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POS 501    Poster Session
COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY / MAGNETIC RESONANCE: CLINICAL

CARDIAC MRI: HOW MUCH MYOCARDIAL DAMAGE IS NECESSARY TO DETECT FOCAL LATE GADOLINIUM ENHANCEMENT?
F. Breuckmann, K. Nassenstein, T. Konorza, C. Naber, G. Kaiser, I. Konietzka, G. Heusch, J. Barkhausen, R. Erbel, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

FEASIBILITY AND SAFETY OF INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF LANDIOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE IN MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY
S. Isobi, K. Sato, K. Sugiura, T. Mimura, M. Kobayaghi, C. Meno, M. Kato, H. Ishii, T. Murohara, Kami-iida Daiichi General Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

64-SLICE CARDIAC CTA IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE THROMBUS: COMPARISON TO TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
A. Simmons, T. Rosamond, J. Nath, D. Lakkireddy, L. Wetzel, J. Vacek, R. Pimentel, M. Emert, L. Berenbom, M. Biria, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, USA

ROLE OF CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY IN STAGE 3 CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE – RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
A.A. Mohammed, W. Ananthapanyasut, A. Syed, T. Harindhanavudhi, M. Hamarshi, B. Alhariri, T. Takale, E. Lerma, T. Levin, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA

PATIENTS WITH ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC AORTIC VALVE CALCIUM OR MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIUM HAVE AN INCREASED PREVALENCE OF MODERATE OR SEVERE CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM DIAGNOSED BY CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
H.M. Lai, W.S. Aronow, S. Kaplan, H. Dilmanian, A.J. DeLuca, M.B. Weiss, R.N. Belkin, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

INCIDENTIAL NONCARDIAC FINDINGS USING CARDIAC MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
K. Dajani, P. Ezidinma, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA

PREVALENCE OF INCIDENTAL NONCARDIAC FINDINGS DIAGNOSED BY COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY IN 875 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS IN AN OUTPATIENT CARDIAC COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY FACILITY
A. Cronin, W.S. Aronow, S.M. Devabhakturi, A. Asija, R. Varma, A.J. DeLuca, E.H. Sumers, M.R. Poplausky, P.H. Kim, R.N. Belkin, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

ROLE OF CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAM IN EVALUATING CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL – A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS 
A. Mohammed, A. Ariyachaipanich, A. Syed, W. Ananthapanyasut, T. Harindhanavudhi, M. Hamarshi, B. Alhariri, T. Takale, T. Levin, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA

PRE-PULSELESS TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS EVALUATED WITH POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY & MAGNETIC RESONANCE
R. Calleja, A. Martinez, P.A. Lamothe, A. Meave, M.E. Soto, P. Reyes, E. Alexanderson, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico , Mexico

POS 502      Poster Session
DRUG THERAPY IN HEART FAILURE: BASIC AND CLINICAL

T-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNEL ANTAGONISTS ATTENUATED ALDOSTERONE-INDUCED IL-18 EXPRESSIONS IN RAT CARDIOMYOCYTES
T. Doi, T. Sakoda, T. Akagami, T. Naka, T. Tsujino, T. Masuyama, M. Ohyanagi, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

TOLERANCE OF LEVOSIMENDAN SUPPLEMENTAL THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION COMPLICATED BY CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
E. Tsagalou, F. Katsaros, J. Kanakakis, A. Ntalianis, G. Maroulidis, J. Venetsanakos, N. Lazaris, K. Malliaras, E. Kaldara, M. Anastasiou-Nana, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

POS 503      Poster Session
GENETIC DETERMINANTS OF CORONARY HEART   DISEASE / CARDIOMYOPATHIES

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE SEVERITY OF ANGIOGRAPHIC CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND PARAOXONASE-1 PROMOTER GENE POLYMORPHISM T(-107)C IN IRANIAN POPULATION
E. Javadi, A.  Jalilian, E.B. DJavadi, M. Doosti, P. Amiri, A. Mohaghegh, B. Shariati, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CIGARETTE SMOKING AND CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS IS INFLUENCED BY THE -930A/G CYBA GENE POLYMORPHISM: THE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN YOUNG FINNS STUDY
M. Fan, O. Raitakari, M. Kahonen, M. Juonala, N. Hutri-Kahonen, I. Porsti, J. Viikari, T. Lehtimaki, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

THE ASSOCIATION OF ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTHMIAS WITH ISOLATED ATRIAL AMYLOID DISEASE: PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS IN AUTOPSIED HEART SPECIMENS
V. Ariyarajah, I. Steiner, P. Hajkova, A. Khadem, J. Kvasnicka, S. Apiyasawat, D.H. Spodick, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

ASSESSMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE GENETIC RISK FACTORS IN SAO MIGUEL ISLAND POPULATION (AZORES)
C.C. Branco, T. Pereirinha, P.R. Pacheco, R. Cabral, L. Mota-Vieira, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, Azores, Portugal

PLASMA HOMOCYSTEINE LEVEL AND ITS GENOTYPES AS A RISK FACTOR FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY
B. Naghshtabrizi, F. Shakerian Ghahferokhi, M. Hajilui, F. Emami, M. Moaddab, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran

GENETIC STRAIN DIFFERENCES IN PLATELET AGGREGATION AND THROMBUS FORMATION OF LABORATORY RATS
T. Sudo, H. Hayashi, H. Ito, Y. Nagamura, K. Toga, Y. Yamada, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, Tokushima, Japan

INFLUENCE OF 677 CT POLYMORPHISM OF METHYLENTETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE ON MEDIUM-TERM PROGNOSIS AFTER ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
J.M. Garcia-Pinilla, F. Cabrera-Bueno, J. Caballero-Borrego, J. Fernandez-Pastor, M. Jimenez-Navarro, J.J. Gomez-Doblas, A. Reyes-Engel, S. Espinosa-Caliani, E. De Teresa-Galvan, Hospital Universitario Virgen De La Victoria, Malaga, Spain

ACTIVATION OF PPAR-ALPHA AND PPAR-GAMMA INDUCES ANGIOGENESIS IN VIVO THROUGH A VEGF-DEPENDENT MECHANISM
R. Pola, F. Biscetti, E. Gaetani, A. Flex, T. Aprahamian, R.C. Smith, J.J. Castellot, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA

POS 504    Poster Session
GENE TRANSFER AND THERAPY

GENE THERAPY WITH A REPLICATION DEFECTIVE ADENOVIRAL VECTOR TRANSDUCING WT LQT1 INHIBITED LONG QT SYNDROME
J. Giannios, N. Kolliopoulos, E. Michailakis, N. Alexandropoulos, Erasinio Hospital, Athens, Greece

CIRCUMVENTION OF IDIOPATHIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION WITH WT GJA5 PLASMID NANOCOMPLEXES OF POLYETHYLENIMINE COVALENTLY LINKED TO CHOL AND POLYETHYLENEGLYCOL
J. Giannios, N. Kolliopoulos, N. Alexandropoulos³, E. Seraj A. Kanellopoulos, Erasinio Hospital, Athens, Greece

POS 505      Poster Session
DRUG THERAPY IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

LONG TERM IMPACT OF ANTIANGINAL TREATMENT ON 6 MONTH ALL CAUSE MORTALITY AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
S. Iyengar, G. Rosano, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

POS 506      Poster Session
NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES, ENDOTHELIN: ROLE IN HEART FAILURE

USEFULNESS OF ACOUSTIC CARDIOGRAPHY TO RESOLVE AMBIGUOUS VALUES OF B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED HEART FAILURE
M. Zuber, P. Kipfer, C. Attenhofer–Jost, P. Arand, Outpatient Clinic for Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Othmarsingen, Switzerland

CORRELATION BETWEEN NT- PRO BNP LEVELS AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND ABNORMAL LEFT VENTRICULAR WALL MOTION: A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING STUDY
R. Krittayaphong, T. Boonyasirinant, P. Saiviroonporn, P. Thanapiboonpol, S. Nakyen, S. Udompanturak, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

BNP IS UNIQUELY REGULATED DURING INFLAMMATION
T. Ogawa, J.P. Veinot, M.L. Kuroski de Bold, A.J. de Bold, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

THE VALUE OF N-TERMINAL FRAGMENT OF BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN THE CLINICAL ESTIMATION OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS AND CALCIFIC AORTIC STENOSIS
G.D.Spyromitros, J.P. Tsoynos, General Hospital of Katerini, Katerini, Greece

POS 507    Poster Session
ARRHYTHMIAS AND ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUG THERAPY –   BASIC AND CLINICAL

IMPACT OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID USE ON THE RISK OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
B.J. Barnes, A. Kumar, P.A. Howard, W. Chen, J.L. Vacek, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, USA

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IS A STRONG AND INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF DEATH AND CORONARY EVENTS IN ANGIOGRAPHIED CORONARY PATIENTS
T. Marte, C.H. Saely, F. Schmid, L. Koch, H. Drexel, VIVIT Institute, Feldkirch, Austria

HIGH RATE OF ESOPHAGEAL ULCERATIONS AFTER ABLATION OF AF IN PATIENTS WITH GENERAL ANAESTHESIA
M. Martinek, G. Bencsik, J. Aichinger, H.J. Nesser, H. Purerfellner, Elisabethinen University Teaching Hospital, Linz, Austria

ORAL ASCORBIC ACID IS EFFECTIVE IN THE PREVENTION 530 OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
M. Mousavi, M. Eslami, R. Sattarzadehbadkoobeh, M. Salehi,
H. Radmehr, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

NEW ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DEVELOPING IN MEDICAL INPATIENTS
S.X. Chen, K.A. Amir, R.K. Bobba, E.L. Arsura, Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, New York, NY, USA

EFFECTS OF TWO REPOLARIZATION CURRENTS ON HYSTERESIS IN ELECTRICAL RESTITUTION
A.A. Agarwal, A.R. Abhijit Patwardhan, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

THE STATIC AND DYNAMIC QT/RR COUPLING AND QT PARAMETERS
J. Halamek, P. Jurak, M. Villa, P. Frana, M. Novak, J. Lipoldova, P. Leinveber, V. Vondra, V.K. Somers, T. Kara, Institute of Scientific Instruments, Brno, Czech Republic 

PREVALENCE OF INAPPROPRIATE USE OF DIGOXIN IN 136 PATIENTS ON DIGOXIN AND PREVALENCE OF USE OF WARFARIN OR ASPIRIN IN 89 PATIENTS WITH PERSISTENT OR PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
P. Lleva, W.S. Aronow, A.H. Gutwein, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA   

USEFULNESS OF LOOP-TYPE EVENT RECORDER FOR EVALUATION OF CARDIAC CONDITIONS
E. Tomaru, J. Suzuki, T. Tomaru, Shimane Medical College, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

POS 508      Poster Session
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY / CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE II

REDUCED REGIONAL RIGHT VENTRICULAR WALL MOTION AFTER TRANSVENTRICULAR REPAIR OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
S. Takabayashi, H. Shimpo, K. Yokoyama, Y. Sawada, K. Hirano, T. Komada, K. Onoda, T. Shimono, Y. Mitani, Y. Komada, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan

22 YEARS FOLLOW-UP RESULTS OF BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY FOR DISCREET NATIVE COARCTATION OF THE AORTA IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS
M.E. Fawzy, A. Fathala, A. Osman, A. Badr, M.A. Mostafa, G.H. Mohamed, B. Dunn, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL TRICUSPID VALVE LESIONS: EARLY AND MID-TERM RESULTS
L.A. Bockeria, B.N. Sabirov, I.E. Chernogrivov, A.M. Nosachev, A.E. Chernogrivov, M.J. Matkarimov, S.B. Zaets, Bakoulev Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow, Russia

EFFECTS OF SHORTENING OPERATION TIME IN PEDIATRIC ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT CLOSURE THROUGH A TRANSXIPHOID APPROACH
S. Takabayashi, H. Shimpo, K. Yokoyama, Y. Mitani, Y. Komada, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan

MORPHOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF CARDIOVASCULARTOXICITY IN CHILDHOOD
P. Francalanci, R. Boldrini, R. Virgili, R. Mariani, I. Giovannoni, F. Callea, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesu', Rome, Italy

IN VITRO SET-UP OF MODIFIED BLALOCK TAUSSIG SHUNT: VASCULAR RESISTANCE-FLOW RELATIONSHIP
I. Bakir, I. Van Tricht, F. Altin, P. Verdonck, B. Meyns, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Istanbul, Turkey

EARLY AND LATE RESULTS OF TOTAL CORRECTION OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
K.Hashemzadeh, M.J. Dehdilani, M.Z. Dehdilani, S.Hashemzadeh,Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

POS 509   Poster Session
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE / HEART VALVE SURGERY

CHARACTERIZATION OF MITRAL VALVE DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH PAGET’S DISEASE
K.P. Sloan, G. Kumar, R.D. Tiegs, K.W. Klarich, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF SINUS OF VALSALVA ANEURYSMS
S. Moustafa, L. Cooper, G. Adam, F. Mookadam, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA

THE IMPACT OF PATIENT-PROSTHESIS MISMATCH ON LATE OUTCOMES AFTER MITRAL VALVE
B.K. Lam, V. Chan, M. Ruel, P. Hendry, R. Masters, P. Bedard, W. Goldstein, F. Rubens, T. Mesana University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

FATE OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION FOLLOWING MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT AND THE IMPACT OF MITRAL VALVE PATIENT-PROSTHESIS MISMATCH
V. Chan, B.K. Lam, T.G. Mesana, M. Ruel, F. Rubens, P. Hendry, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

METALLIC COMMISSUROTOME IN PATIENTS WITH MITRAL RESTENOSIS FOLLOWING BALLOON OR PREVIOUS SURGICAL COMMISSUROTOMY
B. Saejueng, S. Tansuphaswadikul, K. Hengrussamee, W. Kehasukcharoen, T. Chantadansuwan, J. Assavahanrit, A. Kanoksin, Chest Diseases Institute, Nonthaburi, Thailand

EVALUATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION WITH TDI IN PATIENTS WITH CALCIFIED MILD TO MODERATE AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS
G.D. Spyromitros, J.S. Papadopoylos, J.P. Tsoynos, General Hospital of Katerini, Katerini, Greece

STRAIN DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE ASSESSMENT OF EARLY DECOMPENSATION IN CHRONIC MITRAL REGURGITATION
A. Vitarelli, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

POS 510     Poster Session
SURGERY FOR LV DYSFUNCTION, CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION

EVEROLIMUS PREVENTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF MICROVASCULOPATY AFTER HEART TRANSPLANTATION
E. Osto, F. Tona, C. Castellani, G. Tarantini, A. Bortolami, M. Napodano, A.L.P. Caforio, G. Gerosa, S. Iliceto, A. Angelini, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

IMPAIRED CORONARY FLOW RESERVE IN HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENTS WITH NORMAL CORONARY ANGIOGRAMS: PREDICTIVE ROLE OF INTERSTITIAL FIBROSIS AND MEDIAL THICKENING OF INTRAMYOCARDIAL CORONARY ARTERIES
E.Osto, F. Tona, C. Castellani, M. Napodano, A. Bortolami, G. Tarantini, A.L.P. Caforio, G. Gerosa, A. Angelini, S. Iliceto, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

CORONARY FLOW RESERVE BY CONTRAST-ENHANCED TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY PREDICTS CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY ONSET IN HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENTS WITH NORMAL CORONARY ANGIOGRAM
E.Osto, F. Tona, M. Napodano, A. Vinci, A. Bortolami, G. Tarantini, A.L.P. Caforio, R. Montisci, G. Gerosa, S. Iliceto, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

CORONARY FLOW RESERVE BY CONTRAST-ENHANCED TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY PREDICTS MAXIMAL EPICARDIAL INTIMAL THICKENING IN TRANSPLANT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
E. Osto, F. Tona, G. Tarantini, M. Napodano, A.L.P. Caforio, A. Bortolami, A. Ramondo, G. Torregrossa, G. Gerosa, S. Iliceto, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

POS 601      Poster Session
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

FREQUENCY OF STENT FRACTURE AS A CAUSE OF CORONARY RESTENOSIS AFTER SIROLIMUS-ELUTING STENT IMPLANTATION
J.S. Park, D.G. Shin, Y.J. Kim, G.R. Hong, W. Kim, B.S. Shim, Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu, Korea

LATE OUTCOMES AFTER DRUG-ELUTING STENT IMPLANTATION IN "REAL-WORLD" CLINICAL PRACTICE
K.A. Ramsdale, A. Rao, O. Asghar, E. McKay, D.R. Ramsdale, The Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, UK

LATE OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES TREATED BY DRUG-ELUTING STENT IMPLANTATION IN "REAL-WORLD" CLINICAL PRACTICE
K.A. Ramsdale, A. Rao, O. Asghar, D.R. Ramsdale, The Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, UK

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE USE OF CARDIAC PROCEDURES FOLLOWING HOSPITAL ADMISSION WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
V.N. Singh, T. Law, K. Garner, M. Nelson, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

INVESTIGATION OF WALL SHEAR STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN STENTED CORONARY ARTERY BIFURCATION
V. Dehlaghi, S. Najarian, A. Rai, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

POS 602      Poster Session
MYOCYTE AND RECEPTOR ABNORMALITIES IN HEART FAILURE

ROLE OF INTEGRIN RECEPTORS IN CARDIOMYOCYTE RESPONSE TO OXIDATIVE STRESS
L. Shewchuk, M. Ulanova, N. Khaper, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

POS 603      Poster Session
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY IN HEART FAILURE

EFFECTS OF TREATMENT WITH G-CSF ON CARDIO RESPIRATORY FITNESS AND ECG RECORD IN EXPERIMENTAL CHAGAS’ DISEASE
S. Garcia, J. Vasconcelos, P. Guimaraes, C. Costa, R.S. Lima, L. Cortizo, W. Klein, C.K.C. Sa, R. Ribeiro dos Santos , M.B.P. Soares, CPQGM - FIOCRUZ

POS 604     Poster Session
COMPUTERS IN CARDIOLOGY

KYMOGRAM - A NEW TOOL FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF HEART VALVE PERFORMANCE
M. Kondruweit, T. Strecker, T. Wittenberg, S. Friedl, M. Weyand, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany