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Sunday,
July 17, 2005
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July 18, 2005
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July 19, 2005
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Poster Sessions Poster Sessions Poster Sessions

 

Sunday, July 17, 2005

8:30 - 12:30    
Board No.

 

 POSTER HALL

 

P101  Poster Session:  
VASCULAR BIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH I

 
1

RELEASE OF CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE FROM THE ISOLATED MOUSE HEART: ROLE OF DIFFERENT PROTON-SENSITIVE MECHANISMS
T. Strecker, P.W. Reeh, M. Weyand, K. Messlinger, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany

 
2

INDUCTION OF HO-1 SUPPRESSES ENDOTHELIAL ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME EXPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE
W.H Yin, PL Liu, MS Young, SJ Lin, YR Kou, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

 
3

RESPONSES OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS TO CIGARETTE SMOKE PARTICULATE MATTER
M.D Gaca, N. Cockcroft, A. Richter, E.D Massey
British American Tobacco, Southampton, Hants, UK

 
4 REGULATION OF DISCOIDIN DOMAIN RECEPTOR 2 BY CYCLICAL MECHANICAL STRETCH IN CULTURED RAT VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS
B.W Wang, K.G Shyu, P. Kuan
Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
 
5 CARDIOVASCULAR CHANGES DURING EPILEPTIC SEIZURES IN CONSCIOUS RATS
M.I Beig, R. Chandra, A. Katyal, M. Fahim, A. Talwar
University of Delhi, Delhi, India
 
6 THROMBOSIS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEOINTIMA: ROLE OF GROWTH FACTORS, CYTOKINES AND OXIDATIVE STRESS
C.T Beneli, P.F Barbosa, F.S Ramalho, M.A Rossi, S.G Ramos, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
 
7 COMPOUNDS FROM RED WINE IN ISOLATED RAT AORTA AND PORCINE CORONARY ARTERY: DO THEY ACT AS PHARMACOLOGIC OR PROTECTIVE AGENTS?
I. Music, B. Bradesko, D. Dobovsek, J. Kuzner, V. Katalinic, D. Modun, G. Drevensek, M Budihna, M Boban, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
 
8 CATECHIN ENHANCES THE LEVEL OF THE INTRCELLULAR HIF-1ALPHA PROTEIN
F. Tsukiyama, M. Yoshida, T. Tokuhara, Y. Nakai, H. Hayashi, K. Hirota, T. Katsumata, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan
 
 

 

 
 

P102  Poster Session  
DIAGNOSTIC METHODS

 
9

AN APPROACH TO QUANTIFY DIFFUSELY DISEASED CORONARY ARTERIES; ECG-GATED 3D INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND (IVUS) RECONSTRUCTION METHOD
S. Yokoyama, S. Saito, Y. Li, T. Takayama, S. Saruya, M. Akabane, T. Kawano, M. Ichikawa, J. Honye, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

 
10

MICRO-CORONARY VESSEL IMAGING USING PHASE-CONTRAST X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
J. Wu, T. Takeda, L. Thet Thet, A. Yoneyama, Y. Tsuchiya, T. Imazuru, S. Matsushita, Y. Hirai, M. Minami, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

 
11

CAROTID ARTERY WALL ACCELERATION IS A MARKER OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
O. Pascal, G. Pelle, J.L Dubois Rande, C. Carville, L Belhassen, Hopital Prive d'Antony, Antony and Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France

 
12

LESION CHARACTERISTICS OF CORONARY CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSIONS EVALUATED BY INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND
T Takayama, Y Li, S Saito, J Honye, S Yokoyama, T Saruya, M Akabane, T Kawano, M Ichikawa, N Fukuda, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

 
13

A NEW STEP-WISE STRATEGY FOR THE DETECTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE USING VASCULAR ULTRASONOGRAPHY
A.M AbdelWahab, E Baligh, M Mokhtar, A.M Zaki, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

 
14

TRANSCUTANEOUS TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION OF ATHEROMA BASED ON ELASTICITY IMAGING WITH ULTRASOUND
H Hasegawa, J Inagaki, H Kanai, M Ichiki, F Tezuka, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

 
15

FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE TO ASSESS CORONARY LESIONS OF UNCERTAIN SEVERITY IN UNSTABLE ANGINA: MEDIUM-TERM FOLLOW-UP
L.A. Inigo-Garcia, O. Sanz, F.Torres, F. Ruiz-Mateas, M. Pombo, G. Rosas, J. Carretero, C. Corona, A. Gutierrez, M.J. Garcia, Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Spain

 
16

VARIABILITY IN QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF THE SAME SEGMENT WITH TWO DIFFERENT INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND
Y Li, J Honye, S Saito, T Takayama, S Yokoyama, T Saruya, M Akabane, T Kawano, M Ichikawa, S Kunimoto, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

 
17

IMPACT OF NEW ANGIOSCPY  SYSTEM FOR VIAUALIZATION OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIES
T Sakurai, K Nakamura, K Shimizu, M Kanai, K Yoshinaga, K Aoyagi, M Takahashi, Y Uhcida, Y Sugiyama, T Tomaru, Toho University Sakura Hospital, Sakura, Chiba, Japan

 
18

CHARACTERISTICS OF INFARCT RELATED ARTERY AFTER THROMBOLYSIS
S Yokoyama, Y Li, T Takayama, T Saruya, J Honye, S Saito
Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

 
 

 

 
 

P103  Poster Session  
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

 
21 WHETHER ORAL CRUSHED CLOPIDOGREL WILL INHIBIT PLATELET AGGREGATION EARLIER THAN WHOLE TABLETS?
J-M Lee
, H-J Yoon, C-S Park, K-W Moon, S-W Jin, K-D Yoo, D-S Jeon, W-S Chung, J-J Kim, K-B Seung, J-H Kim, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
 
23

FIRST EXPERIENCE IN TRANSCATHETER CLOSURE OF SECUNDUM ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECTS USING THE AMPLATZER SEPTAL OCCLUDER IN VIETNAM
N.L. Hieu, P.M. Hung, N.N Quang, D.D. Loi, N.M Ngoc, K.N Huong, N.L Viet, P.G Khai, L.T Phi, T. Nguyen, Vietnam Heart Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam

 
24

USE OF A COMBINED MOBILE PHONE AND FAX SOLUTION SPEEDS UP THE SELECTION OF PATIENTS FOR ACUTE CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION
J Ravkilde, Skejby Hospital - Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus Denmark

 
25

TREATMENT OF SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT ANEURYSM WITH THE POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE-COVERED STENT: ONE-YEAR CLINICAL AND ANGIOGRAPHIC FOLLOW-UP
P.C Ho, C.Y Leung, Hawaii Region Kaiser Permanente, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

 
26

TRANSCATHETER OCCLUSION OF CORONARY ARTERY FISTULAE IN VIETNAM
N.L Hieu, P.M Hung, N.N Quang, D.D Loi, K.N Huong, N.L Viet, P.G Khai, L.T Phi
Vietnam Heart Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam

 
27

AORTIC ISTHMUS STENT-GRAFT TREATMENT: HUMAN IMPLANTATION OF INNOVATIVE DEDICATED DEVICES 
E. de Cillis, A.S. Bortone , D. D'Agostino, L. de Luca Tupputi Schinosa,
Institute of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bari, Italy

 
28

CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY AFTER NON ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION CARRIES A WORSE SHORT TERM OUTCOME WHEN COMPARED TO THAT OF ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION OR UNSTABLE ANGINA
Y Y Abdelmonem , M  Abdelhameed, H I Kandil, Sh F Eltobgi, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

 
29

SIXTH MONTHS CLINICAL FOLLOW UP POST BYPASS GRAFT DISEASE TREATED WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENTS VERSUS BARE METAL STENTS 
D.A Locca, G Girod, C Imsand, P Vogt, Sion Hospital, Sion, Switzerland

 
30

IMPACT OF ABCIXIMAB ON CORONARY RESTENOSIS IN DIABETIC PATIENTS UNDERGOING ELECTIVE PACLITAXEL-ELUTING STENT IMPLANTATION
L. De Luca, G Sardella, G DePersio, A DiRoma, G Benedetti, G Conti, M Mancone, F Fedele, Dept. of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

 
 

 

 

SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005

Board No.

 

 POSTER HALL

 

P104   Poster Session:  
RENAL ASPECTS

 
31

EVALUATION OF N-ACETYLCYSTEINE ON CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY: COMPARISON OF CAUCASIANS, HISPANICS, AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS
H. Gnanasekeram, V.K. Verma, T.R Engel, J.E Parrillo, E.A Iliadis, Cooper Hospital - UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, NJ, USA

 
 

 

 
 

P105   Poster Session:  
PREDICTORS AND MARKERS OF HEART FAILURE OUTCOME I

 
33

A COMPARISON OF THE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF THE LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION DETERMINED BY NUCLEAR PERFUSION IMAGING AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
M Yamini, N Ahmed, M.X Pham, P.A Heidenreich,
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA

 
34

PREDICTORS OF RECURRENT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS IN A LARGE HEART FAILURE CARE PROGRAM
S Brar, A Mehany, R Zadegan, A Lai, A Shen, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

 
35

LOW HDL IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER NYHA CLASS AND PREDICTS DEATH IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION
T Sampietro, F Bigazzi, B Dal Pino, P Landi, M Puntoni, B Pennato, A Bionda, C Carpeggiani, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy

 
36

PERIPHERAL EDEMA: PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATION WITH OUTCOME IN PRIMARY CARE
N Ahmed, M Park, P Nagarajan, M Yamini,  P.A Heidenreich, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA

 
37

BLOOD UREA NITROGEN LEVEL AT ADMISSION -  PROGNOSTIC MARKER IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
M Roik, S Stawicki, MH Starczewska, A Solarska, O Warszawik, D Kosior, G Opolski, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

 
38

CARDIAC TROPONIN T (CTNT) PREDICTS SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS WITH DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE (DHF) ON HOSPITAL ADMISSION
M.D Oliveira, J Alvares, L.C  Brant,  M.C Moreira,
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Hospital Felicio Rocho

 
39

CYSTATIN C AND CREATININE-BASED ESTIMATION OF RENAL FUNCTION IN CACHECTIC AND NONCACHECTIC HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
P Rozentryt, J Nowak, A Brachowska, L Polonski, R Deja, W Bartnik, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland

 
40 HEART FAILURE : PATIENTS VIEWS TO GUIDE FUTURE PRACTICE
S.M Deepak, W Khan, T Coppinger, C Wywell, N.H Brooks,
Wythenshawe Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, Manchester, UK
 
 

 

 
 

P106   Poster Session:  
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES OF MAPPING AND RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION

 
41

NEURONAL SYNAPTOGENESIS IS AUGMENTED BY NORMAL HDL AND IS PREVENTED BY DYSFUNCTIONAL HDL
K Navab, UCLA Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

 
42

WHICH COMPONENT IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE SUCCESS OF MODIFIED MAZE SURGERY : TRIGGER OR SUBSTRATE MODIFICATION? 
K.J Choi, J Kim, G.B Nam, Y.H Kim, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

 
43

ANALYSIS OF SINUS NODE ACTIVATION BY NONCONTACT VOLTAGE MAPPING 
R.C Klein, University of Utah, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

 
44 CRYOABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: THE SURGIFROST TM CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM
S Christiansen, R Autschbach, University of Aachen, Germany
 
45 ASSESSMENT OF CONDUCTION RECURRENCE ACROSS RF LESIONS PRODUCING ELECTRICAL DISCONNECTION AT PULMONARY VEIN OSTIUM
S Bentivegna , S Negroni, D Pecora, PP Lupo, A Carolei, C Esposito, F Furlanello, L De Ambroggi, R Cappato, Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Centre, Policlinico San Donato, Milanese, Milan, Italy
 
 

 

 
 

P107   Poster Session:  
INTERNAL DEFRIBRILLATION/IMPLANTABLE ANTIARRHYTHMIC DEVICES/PACING

 
46

COMPARISON OF UNIPOLAR VERSUS BIPOLAR PACING THRESHOLDS AND IMPEDANCES
J.S. Goodman, K.J. Chase, S. Merkel, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

 
47

IMPLANTATION SUCCESS RATE OF BIVENTRICULAR PACEMAKERS IN REAL LIFE CLINICAL PRACTICE
S.G Williams, A Patwala, D.J Wright, D.T Connelly, W.J Hobbs, J Pyatt, D.M Todd,
Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, UK

 
48

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DOES NOT REDUCE VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS
G Lin, P.A Brady, T.L Webster, S.C Hammill, R.F Rea, D.L Hayes, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

 
49

LONG TERM STABILITY OF CORONARY SINUS LEADS FOR CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
G Lin, P.A  Brady, T.L  Webster, R.F Rea, D.L Hayes
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

 
50

ENDOTAK RELIANCE G EVALUATION OF HANDLING AND ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE (REFLEX) STUDY - MULTICENTER, RANDOMIZED, PROSPECTIVE TRIAL
R.A.S Cooper, K Chase, Guidant Corporation, St. Paul, MN, USA

 
 

 

 

SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005

Board No.

 

POSTER HALL

 

P108   Poster Session:
MISCELLANEOUS 1

 
51

MAJOR CAUSES OF DEATH IN CHINA: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 169,871 MEN AND WOMEN
J He, D Gu, J Chen, K Reynolds, C Chen, R Wildman, P Whelton, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA

 
52

MINOCYCLINE IS EFFECTIVE FOR THE ACTIVE TAKAYASU ARTERITIS
A Matsuyama, N Sakai, M Ishigamai, H Hiraoka, S Yamashita
Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Osaka, Japan

 
53

SPATIAL RESOLUTION EFFECT IN MYOCARDIAL FATTY ACID METABOLIC IMAGE IN FLUORESCENT X-RAT CT
T Takeda, J Wu, T.T Lwin, N Sunaguchi, T Yuasa, F.A Dilmanian, M Minami, T Akatsuka, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan

 
54

ONE YEAR ATROVASTATIN THERAPY FOR SEVERE ISCHEMIC HEART FAILURE WITH COR PULMONALE
X.H Zeng, X.J Zeng, Y.Y Li, T Yuan, Chengdu Red Cross Hospital, Chengdu, China

 
55

SMOKING INCREASES COLD-PRESSOR MEDIATED ARTERIOR STIFFNESS
A Nishiyama, T Nakata, M Sakai, T Oonishi, M Setsuda, A Kasai, N Houda, Y Kakuta, Yamada Red Cross Hospital, Watarai, Mie, Japan

 
56 MIXED SALAD VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION IMPROVES PLASMA LIPID STATUS, AND PREVENTS PLASMA LIPID OXIDATION AND CELLULAR DNA DAMAGE IN HEALTHY MAN
M.R Kim, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea
 
57

THE EFFECT OF CRITICAL PATHWAY ON DISCHARGE TIME AFTER CABG
F Kamrani, M Khalighi Monfared, R Alizadehnoori
Shahi Beheshti Medical Sciences University, Tehran, Iran

 
58 HEMODYNAMIC CHANGE AFTER HALF BODY BATHING IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTOR
W.I Rhee, Y.J Ko, Catholic University, Seoul, Korea
 
 

 

 
14:00 - 18:00    
 

P201   Poster Session:  
MOLECULAR CARDIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH I

 
1 HUMAN CONNEXIN40 GENE POLYMORPHISMS AFFECT PROMOTER ACTIVITY BY ALTERING BINDING OF NFAT AND GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS
M Firouzi, M.F Bierhuizen, B Kok, B.E Teunissen, A Jansen, A Brutel de la Riviere, W.A Groenewegen, H.J Jongsma, UMC, Utrecht, The Netherlands
 
2

D-4F AN APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I MIMETIC PEPTIDE DECREASES HDL LIPID HYDROPEROXIDES AND INCREASES PARAOXONASE ACTIVITY
E Bachini, UCLA Medicine Los Angeles, CA, USA

 
3

THE PROINFLAMMATRY PROPERTIES OF HDL ARE INVERSELY CORRELATED WITH THE ABILITY OF HDL TO REMOVE CHOLESTEROLFROM HUMAN MONOCYTE MACROPHAGES
S Pak, UCLA Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

 
4

CARDIAC CHANGES IN EXPERIMENTAL SEPSIS 
M Rubia Nunes Celes, D.T Duenas, J.C Alves-Filho, F.Q Cunha, M.A Rossi, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil

 
5

ALPHA-LIPOIC ACID AMELIORATES DOXORUBICIN-INDUCED MYOCARDIAL TOXICITY
A.A Al-Majed, A.M Gado, O.A Al-Shabanah, M.A Mansour
College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

 
6

THE ROLES OF SERUM MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES IN PATIENTS WITH PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION TO HEART FAILURE
M.H Chang, G.P Jong, T Ma, S.D Kuo, Armed Force Taichung General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

 
7

MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES AS NOVEL DISEASE MARKERS IN TAKAYASU ARTERITIS
A Matsuyama, N Sakai, M Ishigamai, H Hiraoka, S Yamashita, Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Osaka, Japan

 
8

CYCLOPHOPHAMIDE FACILITATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHAGASIC MYOCARDIOPATHY IN RATS INFECTED WITH TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI 
M.J Labrador-Hernandez, O.J Suarez-Graterol, C.R Alvarez-Yepez, L.P Rumenoff-Soto, C.C Rodriguez-Bonfante, R.A Bonfante-Cabarcas, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela

 
9

13 (S)-HPODE CONVERTS HDL TO PROINFLAMMATORY THAT I SREVERSED BY D-4F
N Yu, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

 
10

HEPARIN ADDED TO CARDIOPLEGIC SOLUTION INHIBITS TNF-ALPHA PRODUCTION AND ATTENUATES MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIC-REPERFUSION INJURY
I. Frolkis
, D. Pevni, I. Shapira, Y. Paz, N. Nesher,  R. Mohr, G. Uretzky, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center andTel Aviv University, Israel

 
 

 

 
 

P202   Poster Session:  
BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS OF ACUTE ISCHEMIA

 
11

COST-EFFECTIVENESS IS LOW WHEN MEASURING CARDIAC MARKERS AFTER ELECTIVE PCI
S Hjortshoj, J Ravkilde, Aalborg hospital - Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

 
13

INTERLEUKIN-6 AND VEGF IN ACUTE PHASE OF STEMI IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY
M Pyda, M Lanocha, A Katarzynska, O Trojnarska, Z Sarnowska, O Araszkiewicz, A Pyda, T Mularek, M Lesiak, A Cieslinski, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland

 
14

THE ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION TEST AS A CYTOKINE SENSITIVE BIOMARKER. A MODEL IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE/TIA 
I. Shapira, E. Ben Assayag, I. Bova, H. Peretz, N.M Bornstein, S. Berliner, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

 
15

SIGNIFICANT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH A FALSE-POSITIVE CARDIAC TROPONIN I TEST 
P.H Chu, C.J Ng, H.D Ning, J.C Chen, H.L Wu
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

 
16

ECOCARDIOGRAPHY AND TROPONIN I IN PATIENTS WITH ISCAHEMIC HEART DISEASE  
S .E Alansari, B.C Croal, Armed Forces Hospital, Ministry of Defense, Kuwait

 
 

 

 
 

P203   Poster Session:
THE PLAQUE AND ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES

 
19

ROLE OF HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS IN CARDIAC PATIENTS S.E Alansari, B.C Croal, Armed Forces Hospital, Ministry of Defense, Kuwait

 
20

EVALUATION OF PLATELET INDICES AND COUNT  IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE PATIENTS COMPARED TO NORMAL POPULATION
N Mesbah Ardakani, M Saravi, S Shafahi, M Sharbatdaran, K HajianBabol, University of Medical Science, Babol, Iran

 
21

IN THROMBUS-CONTAINING LESIONS, WHAT DETERMINES IMPROVEMENT IN LEFT VENTRICULAR REGIONAL FUNCTION AFTER SUCCESSFUL PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
A.M Mahrous, M.M Abdelghany, S Ghareeb, S Eltobgy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

 
 

 

 
 

P204   Poster Session:
MYOCARDIAL STUNNING, HIBERNATION AND PRECONDITIONING

 
22

THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF CHRONIC STATIN TREATMENT ARE NOT MEDIATED BY DIRECT EFFECTS ON THE ISCHAEMIC MYOCARDIUM
K Mensah, M.M Mocanu, D.M Yellon
University College London Hospitals and Medical School, London, United Kingdom

 
23

URACIL NUCLEOTIDES PROTECT CARDIOMYOCYTES FROM HYPOXIC STRESS
S Yitzhaki, V Shneyvays, K. A Jacobson, A Shainberg
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

 
24

PROTECTION "OUTSIDE THE BOX" (SKELETAL REMOTE PRECONDITIONING) IN RAT MODEL IS TRIGGERED BY FREE RADICAL PATHWAY 
Y.S Chen, C.T Chien, M.C Ma, Y.Z Tseng, C.F Chen, I.H Wu, S.C Huang, N.H Chi
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiepi, Taiwan 

 
25

THE PRECONDITIONING MECHANISM ON ARRHYTHMIAS IN CABG PATIENTS INVOLVES IN AUTONOMIC REGULATION
Z.K. Wu
, S. Vikman, J. Laurikka, E. Pehkonen, T. Iivainen, H.V. Huikuri, M.R. Tarkka, Sun Yat-sen University, GuangZhou, China

 
 

 

 
 

P205   Poster Session:
HYPERTENSION, BASIC AND CLINICAL

 
26

ASSOCIATION OF ADIPONETCITN T94G POLYMORPHISM AND PLASMA PAI-1 IN PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT HYPERTENSION
J.R Jeng, J.H Wang, S.Z Lin
Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

 
27

BERBERINE FOR OVERWEIGHT/OBESE NON-DIABETIC ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
X.H Zeng, X.J Zeng,Y.Y Li, Chengdu Second People's Hospital, Chengdu, China

 
28

CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS OF EFFECTS OF BERBERINE ON TNF-ALPHA AND ACTIVITY OF ALDOSE REDUCTAS IN CARDIORENAL SYNDROME SECONDARY TO DIABETIC HEART FAILURE
X.H Zeng, X.J Zeng, Y.Y Li, Chengdu Second People's Hospital, Chengdu, China

 
29

THE PREVALENCE AND PATTERN OF ABNORMAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE IN ADULT NIGERIANS WITH PRIMARY HYPERTENSION
C.O Odigwe, O.E Essien, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

 
30

EFFECT OF CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTATION ON PREVENTION OF PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION
M Kashanian, M Rayka, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

 
31

LEFT VENTRICULAR FILLING ABNORMALITIES AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED HYPERTENSION: RELATIONSHIP WITH OVERPRODUCTION OF CIRCULATING TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA 1 
G Parrinello, A Licata, D Colomba, T Di Chiara, C Argano, P Bologna, S Corrao, G Avellone, R Scaglione, G Licata
University of Palermo, Italy

 
 32

HEART RATE OF HYPERTENSIVE INDIVIDUALS DURING HANDGRIP AND POSTEXERCISE CIRCULATORY OCCLUSION 
M.C.V Moreira, D.P Albuquerque, L Napoleao-Lopes, M.S Rosa, I.A.T Fonseca, K.P.M Oliveira, F.C Magalhaes, L.G Madeira, F.C Campos, L.O.C Rodrigues
UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

 
33

SERUM MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE TISSUE INHIBITOR TYPE 1 LEVELS 
E Onrat, M Serteser, A Celik, D Kaya, A Kahraman, T Koken, M Melek, M Alpaslan, Afyon Kocatepe University, School of Medicine, Afyon, Turkey

 
34

DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT   WITHOUT USING STETHOSCOPE
F Fallahi, S Sadeghian, S Faghihzadeh, Faramarz-Shahed University, Tehran, Iran 

 
35

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION IN ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS WITH TTR MET30+              
J. Freitas
, R. Santos, M. Carvalho, E. Azevedo, E. Teixeira, F. Rocha-Goncalves, Hospital de Sao Joao, Porto, Portugal

 
 

 

 
 

P206   Poster Session:
PRACTICE GUIDELINES, COST CONTAINMENT

 
36

PRACTICE GUIDELINES INCORPORATED INTO TECHNICIAN LED FOLLOWUP CLINICS BOTH, IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND REDUCE THE COST OF CARE, IN HEART VALVE DISEASE
W Taggu, A Topham, L Hart, N.R Patel, G Lloyd, Eastbourne DGH, East Sussex, UK

 
37

PATIENT ADHERENCE TO AHA GUIDELINES PRE- AND POST AMI
A Kuznik , University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

 
38

DIFFERENCES IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE AND PRESERVED VERSUS DEPRESSED LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC FUNCTION – GUIDELINES COMPARE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
S Stawicki, M Roik, M.H Starczewska, A Solarska-Polchlopek, D Kosior, O Warszawik, A Tuzimek, R Rodzoch, J Kochanowski, G Opolski, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

 
39

THE STUDY OF EFFECTS OF GROUP THERAPY ON DEPRESSION FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Z Ghazavi, T Mehrabi, M Nasiri, F Sheikhi, Isfahan University of Medical & Science, Isfahan, Iran

 
40

THIENOPYRIDINE THERAPY IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS RESIDING IN GERMANY
P.L McCollam, M.J Lage, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA

 
41

LONG-TERM THIENOPYRIDINE THERAPY IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS RESIDING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
P.L McCollam, M.J Lage, L Bowman, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA

 
 

 

 
 

P207   Poster Session:
COMPUTERS IN CARDIOLOGY

 
42

THREE DIMENSIONAL MYOCARDIAL MORPHOLOGICAL OBSERVATION OF CARDIOMYOPATHIC HAMSTER BY PHASE-CONTRAST X-RAY CT
T.T Lwin, T Takeda, J Wu, Y Tsuchiya, M Minami
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

 
43

WHAT OF CLEAVAGE PLANES? CARDIAC ACTIVATION AND THE IMPACT OF A DISCONTINUOUS MYOCARDIUM
M.LTrew, G.B Sands, D Hooks, I LeGrice, A Pullan, B Smaill
Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

 
44

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE CORONARY COMPLICATIONS
J.L Patel, L.D Patel, R.K Goyal, C.R Chaudhry, K.S Patel, B.D Antala, A.M Suthar, S. K. Patel College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ganpat Vidyanagar, Mehsana, Gujarat, India

 
45

COMPUTER-ASSISTED CLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSIS
M Alami, D Pospai, Ghandi Cardiology Center, Casablanca, Morocco

 
 

 

 
 

P208   Poster Session:
MISCELLANEOUS ll

 
46

BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF MIXED SALAD VEGETABLE SUPPLEMENTATION ON THE PLASMA CHOLESTEROL STATUS AND LIPID PEROXIDATION IN MICE FED ATHEROGENIC DIETS 
M.R Kim, Y.H Yang, F Penelope, D.E Sok, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea

 
47

PREVENTIVE TREATMENT OF TYPE II ENDOLEAK: THE FEASIBILITY OF A NEW METHOD
M Zanchetta, L Pedon, M Zennaro, F Faresin, M Riggi, S Ronsisvalle, Dipartimento di Malattie Cardiovascolari, Cittadella, Padova, Italy

 
48

USE OF ATROPINE IN PATIENTS WITH INCOMPLETE EXERCISE STRESS TEST
S Ghaffari, B Sohrabi, M Toofan, A Sajjadieh Khajouei, A Maneshgar, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Eastern Azarbaiijan, Iran

 
49

SERUM TOTAL AND LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL LEVELS AND AWARENESS, TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA IN CHINA
J Chen, D Gu, K Reynolds, P.K Whelton, J He
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA

 
50

UPDATE ON POTENTIAL PULMONARY INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEMS AS ALTERNATIVES OF INSULIN INJECTIONS
J.L Patel
, S.K. Patel College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ganpat Vidyanagar, Ta. and Dist.-Mehsana, Gujarat, India

 
 

 

 
 

P209   Poster Session:
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY/ CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

 
51

TRANSCATHETER OCCLUSION OF CORONARY ARTERY FISTULAE IN VIETNAM
H. Nguyen, H. Pham, P.M Hung, N.N Quang, D.D Loi, K.N Huong, N.L Viet, P.G Khai, Vietnam Heart Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam

 
52

PATHOLOGY AND APOPTOSIS OF THE CARDIAC CONDUCTION SYSTEM IN 100 VICTIMS OF SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS) 
G Ottaviani, AM Lavezzi, L Matturri, Lino Rossi Research Center for the Study and Prevention of Unexpected Perinatal Death and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Institute of Pathology, University of Milan, Italy

 
53

TRANS-HEPATIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED PUNCTURE IN THE FETAL LAMB: A NEW APPROACH FOR TRANSCATHETER CARDIAC INTERVENTIONS
Y. Boudjemline, J.M. Jouannic, J.M. Benifla, D Bonnet
Pediatic Cardiology, Necker for Sick Children Hospital, Paris, France, EMUI, Necker University, Paris, France

 
54

MICRODELETION OF CHROMOSOME 22 IN A SERIES OF PATIENTS WITH NON-SELECTIVE CONGENITAL HEART  DISEASE
E.S. Elsobky, A.A. Kotby, S.M. Elsayed, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

 
55

4-YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF TRANSCATHETER ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT CLOSURE USING 
M. Zanchetta, L. Pedon, M. Zennaro, A. Carrozza, F. Casilli, E. Onorato, Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Cittadella General Hospital, Padova, Italy

 
56

5-YEARS FOLLOW-UP OF TRANSCATHETER PFO CLOSURE USING INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY 
E. Onorato, L. Pedon, F. Casill, M. Mbala-Mukendi, G.P. Anzola, M. Zanchetta
Department of Cardiology, Humanitas Gavazzeni Clinic, Bergamo, Italy

 
57

RESYNCHRONISATION THERAPY IN ADULTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
B Skaria, T Bharucha, J Boullin, J.M. Morgan, A.P. Salmon, B. Keeton, G. Veldtman, Adult Congenital Cardiac Unit, Southampton University Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire, UK

 
58

MANAGEMENT OF LATE HEART FAILURE WITH REVISION AFTER CLASSIC FONTAN PROCEDURE
M. Ruzmetov
, P. Vijay, M.D. Rodefeld, M.W. Turrentine, J.W. Brown, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

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July 19, 2005
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