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P501    Poster Session
NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY/ POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/ CARDIAC CT AND MRI

EVALUATION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE COMPLICATED BY THORACIC AORTIC DISEASE BY WIDE-VOLUME SCAN USING 320-ROW CT
K. Morishige, T. Yamawaki, H. Tashiro, St. Mary's Hospital, Kurume, Japan

RELATION OF LEFT ATRIAL BODY AND LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE VOLUMES WITH CLINICAL PATTERN OF AF
S. Verma, E. Charaf, N. Garg, Cardiology Consultants, Pensacola, FL, USA

IS IT SAFE TO USE REGADENOSON FOR PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS MYCOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING IN END STAGE RENAL DISEASE PATIENTS ON DIALYSIS? FIRST CLINICAL REPORT OF 12 PATIENTS
Z. Husain, G. Palani, A. Karthikeyan, V. Karthikeyan,
K. Ananthasubramaniam St Joseph Mercy Oakland, Pontiac, MI, USA  

CT ANGIOGRAPHY AND AORTIC ARCH ATHEROSCLEROSIS
D.J. Capampangan, A. Patel, S.J. Lester, L.A. Pearce, B.M. Demaerschalk, D.W. Dodick, T.E. Kiernan,
T.J. Ingall, M.I. Aguilar, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, USA 

DOES PERIPROCEDURAL MYONECROSIS AFTER MAIN VESSEL STENTING OF CORONARY BIFURCATIONS OCCUR? ASSESSMENT BY MEANS OF MRI DELAYED ENHANCEMENT
A. Michalek, D.I. Vassilev, R.J. Gil, T. Pawlowski,
T. Kulawik Central Hospital of the Internal Affairs and Adminstration Ministry, Poland  

P502      Poster Session
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION / REPERFUSION THERAPY

EFFECT OF EARLIER DOOR TO BALLOON TIMES ON USE OF ADJUNCTIVE MEDICATIONS, AND RESULTANT PROCEDURAL SUCCESS IN STEMI
J.R. Cook, L.W. Klein, J. Chow, R. Marok, P.J. Stecy,
K. Magurany, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

MECHANISM OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION-INDUCED PRE- AND POST-CONDITIONING
X. Ren, Y. Liu, M. Tranter, M. Wilhide, T. Forde, L. Haar, K. Jones University of Cincinnati, OH, USA  

THROMBUS ASPIRATION IN AMI PATIENTS AFTER SYSTEMIC TLT COMBINED WITH EMERGENCY PCI
D.G. Iosseliani, A.G. Koledinsky, D.G. Gromov,
N.V. Kuchkina, R.V. Zeynalov Moscow City Center of Interventional Cardioangiology, Moscow, Russia  

NEIGHBORHOOD VARIATION IN RATE OF REVASCULARIZATION AMONG ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PATIENTS IN NEW YORK CITY
A. Negassa, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

P503      Poster Session
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY II

PREDICTORS OF CORONARY INTERVENTION-RELATED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN STABLE ANGINA PATIENTS PRETREATED WITH STATINS
J. Veselka, P. Hajek, M. Maly, D. Zemanek, R. Adlova, D. Tesar, L. Martinkovicova, P. Tomasov, CardioVascular Center, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic

OUTCOMES OF PCI IN NONAGENARIANS
C.N. Ionescu, M. Amuchastegui, S.C. Ionescu,
C.B. Marcu, A. Ghantous, S. Reddy, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, CT, USA  

CLINICAL AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CORRELATES OF NORMAL CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS REFERED FOR PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
S.B. Prasad, D.A. Richards, N. Sadick, A.T. Ong,
A. Narayan, P. Kovoor Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia  

IMPACT OF RISK FACTORS ON VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS AFTER PRECUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTIONS IN SHAHEED RAJAEE HEART CENTER
A.A. Yusefi, H. Farshidi, M. Madani, F. Shakeryan,
H.R. Sanati, A. Firoozi, N. Salehi, Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbass, Hormozgan, Iran  

THE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH STENOSIS DEGREE IN CORONARY BIFURCATIONS INFLUENCE RESTENOSIS RATES AFTER SINGLE STENT IMPLANTATION IN CORONARY BIFURCATION LESIONS
D.I. Vassilev, R.J. Gil, A. Michalek, T. Kulawik,
T. Pawlowski Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

LONG-TERM FOLLOW UP OF PATIENTS TREATED WITH PACLITAXEL-ELUTING STENTS WITH BIOSTABLE POLYMER VERSUS BIORESORBABLE POLYMER
L.A. Inigo-Garcia, C. Medina-Palomo, T. Gil-Jimenez,
O. Sanz-Vazquez, M. Pombo-Jimenez,
J.F. Munoz-Bellido, P. Chinchurreta-Capote,
B. Zaya-Ganfornina, J.R. Siles-Rubio, F. Ruiz-Mateas, Hospital Costa del Sol. Marbella, MA, Spain  

P504    Poster Session
DIABETES MELLITUS, THE METABOLIC SYNDROME AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS: BASIC AND CLINICAL II

THE EFFECT OF INSULIN ON INTRACELLULAR NA+ HOMEOSTASIS IN ISOLATED CARDIOMYOCYTES FROM DIABETIC RATS
A. Bilginoglu, H.B. Kandilci, B. Turan, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

ASSOCIATION OF ADIPONECTIN AND THE HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIC-WAIST PHENOTYPE WITH IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE IN WOMEN
J. Methot, Y. Loucif, D. Brisson, D. Gaudet, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada 

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SLEEP QUALITY AND METABOLIC SYNDROME AND INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN MIDDLE-AGED MEN IN KOREA
J.H. Cho, S.G. Kang, E.J. Lee, S.W. Song, St.Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Gyeonggido, South Korea  

ERYTHROCYTE FRAGILITY IS INCREASED IN THE LDL RECEPTOR DEFICIENT MOUSE MODEL
K. Navab, S. Hama, G. Hough, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA  

EFFECT OF THERAPEUTIC LIFESTYLE CHANGE ON HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME
S.H. Kim, H.L. Lee, J.B. Seo, W.Y. Chung, J.H. Zo,
M.A. Kim, Seoul Metropolitan Boramae Hospital, Seoul National University, Seoul National
University Hospital, Seoul, Korea 

CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH PROFILE OF PATIENTS ENROLLED IN A CLINIC BASED DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM
F.D. Fortuin, C. Kendall, J. Wisbey, R.T. Hurst,
S.J. Lester, S.B. Chism, R. Burke, M. Orban, S. Bersoux, C. Cook, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA  

GENDER AND INFLAMMATION IN INDIVIDUALS WITH THE METABOLIC SYNDROME
I. Shapira, S. Berliner, O. Rogowski, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Sackler Faculty of Medicine,
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel 

P505      Poster Session
LIPID, LIPOPROTEIN DISORDERS AND CAD/ TREATMENT OF DYSLIPOPROTEINEMIA II

EXPERIMENTS ON THE MECHANISM OF FORMATION OF THE FATTY ACID HYDROPEROXIDES (HPODE AND HPETE)
D. Golchian, G. Hough, L. Vakili, S. Safarpoor, S. Hama David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

EFFICACY ON LIPOPROTEIN PROFILE AND TOLERABILITY OF SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATION OF SIMVASTATIN; IS THERE ANY
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MORNING INTAKE OR NIGHTTIME GROUP?
S.H. Kim, H.Y. Lee, J.B. Seo, J.H. Zo, M.A. Kim,
Seoul Metropolitan Boramae Hospital, Seoul Metropolitan Bukbu Geriatric Hospital, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea 

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PEPTIDE COMBINATION ADDITIVELY RENDERS CARDIOMYOPATHY PATIENT PLASMA ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
O. Elboudwarej, J.B. Kim, S. Hama, G. Hough,
G. Fonarow David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA 

ACUTE REDUCTION OF LIPOPROTEIN A FOLLOWING LDL- APHERESIS MAY IMPROVE SYMPTOMS OF ANGINA
D.G. Bulchandani, P. Moriarty, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA 

EFFECT OF EVERY OTHER DAY VERSUS DAILY DOSING OF ATORVASTATIN ON C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND LIPID PROFILE
O.A. Rifaie, W.M. Nammas, A.M. Zahran, Ainshams University, Egypt 

P506    Poster Session
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHIES: VARIOUS ETIOLOGIES

THE DETERMINANTS OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR FAILURE IN PATIENTS ADMITTED WITH ACUTE RIGHT HEART FAILURE
R.B. Berkowitz, E. Alhaj, K. Satya, R.B. Manchikalapudi, S. Dadfarmay, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; PRECIPITATING EVENT FOR A TAKO-TSUBO-LIKE CARDIOMYOPATHY
A.R. Rahimi, M. Katayama, J. Mills, Mercer U. School of Medicine, Savannah, Georgia, USA

P507      Poster Session
DRUG THERAPY IN HEART FAILURE: BASIC AND CLINICAL

SSTR5 AND ß1-AR BLOCKS SST MEDIATED INHIBITION OF cAMP AND SIGNALING IN RECEPTOR SPECIFIC MANNER
R.K. Somvanshi, S.A. War, N. Chaudhari, G. Kharmate, P.S. Rajput, D. Bakshi, X. Qiu, U. Kumar, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

MODULATION OF APOPTOTIC AND CALCINEURIN-MEDIATED NFAT DEPHOSPHORYLATION IN CELLS COEXPRESSING SSTR5 AND ß2-AR
R.K. Somvanshi, S.A. War, N. Chaudhari, G. Kharmate, P.S. Rajput, D. Bakshi, X. Qiu, U. Kumar, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada  

TREATMENT WITH L-CARNITINE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE AND SYMPTOMS
A.R. Serati, M.R. Motamedi, S. Emami, P. Varedi,
M.R. Movahed, The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, AZ, USA  

THIAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE RECEIVING FULL MEDICAL TREATMENT
M. Mousavi, S. Namazi, M.R. Avadi Khatam-al-Anbia Hospital, Iran

P508   Poster Session
ARRHYTHMIAS AND ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUG THERAPY: BASIC AND CLINICAL

A STRUCTURED AMIODARONE PROTOCOL FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF POST OPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IS EQUIVALENT TO INDIVIDUALIZED PHYSICIAN MANAGEMENT
M.J. Shih, M.G. Parikh, A. Khandelwal, R.S.D. Higgins, K. Krishnan, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

THE PREVALENCE OF INTRA-VENTRICULAR CONDUCTION DELAY IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
E.A. Charaf, B.S. Abi-Saleh, P. Sultani, B. Omar,
S. Verma, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA 

SLOWING HEART RATE REDUCES INCIDENCE OF VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION DURING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION - EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
L. Katsaros, N. Diakos, I. Pozios, E. Tseliou,
K. Malliaras, C. Pantsios, S. Sventzouri, N. Michelinakis,
J. Terrovitis, J. Nanas, University of Athens, Greece

ORAL ASCORBIC ACID IS EFFECTIVE IN THE PREVENTION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
M. Mousavi, M. Eslami, R. Sattarzadeh Badkoubeh,
H. Radmehr, M. Salehi, N. Tavakoli, M.R. Avadi, Tehran Heart Center,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

ASSOCIATION OF WARFARIN USE WITH CHADS2 SCORE IN 441 PATIENTS WITH NONVALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND NO CONTRAINDICATIONS TO WARFARIN
H.M. Lai, W.S. Aronow, H.V. Desai, K. Gandhi,
S. Bakerywala, J. Laimuanpuii, M. Sharma, S.J. Peterson, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA 

MULTIFACTORIAL QT INTERVAL PROLONGATION: THE RISK OF POLYPHARMACY
G.C. Digby, A.R. Perez Riera, R. Barbosa Barros,
L. de Sousa Belem, C. Fong, M. Methot, F. Femenia,
A. Baranchuk Department of Cardiology, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada 

WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS FOR DEVELOPING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN HIV INFECTED PATIENTS?
Y. Elnahar, J. Daoko, N. Gupta, F. Shamoon,
A. Al-dehneh, Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ, USA 

P509     Poster Session
ADVANCES IN CARDIAC SURGERY

SELECTIVE MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSLOCATION OF PHOSPHORYLATED PKCÅ IN VIABLE MYOCYTES OVEREXPRESSING UROCORTIN AFTER CARDIOPLEGIC ARREST AND REPERFUSION
C. Chen-Scarabelli, S. Saravolatz, L.D. Saravolatz II,
G.M. Scarabelli, G. Chen, J. Di Rezze, L. Saravolatz,
T.M. Scarabelli, St John Hospital, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

COMPARISON OF CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING VERSUS DRUG-ELUTING IMPLANTATION
P.P. Pollice, S.E. Saad, P.F. Pollice, F.A. Fabiani, University of Berne, Switzerland 

LOWER TREND IN THE NATIONWIDE IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY (CABG) IN THE UNITED STATES
M.R. Movahed, R.Ramaraj, M. Hashemzadeh, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AR, USA 

CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS BY B-MODE ULTRASOUND AS SURROGATE OF CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS
M. Amato, P. Montorsi, A.L. Ravani, S. Galli,
P.M. Ravagnani, E. Tremoli, D. Baldassarre, Monzino Cardiology Center, IRCCS, Italy 

PREVIOUS PERCUTANEUS CORONARY STENTING: A NEW RISK FACTOR IN CARDIAC SURGERY
J. Rubio, J. Sierra, L. Reija, B. Adrio, J. Garcia-Carro, J.M. Martinez-Cereijo, C. Delgado, Universitary Hospital Santiago de Compostela, Santiagio de Compostela, Spain

EFFECT OF CABG ON QT INTERVAL DISPERSION AS A MEASURE OF INHOMOGENEITY IN VENTRICULAR REPOLARIZATION
M. Nourizadeh, M. Alasti, S. Bahadoran,
M. Asadmoghadam Department of Cardiology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz, Iran 

REVASCULARIZATION OUTCOMES ON THE JOINT CARDIOLOGY-CARDIOTHORACIC MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM (MDT) MEETING
W.K. Choo, R.A. Amersey, Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, UK 

ASSESSMENT OF KIDNEY FUNCTION BY CYSTATIN C IN PATIENTS, AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
M. Ster, T. Pintar, M. Tesovnik, J. Osredkar, M. Skitek, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia  

P510      Poster Session
CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION

THE USE OF IVUS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY BY CARDIAC TRANSPLANT CENTERS IN THE UNITED STATES
E. Panczyk, J.C. Copeland, M.R. Movahed, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AR, USA  

PROTAMINE CAN BE SAFELY ADMINISTERED FOR HEPARIN REVERSAL FOLLOWING IVUS IN CARDIAC TRANSPLANT PATIENTS
R. Arsanjani, A. Khitri, M. Hashemzadeh, M.R. Movahed, The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, AZ, USA 

CNI - FREE IM IN CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION - A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
M. Kondruweit, R. Tandler, M. Weyand, University of Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany