Gimelli, A Giorgetti, A Kusch, EM Ferdeghini, Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR, Pisa, Italy
 
15:15 NEW METHODS OF MEASURING ATRIAL FUNCTION (Invited Lecture)
B.D. Hoit
, University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
 
15:30 ADVANCES IN CARDIOVASCULAR MOLECULAR IMAGING (Invited Lecture)
V Dilsizian, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
 
15:45 NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEART DISEASE IN DIABETES (Invited Lecture)
R.G. Schwartz, Preventive & Nuclear Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
 
16:00 STRAIN-RATE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
C Pislaru, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
 
16:15 STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY:  STATE-OF-THE-ART (Invited Lecture)
P.A. Pellikka, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA
 
16:30 ASSESSMENT OF MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION BY CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE (Invited Lecture)
L.J. Jimenez-Borreguero, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
 
16:45 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
14:00 - 15:45   HALL C
  S54  Session:
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: SECONDARY PREVENTION, PROGNOSIS, RISK STRATIFICATION

Chairpersons:  Y. Charuzi, Los Angeles, CA
                      J.J. Mahmarian, Houston, TX, USA

 
14:00 COMPLEMENTARY ANALYSIS OF EFFICACY AND SAFETY AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS FOR LONG-TERM SECONDARY PREVENTION OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM WITH XIMELAGATRAN
S Schulman, T Lundstrom, K Wahlander, S Billing Clason, H Eriksson, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
 
14:15 TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE (TIMP)-1 A RISK PREDICTOR FOR FUTURE CARDIOVASCULAR DEATH
E Lubos, R Schnabel, H.J. Rupprecht, C. Bickel, R. Walscheid, S. Prigge, L. Tiret, T. Münzel, S. Blankenberg, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
 
14:30 RISK FACTORS AND COMPRESSION OF CARDIOVASCULAR MORBIDITY- A LIFE HISTORY ANALYSIS OF THE 46-YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF THE FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY
A.A. Mamun, GM Williams, A. Peeters, L. Bonnuex, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
 
14:45 DIFFERENT EFFECT OF CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION IN ANGINA AND POST_INFARCTION PATIENTS 
C Carpeggiani, P Landi, E Barberini, A Niccolini, A L'Abbate, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy
 
15:00 MELATONIN: A NOVEL PREDICTOR OF PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE IN PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
A. Dominguez-Rodriguez, P. Abreu-Gonzalez, M. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. Ferrer-Hita, M. Bethencourt-Munoz, R.J. Reiter, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
 
15:15 PREDICTION OF THE MULTIVESSEL DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES WITHOUT ST ELEVATION ON PRE-ANGIOGRAPHY BASIS
R Glowczynska, M Grabowski, K.J. Filipiak, G. Karpinski, L.A. Malek, J Kochman, G. Opolski, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
 
15:30 SURVEY OF THE EFFECTIVE FACTORS ON SLEEP QUALITY IN PATIENTS AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT (CABG) SURGERY IN RASHT, 2002
M. Ehsani, M. Baghaei, C. Mitra, N. Kazem, Azad University, Tonkabon, Iran
 
15:45 COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION  
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
16:45-19:15   HALL A
  PL05   Plenary Session:
VASCULAR BIOLOGY, ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION

Chairpersons:  M.A. Rossi, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
                      J-F. Tanguay, Montreal, Canada

 
16:45 INTIMAL REMODELING IN HYPERTENSION AND STEADY FLOW OR NORMOTENSION AND TURBULENT FLOW (Invited Lecture)
C.M. Prado, S.G. Ramos, J.C. Alves-Filho, J. Elias Jr., M.A. Rossi, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
 
17:00 VASCULAR EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE. LESSONS FROM ANIMAL MODELS (Invited Lecture)
G Kojda, Institut fuer Pharmakologie und Klinische Pharmakologie,  Heinrich-Heine Universitaet, Duesseldorf, Germany
 
17:15 ESTRADIOL AND VASCULAR HEALING: A PROMISING THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY (Invited Lecture)
J-F Tanguay, P. Geraldes, M.G. Sirois, I. Cloutie
Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal, Montreal, Qc, Canada
 
17:30 CONTROLLING INFLAMMATORY CELL ACTIVATION AND RESTORING ENDOTHELIAL CELL FUNCTION DURING OXIDATIVE STRESS THROUGH NOVEL CELLULAR TARGETS (Invited Lecture)
K Maiese, Z.Z. Chong, F. Li, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
 
17:45 NF-KAPPAB SIGNALING IN VASCULAR REPAIR (Invited Lecture)
Z.Q. Yan , W. Erl, D.X Bu, R de Martin, G.K Hansson
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
 
18:00 ROLE OF ANGIOTENSIN II AND MECHANICAL PRESSURE IN OXIDATIVE STRESS IN ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION (Invited Lecture)
Y Higashi, Hiroshima University, Cardiovascular Physiology and Medicine, Hiroshima, Japan
 
18:15 CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE INHIBITION IN REPERFUSION INJURY AND IN HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
C Szabo, Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Beverly, MA, USA
 
18:30 RESPECTIVE ROLE OF NITRIC OXIDE AND PROSTAGLANDINS IN ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION (Invited Lecture)
L Belhassen, Hopital Prive d'Antony, Antony, France
 
18:45 IS EXPRESSIONAL UPREGULATION OF ENDOTHELIAL NO SYNTHASE A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO PREVENT VASCULAR DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
U. Forstermann, H. Li, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
 
19:00 IN VIVO CASPASE INHIBITION PREVENTS PLAQUE PROGRESSION  IN A MOUSE MODEL OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
R. Hutter, C. Valdiviezo, B. Sauter, J.J. Badimon, V. Fuster, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
 
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
16:45 - 18:15   HALL B
  PL06   Plenary Session:
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PATHOGENESIS AND MANAGEMENT OF  HEART FAILURE

Chairpersons: U. Elkayam, Los Angeles, CA, USA
                     U. Thadani, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

 
16:45 AN ANIMAL MODEL OF DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; IMPLICATION OF MEDICAL TREATMENT (Invited Lecture)
M Hori, K Yamamoto, Y Sakata, T Masuyama
Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
 
17:00 ASSESSMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC FUNCTION: ROLE OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES (Invited Lecture)
S.F. Nagueh, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
 
17:15 ENDOCARDIAL RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF SEPTAL HYPERTROPHY (ERASH) FOR HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY: A NEW MODALITY OF GRADIENT REDUCTION? (Invited Lecture)
T Lawrenz , F Lieder, M Bartelsmeier-Schmale, H Kuhn, Bielefeld Klinikum, Dept. of Cardiology, Bielefeld, Germany
 
17:30
 
CARDIORENAL SYNDROME IN HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
U. Elkayam,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
 
17:45 IS EMPATHY AN EFFICIENT ADJUNCT THERAPY IN SEVERE HEART FAILURE? (Invited Lecture)
H. J. Geschwind, Paris 12 University, Creteil and EHESS, Paris, France
 
18:00 SEX, LIES AND HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
M. Martinez-Selles, University Hospital Gregorio Maranon, Madrid, Spain
 
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005
16:30 - 19:00   HALL C
  S55  Session:
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

Chairperson: N. Lakkis, Houston, TX, USA                

 
16:45 LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION TO PREVENT STROKE IN SUB-OPTIMAL WARFARIN CANDIDATES: INTERIM RESULTS OF THE EUROPEAN MULTICENTER REGISTRY TRIAL
H Sievert, Y. Bayard, H. Omran, L.Thuesen, M. Pichler; E. Rowland, A. Bartorelli; P. Brugada, P.W. Serruys; W. Budts; A. Ramondo; A. Vahanian; P. Probst; G. Montalescot; J-F. Piéchaud; K-H. Kuck; W. Ruzyllo, J. Marco, T. Wichter, E. Garcia, E Onorato, E. Fischer, M. Leetz, S. Ostermayer, F. Büscheck, H. Lissmann-Jensen, K. Lang, CardioVascular Center Frankfurt, Sankt Katharinen, Frankfurt, Germany
 
17:00 SYSTEMIC NANOPARTICLE ALBUMIN-BOUND PACLITAXEL (ABI-007) FOR PREVENTION OF IN-STENT RESTENOSIS (SNAPIST-I):  A FIRST IN MAN SAFETY AND DOSE FINDING STUDY
J.E. McDonald, W.P. Klinke, J. Margolis, R. Heuser, R. Waksman, R Virmani, J. Fajadet, J.D. Hilton, Victoria Heart Institute Foundation, Victoria, BC, Canada
 
17:15 NEW INSIGHT IN TRANSCATHETER VALVE REPLACEMENT : APPROACHING THE ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVES. AN ANIMAL STUDY 
Y Boudjemline, G Agnoletti, D Bonnet, D Sidi, P Bonhoeffer, Pediatic Cardiology, Necker for Sick Children Hospital, Paris, France, EMUI 0016, Necker University, Paris, France
 
17:30 DOES VASCULAR PATENCY OF CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION(CTO) CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVE THE LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS?
K. Hirano
, T. Muramatsu, R. Tsukahara, Y. Ito, Y. Furuse, S. Nishimura, T. Tsubota, T Orita, Kawasaki Social Insurance Hospital, Kawasaki City, Japan
 
17:45 IN-STENT RESTENOSIS OFTEN MANIFESTS AS ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME: IMPLICATIONS FOR WIESPREAD USE OF DRUG-ELUTING STENTS
V.N. Singh, R. Sharma, M. Richardson, Suncoast Cardiovascular Research, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
 
18:00 PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTION TO THE UNPROTECTED LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY: TWELVE MONTH EXPERIENCE OF UNSELECTED CASES
A.K. Jain, E.J.Smith, S.K. Shukla, A. Mathur, J.C. Hogan, C.J. Knight, A.D. Timmis, M.T. Rothman, Barts and The London NHS Trust, London, England, U.K.
 
18:15 STENT-GRAFT TREATMENT OF COMPLETE ACUTE AORTIC TRANSECTION AND PSEUDO-COARTACTION
E. de Cillis, A.S. Bortone , D. D'Agostino, L. de Luca Tupputi Schinosa, Institute of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bari, Italy
 
18:30 LONG-TERM  RESULTS OF CAROTID STENTING
H. Sievert, E. Schluessmann, J.Sugita, K. Rabe, H. Goedel, H. Lissmann-Jensen, A. Römer, K. Lang, I. Hofmann, T. Middeldorf, P. Schneider, U. Oetjen, C. Thomalske, CardioVascular Center Frankfurt, Sankt Katharinen, Frankfurt, Germany
 
18:45 TOWARDS OFF-SITE PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL
V Umans, H Peels, H de Swart, R Hautvast
Medical Center Alkmaar, The Netherlands
 

 

 

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