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POS 101    Poster Session
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

AFRICAN AMERICAN HAVE HIGHER PREVALENCE OF ABNORMAL ECG DOCUMENTED DURING SCREENING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY 
M.R. Movahed, S. Bates, A. Martinez, S. Sattur, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LEFT ATRIAL ENLARGEMENT AND ALL CAUSE MORTALITY 
C. Manrique, A. Martinez, M.A. Rahman, H.A. Guima, M.R. Movahed, University of Arizona, AZ, USA

SLEEP APNEA IS A LEADING CAUSE OF DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
A.Q. Chan, E.L. Lua, M.P. Chan, Stanford University, Stanford, Chanwell Clinic, San Jose, CA, USA

ATRIO-VENTRICULAR MECHANICAL FUNCTION OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEART
A. Lopez-Candales, K. Edelman, B. Gulyasy, R. Bazaz, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA

IMPACT OF BALLOON MITRAL VALVULOPLASTY (BMV) ON RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AS ASSESSED BY STRAIN (S) AND STRAIN RATE IMAGING (SR): A TISSUE DOPPLER STUDY
M.I. Ahmed, O.A. Rifaei, M.T. Fahim, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, RESTING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS
K.K. Yeo, W.J. Bommer, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA

CHALLENGE IN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF COMPLEX FORMS OF TOTAL ANOMALOUS PULMONARY VENOUS CONNECTION 
E.S. Sinkovskaya, E.V. Kholmanskaya, V.V. Plakhova, A.V. Sobolev, V.N. Makarenko, L.A. Bockeria, Bakoulev Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow, Russia

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN NORMAL PREGNANCY: THE MAYO EXPERIENCE
G. Kumar, S.N. Hayes, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

3D - TRICUSPID LEAFLET TETHERING AREA ASSESSED BY 3D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, AS A FOLLOW UP PARAMETER OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
I.A. Grapsa, D. Dawson, P. Nihoyannopoulos, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College of London, London, UK

POS 102    Poster Session
MOLECULAR CARDIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH

ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF AMINO ACIDIC SUPPLEMENTS IMPROVE PROTEIN AND ENERGY PROFILES IN SKELETAL MUSCLE OF AGED RATS, ELONGATING FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE AND ACCELERATING MITOCHONDRIAL RECOVERY IN ATP FOLLOWING EXHAUSTIVE EXERTION 
J.D. Rezze, C. Chen-Scarabelli, Z. Yuan, E. Kuizon, G.M. Scarabelli, G. Spears, L. Saravolatz, T.M. Scarabelli, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

POS 103    Poster Session
BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS OF ACUTE ISCHEMIA

USEFULNESS OF PREPROCEDURAL N-TERMINAL PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN PREDICTING ANGIOGRAPHIC NO-REFLOW PHENOMENON DURING STENT IMPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION 
Y. Ahn, S.N. Hong, N.S. Yoon, K.H. Kim, Y.J. Hong, H.W. Park, J.H. Kim, M.H. Jeong, J.G. Cho, J.C. Park, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea

ELEVATION OF SERUM CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE IN MEDICAL INPATIENTS
S.X. Chen, K.A. Amir, R.K. Bobba, E.L. Arsura, Richmond University, Staten Island, NY, USA

USEFULNESS OF SERUM N-TERMINAL PRO–BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE TO PREDICT IN-STENT RESTENOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH PRESERVED LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AND NORMAL TROPONIN I LEVELS 
Y. Ahn, S.N. Hong, N.S. Yoon, K.H. Kim, H.W. Park, Y.J. Hong, J.H. Kim, M.H. Jeong, J.G. Cho, J.C. Park, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea

SIGNIFICANCE OF ELEVATED TROPONIN-I LEVEL IN ENDSTAGE RENAL DISEASE
J. Havill, E. Iheukamere, S. Kupershtokh, S. Grossman, F. Ebrahimi, Richmond University, Staten Island, NY, USA

POS 104    Poster Session
THE PLAQUE AND ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES

THE EFFECT OF T0901317 ON ABCA1 AND NIEMANN-PICK TYPE C1 IN \APOE-/- MICE
C.K. Tang, X.Y. Dai, X. Ou, X.R. Hao, D.L. Cao, Y.L. Tang, Y.W. Hu, X.X. Li, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN LEVELS AND ANGIOGRAPHIC ANATOMY IN UNSTABLE ANGINA
A. Gonzalez, E. Silva, D. Inciarte, S. Briceno, C. Esis, M. Bracho, G. Hernandez, Universidad del Zulia, IECTAS, Maracaibo, Venezuela

ASSOCIATION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS WITH ANGIOGRAPHICALLY DOCUMENTED OBSTRUCTIVE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
A. Asija, W.S. Aronow, N. Ramdeen, S. Chugh, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

MANAGEMENT OF NSTEMI. ARE WE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES? A COMPARISON WITH CRUSADE STUDY
S. Kadir, H. Contractor, G. Kirkwood, A. Bainbridge, Royal Bolton Hospital, Bolton, Lancashire, UK

ACUTE MI WITHOUT DISRUPTED YELLOW PLAQUE IN YOUNG PATIENTS BELOW 50 YEARS OLD
Y. Ueda, K. Okada, K. Matsuo, N. Ogasawara, T. Higo, M. Matsui, K. Kodama, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan

POS 105    Poster Session
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: THROMBOLYSIS AND REPERFUSION

PROGNOSIS OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME AT HIGH VERSUS LOW ALTITUDE YEMENI PATIENTS
M.A. Al Huthi, Y.A. Raja’a, M. Al-Noami, A.R.A. Rahman, Thamar University, Thamar, Yemen

UTILITY OF THE FRONTAL PLANE QRS AXIS IN IDENTIFYING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN PATIENTS WITH POOR R-WAVE PROGRESSION       
V. Ariyarajah, L. Prajapat, D.H. Spodick, St. Boniface General Hospital, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada  

EFFECTS OF NG-NITRO-ARGININE METHYLESTER (L-NAME) ON CORONARY BLOOD FLOW, MYOCARDIAL INFARCT SIZE, AND ON THE EXTENT OF THE NO-REFLOW PHENOMENON IN AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION
C. Pierakos, N. Lazaris, E. Charitos, J. Venetsanakos, H. Pozios, M. Bonios, K. Malliaras, E. Vavouris, N. Diakos, J. Nanas, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORONARY MICROCIRCULATORY REACTIVITY AND THE EXTENT OF NECROSIS IN THE INFARCTED AND REMOTE MYOCARDIUM
J.H. Koh, M.Y. Kim, J.H. Kim, Kwandong University, Gyeonggi, Goyang, South Korea

A YEARLONG TRACKING OF NON ISOLATED RIGHT VENTRICLE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN CORONARY CARE UNIT
Z. Pekmezovic, M. Mate, HC "Juzni Banat" Pancevo, Serbia

POS 106    Poster Session
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY: VARIOUS ETIOLOGIES

ISOPROTERENOL INDUCES PRIMARY LOSS OF DYSTROPHIN IN RAT HEARTS: CORRELATION WITH MYOCARDIAL INJURY
E.C. Campos, M.M. Romano, C.M. Prado, M.R. Celes, M.A. Rossi , University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

TEI INDEX AND SPECTRUM OF DIASTOLIC ABNORMALITIES IN TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY
A. Mathew, M. Kizilbash, D. Bhandare, L. Afonso, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

ERYTHROPOIETIN IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A CLINICAL PILOT RANDOMIZED PLACEBO CONTROLLED TRIAL
B. Marinoni, M. Massa, V. Rosti, A. Bertoletti, C. Raineri, N. Marziliano, M. Ferrario, G.M. DeFerrari, E. Arbustini, L. Tavazza, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

POS 107    Poster Session
RENAL ASPECTS - DIURETICS

HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSE TO EXERCISE PREDICTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE RENAL FAILURE
A.R. Khoshdel, S.L. Carney, AUMS, Tehran, Iran

PREVALENCE AND PREDICTORS OF RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY
M. Ghasemi, B. Broumand, L.M. Fard, Research Center of Endovascular Intervention, Tehran, Iran

POS 108    Poster Session
SUDDEN DEATH

AUTOMATED EXTERNAL CARDIOVERSION DEFIBRILLATION MONITORING IN TELEMETRY PATIENTS
B. Ali, H.L. Bloom, E. Veledar, D. House, R. Norvel, S.C. Dudley, A.M. Zafari, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

CLUSTERIZATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYMPATHETIC AND PARASYMPATHETIC ACTIVITY BY HEART RATE VARIABILITY ANALYSIS FOR RISK STRATIFICATION OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
A. Riftine, Heart Rate Variability Institute, Edison, NJ, USA

POS 109    Poster Session
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES OF MAPPING AND RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION

LEFT-SIDED ACCESSORY PATHWAY ABLATION THROUGH THE CORONARY SINUS IN YOUNG PATIENTS
H.R. Singh, P.P. Karpawich, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA

LEUKOCYTOSIS POST ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION - IS THERE A REASON TO WORRY?
M. Biria, C. Annapureddy, J. Pillarisetti, E. Baryun, L. Berenbom, R. Pimentel, S. Vanga, D. Newton, M. Emert, D. Lakkireddy, R. Pase-Sosland, A. Simmons, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, KS, USA

CONTINUOUS CATHETER IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS GUIDES ABLATION OF ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA
S.J. Pollak, G. Monir, Florida Heart Institute, Orlando, FL, USA

POS 110    Poster Session
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY I

REDUCED MORTALITY IN HIGH RISK PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENTS
A. Varma, A. Nusca, D.L. Appleton, M.J. Lipinski, E. Goudreau, M.J. Cowley, M. Wittkamp, A. Abbate, G.W. Vetrovec, Virginia Commonwealth University Pauley Heart Center, Richmond, VA, USA

ANATOMIC VARIABLES THAT DETERMINE ENDOVASCULAR STENT SIZE WHEN TREATING ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS
M. Kilian, W. Dang, C. Cina, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

COMPARISON OF TRANSRADIAL AND TRANSFEMORAL APPROACH FOR CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY AND INTERVENTION: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDY 
A. Goldberg, I. Nordkin, M. Halabi, R. Klein, A. Marmor, Sieff Government Hospital, Safed, Israel

DIFFERENCES IN UTILIZATION OF DRUG-ELUTING STENTS BY RACE AND PAYER
M.J. Racz, E.L. Hannan, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA

RESULTS OF PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
A. Zaky, B. Ramadan, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE IN-HOSPITAL OUTCOME OF GP- IIB/IIIA INHIBITOR THERAPY DURING CORONARY STENTING WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENTS
V.N. Singh, M. Nelson, K. Garner, T. Law, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS AND TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTION IN A PATIENT WITH PULMONARY ARTERY DISSECTION
I. Bakir, I. Degrieck, H. Vanermen, F. Wellens, Siyami Ersek Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Istanbul, Turkey

POS 201    Poster Session
VASCULAR BIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH

THYPOXIA INCREASES THE EXPRESSION OF RESISTIN IN CULTURED VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS THROUGH ERK AND NFAT PATHWAY
K.G. Shyu, B.W. Wang, H.F. Hung, H. Chang, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

INTERLEUKIN-4 INDUCES MONOCYTE CHEMOATTRACTANT PROTEIN-1  EXPRESSION IN VIVO AND IN VITRO
Y.W. Lee, W.H. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, USA

ASPIRIN-TRIGGERED LIPOXIN BLOCK ROS GENERATION IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS: POSSIBLE ROLE IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
V. Nascimento-Silva, M.A. Arruda, C. Barja-FIdalgo, I.M. Fierro, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

ALDOSTERONE SIGNALING MODIFIES ENDOTHELIAL CELL VOLUME
M. Mirshahi, UMRS 872, E 18, Faculte de Medicine Paris VI, Paris, France

EFFECTS OF ERYTHROPOIETIN AND SELENIUM ON SOME HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN GENTAMICIN INDUCED ANEMIA IN MALE ALBINO RATS
M. Surchi, D. Quretany, Department of Biology, College of Science, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq

POS 202    Poster Session
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY / CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE I 

FACTOR XIII DEFICIENCY AFTER “OPEN HEART” SURGERY IN CHILDREN: POTENTIAL TARGET FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPY
L.A. Bockeria, N.N. Samsonova, I.A. Yurlov, L.G. Klimovitch, E.F. Kozar, I. Tsagareli, N.N. Eliseev, E.H.N. Olsen, M. Carr, S.B. Zaets, Novo Nordisk US, North Brunswick, NJ, USA

DIAGNOSTIC VALIDITY OF AUSCULTATORY AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN DIAGNOSING ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT IN CHILDREN
N.M Noori, S.H. Rajaei, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Hormozgan, Iran

POS 203    Poster Session
LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY 

LESS THAN 25% OF SUSPECTED HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY SUBJECTS DOCUMENTED DURING SCREENING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY HAVE ABNORMAL ECG FINDING 
M.R. Movahed, S. Bates, S. Sattur, A. Martinez, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

ESTIMATED PREVALENCE OF SUSPECTED HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY IN HEALTHY TEENAGERS IN THE USA
M.R. Movahed, A. Martinez, S. Bates, S. Sattur, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND HYPERTENSION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OBESITY IN HEALTHY TEENAGERS
M.R. Movahed, A. Martinez, S. Bates, S. Sattur, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

ALCOHOL SEPTAL ABLATION AND SEPTAL MYOMECTOMY FOR HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY: A META-ANALYSIS
M. Alam, H. Dokainish, N.M. Lakkis, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND STRAIN IN PATIENTS WITH ANGINA
M.T. Chou, C.Y. Chiang, C.C. Cheng, Z.C. Chen, T.Y. Huang, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan 

REPORTED PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS DURING SCREENING ECHOCARDIOGRAY IS NOT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESENCE OF SUSPECTED HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
M.R. Movahed, S. Bates, A. Martinezur, S. Sattur
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System , Tucson, AZ, USA

“PRE-EJECTION FLOW WAVE”:  A NEW MARKER OF INCREASED LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC FILLING PRESSURE
J.D. Beswilan, M.P. Sayco, E.S. Tucay, Philippine Heart Center, Quezon City, Philippines

PATTERN AND EXTENT OF SYSTOLIC INTRAVENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY: COMPARISON WITH ATHLETE HEARTS USING TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING
A.K. Kondur, A. Niraj, K. Bachour, L. Afonso, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

POS 204    Poster Session
PREDICTORS AND MARKERS OF HEART FAILURE OUTCOME

BLOOD GENE EXPRESSION SIGNATURE DIFFERENTIATES HEART FAILURE SEVERITY
P. VanBuren, J. Ma, E. Mueller, C.C. Liew, GeneNews, Richmond Hill, ON, Canada, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

FACTORS RELATED TO IN-HOSPITAL HEART FAILURE (HF) ARE VERY DIFFERENT FOR UNSTABLE ANGINA (UA) AND NON-ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (NSTEMI)
B. Saejueng, T. Yipintsoi, R. Chaisuksuwan, W. Kehasukcharoen, W. Boonsom, R. Kanjanavanit, Chest Disease Institute, Nonthaburi, Thailand

CARDIAC PEPTIDES DURING ISOMETRIC EXERCISE IN PATIENTS WITH DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
D. Zdrenghea, D. Pop, M. Ilea, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

COMMONLY USED RISK FACTORS FAILED TO ACCURATELY PREDICT SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED HEART FAILURE
M. Bonioq, G. Panagiotopoulos, S. Drakos, E. Tsagalou, J. Terrovitis, J. Venetsanakos, E. Kaldara, K. Malliaras, A. Masdrakis, J. Nanas, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

PROARRHYTHMIC EFFECTS OF LEVOSIMENDAN THERAPY OF ACUTE HEART FAILURE
E. Zima, G. Szucs, A. Soltesz, G. Fulop, L. Molnar, D. Becker, L. Geller, B. Merkely, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

ANGIOGRAPHICALLY DOCUMENTED DECREASED EJECTION FRACTION IS INDEPENDENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH ALL CAUSE MORTALITY
M.R. Movahed, J. Salcedo, J. Kleven, A. Sarcon, S. Shahriari, J.D. Vu, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center and the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, AZ, USA

POS 205    Poster Session
DIABETES MELLITUS, OBESITY, INSULIN AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS

GENDER-SPECIFIC RISK FACTOR ASSOCIATING TO THE ARTERIAL ELASTIC PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL POPULATION
S. Makita, A. Akihiko, Y. Naganuma, A. Tamada, M. Nakamura, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan

OPTIMAL DEFINITIONS FOR ABDOMINAL OBESITY AND THE METABOLIC SYNDROME IN ANDEAN HISPANICS: THE PREVENCION STUDY
J.E. Medina-Lezama, H. Zea-Diaz, K. Villalobos, M.A. Martinez, E. Munoz-Atahualpa, J. Chirinos-Pacheco, J.A. Chirinos, Santa Maria Catholic University, AQP, Peru

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CHILDHOOD OVERWEIGHT AND PARENTAL CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS AMONG YOUNG CHILDREN IN CANADA
R.J. Ma, X.H. Peng, W. Luo, M. DesMeules, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF GLICLAZIDE BEYOND GLYCEMIC CONTROL IN EXPERIMENTAL DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
S. Kumar, V. Kain, S. Sitaswad, National Centre for Cell Science, Maharashtra, India

INCREASED TNF-ALPHA LEVELS AND VASOMOTOR DYSFUNCTION IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH INSULIN RESISTANCE
P. Tretjakovs, A. Jurka, I. Bormane, I. Mikelsone, D. Reihmane, J. Jirgensons, G. Bahs, A. Martinsons, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

PLAQUE CHARACTERIZATION BY VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND ANALYSIS IN TYPE II DIABETIC PATIENTS
K. Nasu, E. Tsuchikane, O. Katoh, T. Matsubara, T. Suzuki, Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan

PREMATURE TREATMENT EFFECTS OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AS THE PREDICTOR OF DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2
N.N. Kipshidze, T.B. Gamezardashvili, T.V. Talakvadze, K.T. Kapanadze, L.B. Khosroshvili, Acad. N. Kipshidze National Center of Therapy, Tbilisi, Georgia

THREE POLYMORPHISMS OF THE HUMAN RESISTIN GENE ARE MAJOR DETERMINANTS OF PLASMA LEVEL OF RESISTIN IN JAPANESE
H. Asano, H. Izawa, M. Kobayashi, A. Hirashiki, Y. Murase, D. Tanimura, T. Yamada, K. Unno, T. Murohara, M. Yolota, Theranostic Research Institute Inc, Nagoya, Japan

CHILDHOOD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY PREDICTS YOUNG ADULT’S BODY MASS INDEX AND OBESITY: EVIDENCE FROM A BIRTH COHORT STUDY
A.A. Mamun, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

UPPER LEG LENGTH (ULL) AND THE RISK OF DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR (CV) RISK PROFILE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY (NHANES) 1999 – 2004, USA 
J. Liu, A.L. Baker, Brock University, ON, Canada

POS 206    Poster Session
NEUROHUMORAL, IMMUNOLOGIC AND CYTOKINE ASPECTS OF HEART FAILURE

CLINICAL AND PROGNOSTIC IMPLICATIONS OF SERUM PROLACTIN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
J. Parissis, D. Farmakis, C. Michalakeas, K. Tsitlakidis, D. Birba, P. Stergiou, G. Filippatos, D. Kremastinos, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece

ALDOSTERONE INDUCES INTERLEUKIN-18 VIA ENDOTHELIN-1, ANGIOTENSIN- II, RHO/RHO-KINASE AND PPAR IN CARDIOMYOCYTE
T. Doi, T. Sakoda, T. Akagami, T. Naka, T. Tsujino, T. Masuyama, M. Ohyanagi, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

GHRELIN IS NOT INCREASED AND HAS NO COMPENSATORY ROLE IN CARDIAC CACHEXIA
J.P. Araujo, P. Lourenco, A. Ferreira, F. Rocha-Goncalves, P. Bettencourt, Hospital S. Joao, Porto, Portugal

LEPTIN IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE – CORRELATION WITH NUTRITIONAL STATUS 
J.P. Araujo, P. Lourenco, A. Ferreira, F. Rocha-Goncalves, P. Bettencourt, Medicina, Hospital S. Joao, Porto, Portugal

POS 207    Poster Session
NITRIC OXIDE AND NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE IN HEART FAILURE

RELEASE OF CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE FROM THE JUGULAR-NODOSE GANGLION COMPLEX IN RATS
T. Strecker, A. Dieterle, K. Messlinger, W. Neuhuber, M. Weyand, S. Koulchitsky, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

POS 208    Poster Session
PULMONARY CIRCULATION ASPECTS, PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

RIGHT VENTRICULAR STRAIN RATE IMAGING IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: DO DIFFERENT VENTRICULAR CHANGES REFLECT AETIOLOGY?
A. Vitarelli, Y. Conde, S. D'Orazio, S. Stellato, F. Caranci, D. Battaglia, G. Continanza, L. Capotosto, F. Salsano, C. Terzano, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

RIGHT VENTRICULAR FAILURE IN PATIENTS WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION AND DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION: AN UNDER-RECOGNIZED CLINICAL ENTITY
R.M. Zakir, RL Berkowitz, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA

POS 209    Poster Session
HYPERTENSION: BASIC AND CLINICAL

OSTEOPROTEGERIN IS RELATED TO ASYMMETRIC DIMETHYLARGININE AND AORTIC STIFFNESS IN HYPERTENSION
C. Tsioufis, K. Dimitriadis, A. Miliou, D. Chatzis, C. Thomopoulos, D. Tousoulis, I. Kallikazaros, C. Stefanadis, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

OAT1, TSC, WNK1, WNK4 GENE POLYMORPHISMS IN EHT AND ANTIHYPERTENSIVE EFFECTS OF HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE
Y.F. Han, X.H. Fan, K. Sun, X.J. Wang, Y.B. Wang, J.Z. Cheng, Y.S. Zhen, X.D. Song, Y. Zheng, R.T. Hui, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

IS THE BEHAVIOR OF SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE DURING TREADMILL TESTING A PREDICTOR FOR NEW-ONSET HYPERTENSION?
C. Esis, E. Silva, M. Bracho, S. Briceno, J. Villasmil, A. Gonzalez, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela

NURSE-RECORDED AUSCULTATORY BLOOD PRESSURE PREDICTS TARGET ORGAN CHANGES AS WELL AS AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE
A.J. Woodiwiss, N. Molebatsi, M.J. Maseko, E. Libhaber, C. Libhaber, O.H.I. Majane, J. Paiker, P. Dessein, P. Sareli, G.R. Norton, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

FIXED DOSE PERINDOPRIL AND AMLODIPINE IN MODERATE TO SEVERE HYPERTENSION
V. Bahl, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India

AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING AS PREDICTOR OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN ELDERLY WITH WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION 
G.E. Calmon, E. Silva, G. Maestre, G. Pino, M. Bracho, N. Pina, Zulia University, Maracaibo, Venezuela